Not Perfect But Better Than Nothing

So, the bill passed the house and senate and Emperor Obama was brought down off his throne. And now he bitches: “Voters may have chosen divided government,” he said, “but they sure didn’t vote for dysfunctional government.”

Well, I agree with him there. But which party is dysfunctional? I crown both as being self centered and worried more about the 2112 elections than they are about the fiscal welfare of the country.

Some in congress are scared no doubt. The Tea Party has already targeted some more of the 'republicans in name only' and I figure some will be retiring after the 2112 elections. I also have an idea that the independent voters are sick of a lot of the democrats and will retire them also.

But what will we get in return? A congress that can get the fiscal house in order? I have my doubts unless we can get a congress who understands that government has to have money to operate and taxes are a necessity.

I don't believe that the government should 'soak the rich' but I do believe that taxes are going to have to be raised across the board in order for the country to get out of the mess it is in. I suggest a solution:

1. Do away with the cap on payroll taxes (social security taxes). I don't give a damn if a person makes a million a year tax that person on 100 per cent just as the 50 grand a year person is taxed at 100 percent.

2. I never believed business could be taxed...taxes are a part of doing business and the costs of such taxes are passed on to the consumer. But, that said I believe that the tax loopholes congress wrote to pay for campaign funds should be WELDED SHUT! Big business should have to play by the same rules as the small businessman. One example is corporations bringing money earned offshore home tax free.

3. The progressive income tax is nothing more than legalized extortion! The only way the American public has stood still for it has been the deductions for dependents and such deductions as interest on home loans. You want a 'fair tax'? Two ways of doing it...either or both will serve the country very well: A FLAT RATE TAX and/or A VALUE ADDED TAX ON ALL PURCHASES. However, although such would raise the revenue the country needs without a strong curb on spending congress would just blow it as they have in the past. All spending bills that increase spending more than the inflation rate of the past year should require a two thirds majority of both houses.

4. The playing field between business and labor needs to be leveled. Right now the laws are in favor of labor. I believe that a National Right to Work law would entice business to bring back the production from offshore to the USA. This would not only provide more jobs but would also increase the revenue for the government.

So much for my soapbox rant.
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It is a chilly 40F in St John's as I write this. It is near dark and the fog is rolling in off the Atlantic and the air is wet...not raining but wet. But the weather quacks allow sunshine tomorrow...hope so...got things to do and places to go.
Life is good my friends when you are loved with a passion. Y'all come, heah?