I would support the FAIR TAX as well. I also want to see less money wasted whether it is in the military or anywhere else. Allowing private citizens to decide where their money went might go a long way to getting that money where the "people" want it. Defense would be at the top of my list but I reckon it might not even be on yours. If we were to replace your "Republican party" with "Executive branch" I would agree with you 100% there as well. Even the term "neo liberal" has gone through several changes since the 30's. I think I agree with the definition Democrats hate the most. Kinda "What would Obama do?" -then I would most likely support the opposite. Except killing terrorists; I support him in that.
I think with the constant news cycle and instant saturation we could dispense with traditional ways of collecting taxes and do a modern way of "get the money where it needs to be" THe first thing I 'd lower would be politicians perks. They are loaded. dj On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 1:42:04 PM UTC-5, Allan Heretic wrote: > > Everyone needs to pay their FAIR share of taxes based on income.. the > special tax breaks for the extremely wealthy need to end.. > > There are a lot of problems. Tax avoidance is a major problem. Wasting > money on the military is another. The unconstutional patriots act needs to > be totally negated and the NSA disassembled. (Seems like that is a program > developed by the Republican party to give them absolute control ) > > There is a lot that needs to be done like bring back constitutional law. > We need to escape from republican dictatorship. . Incidentally the Nazi > ruling elite move a lot of their families out of Germany because they saw > what was happening. . > > تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين > Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Johnson <[email protected] <javascript:>> > To: Minds Eye <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Sent: Sun, 17 May 2015 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Freedom Falls > > The ability to communicate is important, yes. Sometimes this takes > enormous effort, however, and frankly most of us are too busy, too > illinformed, too lazy or, I'm sad to say, too stupid to do so. I'm probably > at least 3 of those myself hell I probably shouldn't even be allowed to > vote. I agree there's very little difference between our choices of > government these days. I see things really going to hell fairly soon. High > debt, monetary easing, interest rates already practically at 0 and > unemployment at record levels despite the lies fed us by our governments. > What if China goes bankrupt? Who's going to loan us money? I wouldn't put > it past the current administration to just steal from those they think have > too much already. Alexander Hamilton would not approve. The Republic would > officially be over as, in my mind, it already is unofficially. > > Too many have a cavalier attitude about debt. We are spoiled beyond > belief. You say, Neil, that "neo-liberalism" has failed. I submit the > enormous prosperity brought on by freer markets since the turn of the 18th > century and the wealth this has generated and the inventions and progress > flowing from business friendly environs and global trade has been truly > fantastic. Has it all been sunshine and roses? Well, no. Those two wars > were certainly inconveinant. Breaking up Ma Bell and Standard Oil were > neccesary to protect us from the excesses of Capitalism. It is time to > protect ourselves from the excesses of Socialism. Actually, I believe it is > past time to break up the monopoly the Federal Government has become. I'll > take Thatcher in drag over Obama's redistribution tactics any day of the > week and Sunday too. > > Along with this excess of prosperity has come lethargy and atrophy. > Resting on our laurels as it were. Steadily eroding society's ability to > recover on our own. We've become such a Nanny State here in the USA many > feel no obligation to provide for their families. We EXPECT the police to > protect us, the government to provide us with shelter and food in > emergencies(or all the time in some cases) and to always have a doctor > available for free when we are sick. This is hugely difficult to achieve in > opulent times and impossible when the fecal matter hits the rotary > oscillator and blood is running in the streets. This expectation cripples > our chances of meaningful recovery. Same with the bank bailouts. Does > anyone think they would have loaned so irresponsibly if they thought they'd > be covering their own losses? It's going to happen again because we have no > accountability. The politicians and bankers that created the sub-prime > mortgage mess are still in power for the most part(or soon will be, yes, I > mean the Clintons) and richer then ever. I don't begrudge them riches it > just chaffs my backside how they got it. Liars and theives. Investing your > money, taking calculated risks and winning some and losing others is part > of the game. Too many have rigged the system by stacking the deck with > favorable regulations, taxes, tariffs and laws. This is crony capitalism > and it's what we have and I hate it. In my mind, if government didn't have > the massive power and influence they currently have things would be more > competitive and therefore more friendly to us consumers. Starve the beast. > > Why are you anti austerity? Should Greece be rewarded, yet again, for > their duplicity and mismanagement? I agree that Germany is probably the > best of all of us Western countries at productivity. I submit much of their > troubles comes from trying to fund other country's cock-ups. That's better > then going to war again, certainly, but one would hope some of these other > countries would start taking better care of themselves. But really, why > should they? > > One good thing about Obama giving Saudi Arabia and Israel and various > other "so-called" friendly nations the finger and trying to cozy up to > "Death to America!" Iran is that it should be a wake up call to them. Hey > SA, maybe when we ask you nicely to drill for more oil you shoud accomodate > us for a few months to help us over the hump. Hey Israel, maybe you > shouldn't steal our military secrets. Payback is a bitch; especially when > it's served cold. > > On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 2:51 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> It is very good to read your input again Neil.. still want to see a >> cricket match. And i have not forgotten. . But it will take some planning >> before hand as i have to make travel and lodging reservations. >> >> تجنب. القتل والاغتصاب واستعباد الآخرين >> Avoid; murder, rape and enslavement of others >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: archytas <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> To: [email protected] <javascript:> >> Sent: Sun, 17 May 2015 8:24 AM >> Subject: Mind's Eye Freedom Falls >> >> We used to be able to think that if we obeyed the law, "they" would leave >> us alone.. I doubt this was ever true. When the "social contract" is >> broken the idea is that we revolt. The threat of this revolt is supposed >> to control those in power. "Mob rule" has changed over the years and we >> have great fear of revolution and perhaps now view it in terms of the >> famous Russian curse 'may you live in interesting times'. Molly framed >> this in terms of 'cops and robbers' - the largely black protests about >> their treatment by cops and the Establishment - yet seen as riots against >> police violence. This situation is complex, not least because most of us >> want protection against so many of the people the police take action >> against. Tony gets a lot of this right in his question about whether you >> want to call cops or a mob. Writ larger than this we have seen the old >> Soviet empire collapse and the Arab springs. Democracy and transitional >> economics have not worked even though many 'braved the bullets' and we have >> seen elections. The election situation is close to that in Germany when >> the Nazis and Communists were putting themselves up for election with the >> express intent of having no more elections - think the Muslim Brotherhood >> and the situation in Iran. >> >> I think we should be overthrowing government. Yet I hardly want the >> 'interesting times' many in the Middle East are suffering or the riots in >> Baltimore or those in the UK, which spread like wildfire after the shooting >> of Mark Duggan. I want an end to the state terrorism that has long existed >> in "empire". There are only 22 countries (out of about 180) that Britain >> did not invade in empire days, the US having almost caught up on this list >> of shame. Yet I also don't want to live under foreign jackboots or Sharia >> Law. >> >> In recent UK elections I voted Green. I would have voted for the >> Scottish National Party, given the chance, but I live in England. This is >> because the SNP is a Scandinavian-style social democratic and >> anti-austerity party. Our Labour Party in now an anachronism and fit only >> for dissolution. I had no real vote for anything I would support and our >> first-past-the-post system is a paradigm in decadent decay - to the extent >> Britain feels increasingly fascist. I say this having lived and worked in >> the old Soviet block best described as the USSR (four words four lies) and >> Middle Eastern terror states (best described by an old Iraqi friend >> disgusted by Saddam, but who said 'at least he keeps the Mullahs off our >> backs). Political choice in the UK and US is really no choice at all - we >> essentially "choose" one form of neo-liberalism or the other. This is >> really not unlike the "choice" in Soviet or third-world voting systems >> where there is a one-party state. Karl Popper said it mattered much less >> who we elect and much more what control we have over those who get in >> power. We have lost a great deal of this control. Blair was elected here >> on our democratic urges, yet became Thatcher in drag and a disgusting war >> criminal. I even suspect Thatcher would have kept us out of Iraq and >> Afghanistan. Of course, we never got to vote as a public about the wars >> since WW2,that have claimed more than 25 million and have many more living >> in "interesting times". >> >> Now, many living in these interesting times are trying to flee them and >> we face massive immigration pressures from countries freed from the Soviet >> yolk and various dictatorships we have deposed. There is other blow-back >> too. Francis mentioned the 'rough beast' of WB Yeats the other day and I >> now dream of something vile to come - the the dream content is empty of >> what this will be. I think this content may be empty because it is played >> out in the main media theatre that flows past our eyes. We are hands-on in >> almost nothing these days, as clueless as undergraduates in the theatre of >> corrupt higher education. Hardly any literature tries to deal with the >> reality - there is no Belassario producing anything other than government >> propaganda. >> >> We are living in an Emperor's New Clothes age. I defy anyone to read and >> understand company accounts and what is passed in front of us government >> statistics. It takes me days to find killer entries in the accounts of >> even disasters like Tesco and even then one can only find the money trail >> to a £250 million hole that is really £6.4 billion one. I can vouch that >> we are being lied to on the economy and could argue this on the quants, but >> there is almost no point in a society where most are innumerate. Much >> business accounting and economics is expressed like this: >> >> 1. The Conservatives won a majority in the election. >> 2. Forget this 'majority' is 37% of those eligible to vote. >> 3. Forget that 10 million we not registered to vote ("majority" down to >> 20%) >> 4. Lots more forgetting that votes only matter in 14% of our >> constituencies and only 20% of people in them ... >> >> The "majority" is achieved by influencing perhaps as few of 5% of the >> total population. >> >> Freedom has fallen because we are not capable of rational discussion. >> Answer - lets educate everyone to be capable of rational discussion - a >> great Catch 22 as we are obviously no good at education. 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