Posted by: James A, Sweeney
Comment: #2
Thu Feb 5, 2009 7:26 AM
Ma'am;... Do you think the issue is about how much is enough??? If you agree that some must money must be spent, how much is enough and how much is too little???If you ask me; we have had plenty of welfare for the rich... We have saddled the working people with more tax than they can bear to create everywhere a favorable atmosphere for business... Ask me if we are spending enough??? I hit a pot hole on the highway that was too unsafe at thirty five to be left alone to be hit at seventy...On every road in town, bad spots must be dodged or driven over at quarter speed...We have followed the no tax regime of the republicans for so long that now we can barely get around, and this story is common throughout the country...The government does not defend fair wages, but will tax them...They will not tax wealth which it does defend.... Is the infrastructure only for the poor so that only they should pay???Is education only for the poor so only the poor should pay??? I don't ignore the necessity of health care or military.... Why do rich think only the poor should pay for the general needs of this society??? If they can fly, does that mean they do not need a bridge??? Because, IF they want to cheat on everything from food production to taxes; does that mean there should be no inspectors??? The rich all hate this government to the same extent that the government protects us from them... So, you tell me now how much the government should spend, and I will tell you that most of that money should have been spent long ago... Profits were inflated in this land by many devises, not the least of which was low taxes... Now the goose has come home to roost... If the money is not there, then this will have to be a low profit, no profit country for a while...If this people lets itself be saddled with a monsterous debt to pay for what we have needed all along, and let go bad without choice, then there is not ball one left among us...I protest... Soak the rich... If property had been taxed, the high profits on interest and real estate would never have materialized...Is it too late now to tax wealth???Give every person his residence at a moderate tax, and tax every other bit of property until it bleeds... Drive the rich out of this country, and keep the property and the capital... We will find ourselves hard pressed for the next few years to get by without industry and production... We will survive, but if it becomes necessary to sell out some rich, we should not hesitate...They have sold us out at every opportunity... We should give them no better than we have gotten from them... So do not worry about the money...If it ends the fear, and the stampede, and gets the old wrecked economy up and running, then it is worth the price...If it does not do as so many desire, then it is only so many numbers without meaning.... We will then be one step closer to revolution; and that is what is ultimately behind the expense: the avoidance of change...What I desire, and I think we need, your class is trying to avert by throwing public money at a privatly caused problem....Who knows if they will succeed.... All I know is that you might want to get out of the way, one way or the other... Some one is using you to score political points... If things get as bad as they might, your points will be pointless... If you want to make a lasting impression you should sharpen your wits...Great mountains get ground to gravel standing in the way of progress... Don't be ground down...Get on board, or out of the way....Thanks...Sweeney
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