Taxes, "rights" and v****g.
I am old enough to remember the Democrats pushing for the 24th Amendment (1964) and the 26th Amendment (1971). I am also old enough to remember how wonderful it was to live in this great country as we won WW II and the early 1950's and early '60's. During that period, if you earned any money you paid some taxes on it. We common, middle class citizens had numerous write offs for medical expenses (no 10% floor) interest paid, mortgages, gasoline tax if you traveled out of state, etc., etc. Enough write-offs, if you qualified such that your taxable income and the taxes you paid were substantially REDUCED.
Over the years, I have watched Congress, under Democrat control, eliminate all these deductions for we common folks. And yes, some liberal Republicans went along with it.
It is a sacred honor to v**e. V****g requires study of the issues and the candidates for office before marking the b****t or pulling the handle.
Usually 18 year old kids are still living at home and most of them pay little or NO taxes, thus do not really have an understanding of tax policy and how taxes damage businesses and individual citizens. Our Founding Fathers did not include any tax programs in the Constitution. Article 1, Section 8 basically outlines the duties for Congress and in that section it authorizes the congress to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises TO PAY THE DEBTS AND PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE UNITEDE STATES; BUT ALL DUTIES, IMPOSTS AND EXCISES SHALL BE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. ALSO TO COIN MONEY AND REGULATE THE VALUE THEREOF AND OF FOREIGN COIN.
IT DOES NOT GIVE CONGRESS AUTHORITY TO ALLOW A THIRD PARTY TO CONTROL THE MONEY (i.e. THE FEDERAL RESERVE WHICH IS A CENTRAL BANK).
The term "general welfare" does NOT include welfare from the Treasury to "particular parties" (individuals). Thus Congress has GROSSLY abused it's Constitutional powers in this respect.
All of the gross distortions of our Constitution and the huge amount of debt The United States owes because of these distortions are a result of electing very poor individuals to federal office (House and Senate). AND ignorant v**ers did the dirty deed.
Thus, IMO, no one should be allowed to v**e unless they are 25 years old, own property and pay direct property tax, AND pay a poll tax to exercise their v**e. If none of these requirements are met then the individual v**er has no "skin in the game" and will continue to v**e for candidates who will give them "free stuff" -- that's our current situation.
Our great country is a wonderful place to live because of two simple things: A constitution that severely restricts the federal government functions (if it is NOT in the Constitution, the federal government CANNOT do it) and the God given freedoms to achieve the highest standards our God given talents allow. That simple. Our Constitution does NOT give the federal government the authority to take your hard earned money and give it to somebody else -- PERIOD.
Attaboy, Pat! Spoken like one of of the true Sons of Liberty! (But I do enjoy a cup of tea, now & then).
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