tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post6618467704731368228..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: Coming soon to a country near you - tax increases and pay cuts!A Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-25598049722131901592011-02-04T15:41:48.169-04:002011-02-04T15:41:48.169-04:00The above plan is simply unfeasible. The Founding ...The above plan is simply unfeasible. The Founding Fathers developed a plan of gov't that was fundamentally good, but corrupted over time. If we want to truly rescue our nation from debt, we need a vastly different approach.<br /><br />- An across the board cut of federal spending, from Social Security to the Department of Defense and everything in between. Raise the retirement age, slash the Pentagon budget, etc...<br /><br />- Dramatically lower tax rates and possibly a flat tax to promote common sense tax policies. Streamlining collection would make the process far easier. Also, to make it even better, tie revenue directly to government services (citizens pay for services as they are rendered)<br /><br />- Elect only politicians who truly believe in the Constitution and remove them if they fail to abide by it. The most important element here is that Americans need to be involved in the government of a republic to ensure it is functioning appropriately. <br /><br />www.libertyascendant.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-23636321180632213312010-11-27T12:01:00.138-04:002010-11-27T12:01:00.138-04:00America must change
We, the America people, have ...America must change<br /><br />We, the America people, have a very serious problem in our economy and our nation. We’re going to have to change our attitudes and face some hard realities. Number one: We are the people (each of us) responsible for our country!!!!! In any civilization, past present or future, under any form of government, republic, dictator, king, bureaucracy or congress there is only one person responsible and you can meet that person when you look in the minor. When we abrogate our responsible to any form of government that government will eventually make use their slaves. Number two: You cannot turn a sex maniac loose in a whore house with a credit card. We in the United States have turned loose our congress, presidency, and bureaucracy with our credit card. We have got to take that credit card back or we will never right our economy or our nation. Number three!! Government is not God; it only thinks it is God. Government is a tool a people of a nation use to do those activities that we can do more efficiently and effectively, collectively then we can do individually. Four: Bankruptcy is on its way!!!! Our Federal debt including all unfunded obligations exceeds the net worth of the USA. We have spent 60 years creating this debt, if you think our children are going to spend their lives paying it off, your nuts. Five: We have no leadership in America today. We have a President that is a lost dog in tall grass and a congress that is brought and paid for by vested interests.<br /><br />We have got to change our Constitution in a way that power is taken away from Government and makes the America people responsible. <br /><br />1. Taxes must be taken off of everything except final consumption. When a family goes to the grocery store and buys $100 in groceries and the checker add $35.00 for federal tax, $10.00 for state tax and $5.00 for local taxes, the crap will come out of the heads of the America people about the cost of Government. Also, no person or item is exempted, everyone pays. Americans will be ready to fight back with gusto!!!!<br /><br />2. Take away the power of Congress to pass legislation. All legislation (bills) must come before the people to be approved or disapproved. We have the communications capacity via the internet, etc. to do this. Furthermore, all bills must be broken down by item and a cost must be accessed to each item. We need line item voting power.<br /><br />3. Any person or group, who can obtain 3% of the registered voter’s signatures, can design and/or present a bill (legislation) to congress. . Congress must debate, approve or disapprove legislation; however, again the people must approve or disapprove the legislation. <br /><br />4. We need an accounting system that is as accurate as possible, so Americans know where their tax money is going and can make decisions. <br /><br />With these new Constitutional tools, there will be 300 million Americans who will decide what they want to spend their tax dollars on. Our government would be changed forever. This recession and federal debt maybe a great blessing, in that we will advance our democracy, freedoms and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Or become slaves to our government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com