Zoomie1980
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- Jan 16, 2008
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What are you suggesting, that we pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan, shut down all off shore US military bases and embassies, ban all imports/exports, shut down the UN, chuck every foreign embassy out off US soil, and build a great wall around US borders.
Will that make the US safe enough for your kids? I dont believe it will or that a scenario which includes any of the above would be feasible.
When it comes to maintaining the freedom and safety of this country, I don't have a problem paying higher taxes, even if it means supporting a war effort, neither should anybody else, and if it does they should pack up and leave. What I do have a problem with is this Robin Hood tax plan. Not one red cent of this proposed tax increase will be applied to the deficit or do anything to help us get out of the financial crisis were facing.
Im no more content with the deficit than any other reasonable tax paying citizen. I believe going into Iraq the way we did was wrong, and to this day, I believe it should have been a covert operation. I remember telling my wife the day Bush announced the invasion of Iraq that: The son of a bitch is going after Hussein to avenge the assassination attempt on his fathers life. Yes, that's harsh and probably wrong, but it was literally the first thought that came to mind upon hearing that news.
Unfortunately for US, and again; in my opinion, once Bush got his trophy he realized that it was too late to get out. He didnt count on the ramifications of taking Hussein out and apparently only a few in his cabinet did. Ill end my rant about the war in Iraq with one more observation: Personally, I think thats why Powell walked.
Now, let me get back to the subject matter of my thread which I had stopped following once it was derailed.
In my opinion, neither of the tax plans of either of the buffoons who are about to inherit the White House is going to address our real problem which is: The balance of wealth in America has become so skewed that our society, as a whole, is in jeopardy. Furthermore, I speculate that throwing more money at welfare programs or trying to educate the poorest of America is exactly the wrong approach to solving the problem. You see, I come from the poorest of America and I struggled to attain every asset I own. Thus, I dont believe being poor equates to being hopelessly stupid.
Call me a radical if you like, but I believe we need to create a welfare program to educate Americas wealthiest, to teach them that its their responsibility to ensure money remains in circulation amongst the masses, that paying the highest possible wage and charging the least possible amount for goods and services is not going to deplete their personal piggy banks while they continue to make a reasonable profit, but rather it will steadily nurture their accounts by addressing social issues including poverty and crime, as well as increase productivity and the quality of life; for everybody, including them. We need to teach them that life is not about obtaining the most marbles but rather that everybody whos willing to participate in the game has enough marbles to play.
For Christs sake, how much money is enough? Can the Gates or Buffets, or Allens or Waltons, or any of the other 396 of Americas wealthiest families ever utilize all their wealth? Personally, I dont believe they an.
No, Im afraid we continue to target the wrong audience with our welfare and the majority of our education programs, in the same manner that we continue to elect millionaires, the smallest minority of our population, to represent the poorest majority of our population. Until we collectively recognize this problem as self evident and take action to change it, I believe well continue down the selfish path of the few, at the devastating expense of the many.
The real challenge lies not in the legislation of wealth, but in educating those who have it in the understanding and management of it. If or until we come together as a people and recognize that and do something about it, regardless of race, sex, or religion, I dont believe the Change We Need will never come.
Just as this post started everything herein is my opinion. If you disagree with it, be all means; share your own solution with us rather than trying to discredit mine.
Another edit Just so its clear and this thread isnt discredited by some left wingnut as plagiarism, I found the original post of this thread on one of those knucklehead extreme right wing websites while searching for something entirely different. The reason I didnt link it back to that site was to avoid giving the left wingnuts that troll is board an opportunity to discredit the post based on where it came from because: I believe every word of the initial post and I adopted it as my own with some modifications.
Sarah Palin is not a millionaire. The first such major party ticket candidate to not be so since WWII.....