Posts Tagged ‘taxes’

So I have been talking a big game about being able to fund government without using forced taxation. I truly think it is theoretically possible. It is not something that could be implemented easily. This is an idea that could only work after a long period of moving toward freedom, or a new country, “starting fresh”, if you will. It also involves a redefinition of citizenship, and what qualifies one for it.

Of course this whole thing would hinge on an incredible reduction of government expenditure. This particular post is not a “how to get there from here” sort of post. This is more of a “If I started a country, what I would do is” sort of post. So throw out everything you think of when you think about government costs. This would be a government based on a very strict diet and limitation. It would also be based on a lack of government monopoly on a great many things. Read the rest of this entry »

In light of Mr. Reich’s speech, I thought it might be nice to start a series in similar fashion. I will do an “entirely made up and off the cuff” statement of what an honest presidential candidate could and should say. The difference is, this is more what a libertarian candidate would say, instead of a liberal one. And this is what I believe should be said to the America that exists, to the citizens we have, with their current education level. I think they are more than ready for the truth, and that the understanding of politics would be easy for the average American if there were not so many exhausting smoke and mirrors games or ridiculous lies and cover-ups perpetrated on them by our current ruling class in order to gain power. Read the rest of this entry »

I met a lady in FedEx-Kinkos the Wednesday before Saturday’s protest march. I wished her luck since I was working on Saturday and would not be able to attend. She said that it seemed for every person going there were another hundred that wished they could. I don’t doubt that statement. She was very kind, and very aware that the problems she was protesting have been going on for a long time. Most of the people I have seen and talked to are the same way. This is not partisan, nor even conservative. This is the American people waking up. Read the rest of this entry »

August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. uttered the famous words: “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” We have not arrived at that point universally, but massive strides have been made. There are a number of issues on the table in the political arena right now being hotly debated. Health care is, of course, the main one, and the opposition has been very strong. The startling thing is that opposers of the health care proposals have been labelled by some as “racists”, saying that they only oppose the measure because it is being presented by President Obama, who is black. Cynthia Tucker went so far as to say that “Oh, I’m just guessing. This is just off the cuff. I think 45 to 65% of the people who appear at these groups are people who will never be comfortable with the idea of a black president.” Ridicoulous! That’s no guess, it’s just made up. And it is a clear indication of the focus on racism by those who claim to oppose it. Read the rest of this entry »

The Obama Administration seems to havebacked off on their reactionary attitude slightly. Its not much, but at least its something. The first stimulus was devastating to our dollar value and debt, a second would have been a disaster.

Obama always has been quick to change his mind. I think he may have seen the evidence int eh world summit that continued spending has not fixed Europe. If only he would see the same thing about Cap and Trade. The environmental aspects of the summit were still jsut as ridiculous as always, although they at least made it more talk than reality, agreeing to drop emmissions by 80% over the next 40 years but not lining out any forced methods for doing so. Read the rest of this entry »