Unfortunately, our government DOES NOT have the will. We the people, have the will, but unless we remove the existing government we are doomed.
1) Takers Vs. Producers
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This condition is far worse than most people want to realize.
If you consider all the people who have a vested interest
in higher taxes and ‘more government’, you have to include:
-those who are very poor and pay no taxes;
-those who live off of or depend upon social security;
-politicians at the federal, state, and local level;
-government workers at the federal, state, and local level;
-academic types and artists who rely on government grant money;
-businesses that survive off of government contracts; and
-all the other funds and projects handed out as political favors...
It is past time for a tax rebellion.
*No representation without taxation.*
I will take the producers from you.
I will stop the “motor” of the world by withdrawing the “minds” that drive society’s growth and productivity and I will set Ragnar Danneskjöld upon you.
John Galt
America woke up from it’s dream on Jan 20th. Currently we’re having a recurring nightmare. That’s what we get for falling asleep. ;)
bttt
“Of course, it’s easy to be demanding when you don’t have to pay the full value of the services you receive.”
After having worked in Medicare/Medicaid, I can attest to this phenomenon. It’s puzzling to me. It’s frustrating to read this little tossed-out gem, and not get the “why?”.
This strange pathology lies at the core of many, if not most of the issues cited in the article. Thanks for posting it.
"A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader."
How prophetic Samuel Adams was.
Remember those “week without a Mexican” strikes? We should organize a “MONTH without a producer” strike. Every one that participates would slowly build up enough supplies to go a month without groceries,then on the designated date, we shut the country down. Nobody shops, or goes to work. Essential services shut down. Even those that don’t intend to participate are forced to, as many of the businesses and services in which they depend are shut down.
We seem to thrive despite our flaws and opposing motives and opinions because a majority of us believe in and value liberty while defining it more or less the same way. Unfortunately, that is no longer true.
I do not know what it will take to reverse our course, but my sense is it will be similar to what individuals go through when they are living beyond their means or contrary to common sense. Life slaps them, lightly at first, but progressively harder until it knocks them off their feet.
And here we are. The flaws in our nature and in our Constitution are creating our "perfect" storm and we are headed right for it as fast as it's coming for us.
Wow.
Talk about a bookmark thread.
What more can we do? We have protested, voiced our opinion,called our Congressmen/women,wrote our Congressmen/women, attended Townhall meetings, went to Wshington, D.C., all to no avail. obama and Nancy pissed in our faces Saturday night. They, via their votes and the way it was handled, said that we could, as far as they were concerned, go to hell. We don’t give a damn what you think. We will do do as Please.
Look for something along the same line to happen in the Senate. Don’t be fooled by the,”It is DOA” talk. It is merely a ruse to get us to let our guard down.
But, upon further contemptation, knowing the contempt they hold us in,I don’t believe that they care if we do or we don’t let our guard down.
When the time comes for them to act, they will do as they please and to hell with how we feel or what we say.
It would behoove us to make a decision as to what we will do after it is passed and signed by obama.
“We have no idea how to pay for our Social Security and Medicare obligations”
- Well I guess when it does eventually run out, Grandma and/or Grandma will have to go to work like the rest of us.
Including my own (who are staunch Democrats).
“It makes us overly dependent on workers and entrepreneurs who may flee the country or simply stop working as the burden on them grows.”
- Bingo. The tighter the reins Pelosi and Co. implement in the form of ever newer and bigger taxes, the more likely companies will ship their work overseas to India, China, Korea and Mexico. Far far lower wages, excruciatingly long work hours, and lower age-to-work (12 year olds doing factory work) laws.
And far less environmental regulations.
Count me in.
Oath Keepers
Islamic Terrorists could nuke the USA into a Mad Max society and while rummaging through what’s left of American society for scraps of food, the left would STILL consider Islamic followers victims of Western Imperialism while applauding themselves for celebrating diversity and multiculturalism.
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