Posted on 08/06/2011 10:27:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
Who is John Galt?
What’s wrong with it?
Taxation Without Representation, for one thing.
Where’s the barf alert for this left-wing statist trash?
That's putting it lightly.
It's called slavery.
I have always believed that the politicians in Washington despise their children. Otherwise you cannot explain their actions.
We all drink from wells other men have dug, and it is not unreasonable to ask future generations to pay for capital expense that will benefit them, like building schools and roads. We are so far past that stage in government spending. We are spending on present consumption at unprecedented rates and there can be no possible reason to ask future generations to subsidize our consumption today.
“In the early 1800’s Congress was considering a bill to give tax dollars to the widow of a well-loved military officer. Davy Crockett rose to address Congress after many speeches advocating the allocation.
He said: “Mr. Speaker…. I will not go into an argument to prove that Congress has no power to appropriate this money as an act of charity. Every member upon this floor knows it.
We have the right, as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity, but as members of Congress we have no right to so appropriate a dollar of the public money. We have no…. authority to appropriate it as a charity. I cannot vote for this bill, but I will give one week’s pay, and if every member of Congress will do the same, it will amount to more than the bill asks.”
There was silence on the floor of the House as Crockett took his seat. When the bill was put to a vote, instead of passing unanimously as had been expected, it received only a few votes.
The next day a friend asked Crockett why he spoken against a bill for such a worthy cause. In reply, Crockett related the following story: Just a few years before, he had voted to spend $20,000.00 of public money to help the victims of a fire in Georgetown. When the legislative session was over, Crockett made a trip back home to campaign for his re-election. He encountered one of his constituents. The man told Crockett, “I voted for you the last time. I shall not vote for you again.” Crockett, feeling he had served his constituents well, was stunned. He inquired as to what he had done wrong.
The man replied, “You gave a vote last winter which shows that either you have not capacity to understand the Constitution, or that you are wanting in the honesty and firmness to be guided by it. “
Are you seriously saying that you cannot tell that this is totally tongue-in-cheek sarcasm?
I believe it’s called “Satire.” LOL
If they are all liberals I could be persuaded.
These days, living in the DC area, it's hard to tell the difference.
You beat me to it by seconds. Most probably it’s a case of “only read the headline” syndrome.
You got me there. Often it’s hard to tell, but I would have thought the exploding time capsules, and terminators would have given that away. : D
Sometimes people have no sense of humor =)
lol
Haha, and thanksfully some of us have plenty, and then some!
Yeah, that might have done it.
Actually, some idiots might really feel this way, that's the scary part.
I think he's my neighbor, but it's hard to tell.
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