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No. If you open up the Constitution again, the states may cede more civil liberties to the Federal government.
According to the Bible, agriculture was around from day one if Cain was the first farmer. But I digress……
No it's the fairest tax imaginable. You buy, you pay. If you are poor, you don't buy as much, therefore, you don't pay as much. It's the only way I know that can allow people to basically decide how much tax they will pay. The system we have now doesn't allow choice, and it penalizes the the primary tax payers….the wealthiest 20%. It's not fair to the rich, and they count too.
Has anyone here read the Song of Roland - the story of the attack of Charlemagne's rear guard on his way past the Pyrenees?
Yes. It's a great story.
Be like Chuck Norris and do your own surgery!
Chuck Norris doesn't shave, he kicks his whiskers off.Chuck Norris doesn't get wet, water gets Chuck Norris.
Flat Tax? I am really surprised that you would advocate this plan. It seems really unfair:1. I make 35 K and pay 10 percent---$35002. You make 1 million and pay 100ksounds fair--except for the fact that 3500 from my paycheck can really hurt whilst 100k from yourswould not unless you had a life style similar to a Pasha.The flat tax, I was taught, is regressiveThe progressive income tax is not--this is what we have now--it is the law! Mr. Forbes quest for acceptance of a flat tax went nowhere and for good reason--it could not be sold.
Okay then a national sales tax. How about that? Make it 10% and be done with it.
where else other chinese such as the Mongols,
That's a little offensive and very arrogant.Mongols and indeed Uygurs in Sincan (Xinjiang) are not chinese. The Former is an independant state and an entirely different nation whereas the latters are an ethnic Turkic tribe who are currently Chinese citizens.
Agreed, but Mongolia isn't necessarily "independent." China and Russia have used it as a buffer between them, and Mongolia depends on them for imported goods etc.... Their independence is illusory at best.
I agree with this. European colonialism imposed imaginary boundaries on nations that did not reconcile with ethnic and historical demarcation. The end result has been Balkanization, war, and genocide in some cases.
You did not lie--you changed your mind. Now we just have to get your mind right.Medicare and Medicaid are, like Social Security are guaranteed to all eligible Americans--they werepassed by Congress, signed by the President and are the law. You have the RIGHT to demand that these services be provided to you if you qualify under the rules. They are a right--not a luxury.Mandated Universal single payer government health insurance is coming--you know it, I know it, we all know it--it is just a matter of time. When it comes it will be supported by a wide coalition of interests including businesses that realize that it is better to have all pay for all then to have them pay for their workers. Labour unions will of course burn effigies of right wing mossbacks.Now you also know that all these programs were opposed by those right of center and some deemed them Socialistic or even Communistic. This battle has been going on since Teddy was President andwhen it finally arrives I predict that it will be like a completed root canal on a big molar--it was not as bad as we thought, we are glad it is all over and now we just have to be concerned how we are going to pay the dentist.Life is unfair--civilized and compassionate societies try to lessen the pain--do you not think this praiseworthy?
Social Security and Medicare were installed as temporary cushions during the Great Depression. They weren't supposed to become perpetual entitlements, yet that is what they are now. I don't believe in government mandated safety nets. I believe in charities and pull yourself up by the bootstraps. If you need extra help, pray to God, or suck up to your rich uncle. Just don't expect the taxpayers to bail you out. Our country did fine before Social Security. People had incentive to work hard and build their own futures. Look at all the immigrants who came to this country and thrived long before Social Security was a gleam in FDR's eye. I'm not saying we need to go to Soylent Green or anything, but Social Security should have been terminated in the 1960's if not before. But since we do have the thing, we should privatize it and allow people to pay into their own accounts if they so choose to guarantee that they will have a Social Security check in forty years (which as things are now, will be bankrupt by then).
Competition, choices, incentives, luxury….these are what healthcare reform should be made of. Healthcare is not a right, nor is it something the government should mandate in anything. Healthcare is a luxury, a commodity to be bought in the open market if one has the cash. Life's not fair. That is all. 🙂I said I would sit this one out............I lied. ;D
Hey, maybe I should send out one of those forum-wide newsletters again to get people interested again. People like stumpfoot? Where is that guy, anyway? Oh, and I could always bring Grey Mouser back...that would spice it up a bit. ;D
I don't have issues with GM. He hits the sauce every now and then which makes for fun posts, but other than that, he's just incoherent. 🙂
