What’s one thing nearly every Californian buys on a regular basis? Gasoline! I just paid $3.15 per gallon to fill up my truck. I was running very low and due to the cap placed on my ATM card at the pumps I can’t even buy enough gas to fill my tank; it stops me at $75.00!
Now, if the state needed to raise its tax revenue without “seeming” to raise taxes how could it do that? Well, how about this? Raise the cost of gasoline and thus the percentage that goes to sales tax will increase.
How do you get Californians to pay $3.15 a gallon when the other states are paying as low as $2.44? Simple, charge them $4.25 for a short period of time then drop the price back down to your actual target $3.00 per gallon!
So why do you suppose we pay sales tax in the form of a percentage of the cost of the sale? Now you know!
My thoughts on the state of our union; and other things that matter to me.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
The Innate Autonomy of the Human Spirit
Will Roche writes at www.marxist.com that volumes could be written about capitalisms inadequacies and attempts to address a number of them in this (http://socialist.org.nz/content/view/87/1/) article.
I offer the following in response.
Unemployment, Mr. Roche contends is “… a permanent feature of capitalism…” he further states that “…every man women and child would be two grand better off if we eliminated unemployment…” how does Mr. Roche suggest we eliminate unemployment? Simple, “the best alternative is for working people to take control over their workplaces, for major industries to be nationalized, and for the economy to be planned by workers’ and community councils, along with a socialist government”.
The result, says Mr. Roche “…full employment with decent wages…”
What?
First of all, what good is an extra two grand if the goal is 100% equality? If we all have 100 dollars or 1 million what is the difference if the government is providing for all needs. Certainly Mr. Roche does not wish to contend that Socialism leaves room for “wants”? For if anyone “wants” then his needs are not being met; which of course would be an admission of the failure of socialism.
Second, how can working people take control over their workplaces if they have surrendered that control to the socialist government?
Third, how can an economy be “planned by workers” if again, those workers have given up all rights to the socialist government?
And finally, if, by taking this course of government, there existed, even the most minuscule possibility of successfully achieving 100% employment, would it not stand to reason that those societies, who have tried socialism in the past, would have not, so miserably, failed?
There are plenty of homeless who choose to be homeless. So in Mr. Roche’s Utopian (albeit Orwellian) society of ZERO unemployment, not only would those who do not, now, choose to work be forced to do so, but the government would decide who works in what positions and how much they make for that work. In other words, there is ZERO incentive to excel; zero freedom.
If the government places me in my employment, what need have I to go to school? And if I do go to school, what need have I to learn; the government will “give” me a job no matter what I do. If there is no incentive to excel, from where will innovation come? What will propel society forward into new areas of science, medicne, art or exploration?
What Mr. Roche, most notably, forgets to take into account is the innate autonomy of the human spirit! Imagine, for just a brief and frightening moment that the entire world had fallen under the control of a single, one world, government that controlled all employment, resources, distribution and price for all goods or services said government deemed necessary. Does Mr. Roche claim to believe that nowhere in the world would there arise, even a single individual who would ask the question “Why can’t I be more?”
The fact is, socialism has been tried, many times in history, and each time it has ended in the same, failed, state of oligarchy; a system run by a few, wealthy, individuals who control everything! This is the very state of existence Mr. Roche claims to want to avoid.
When this central government finally has full control over the entire world economy, do you believe that those who are “in control” will find it “in the best interest of the State” that their salaries be the same as those who have been “chosen” to clean toilets? Will those, “chosen in the best interest of the state” to be fry cooks at fast food restaurants, be paid the same salary as those who will be our doctors? Of course not! But what will keep the one chosen for mediocrity from aspiring to greatness? The answer to that question, each and every time it has been asked of a socialist dictatorship, has been a bullet to the back of the head.
Of this, then, we can be assured, socialism will not prevail as a system of worldwide governance and we rest our hope in the, God given, blessing of the human spirit of freedom!
Jesus said “you will always have the poor with you and you can help them whenever you want to.” Mark 14:7/Matt. 26:11. What did he know? He knew that unemployment is not the result of capitalism or any other form of manmade government; there would always be those who, for whatever reason, could not take care of themselves and that no system of governance would ever change that fact as long as we remain in this fallen world.
I offer the following in response.
Unemployment, Mr. Roche contends is “… a permanent feature of capitalism…” he further states that “…every man women and child would be two grand better off if we eliminated unemployment…” how does Mr. Roche suggest we eliminate unemployment? Simple, “the best alternative is for working people to take control over their workplaces, for major industries to be nationalized, and for the economy to be planned by workers’ and community councils, along with a socialist government”.
The result, says Mr. Roche “…full employment with decent wages…”
What?
First of all, what good is an extra two grand if the goal is 100% equality? If we all have 100 dollars or 1 million what is the difference if the government is providing for all needs. Certainly Mr. Roche does not wish to contend that Socialism leaves room for “wants”? For if anyone “wants” then his needs are not being met; which of course would be an admission of the failure of socialism.
Second, how can working people take control over their workplaces if they have surrendered that control to the socialist government?
Third, how can an economy be “planned by workers” if again, those workers have given up all rights to the socialist government?
And finally, if, by taking this course of government, there existed, even the most minuscule possibility of successfully achieving 100% employment, would it not stand to reason that those societies, who have tried socialism in the past, would have not, so miserably, failed?
There are plenty of homeless who choose to be homeless. So in Mr. Roche’s Utopian (albeit Orwellian) society of ZERO unemployment, not only would those who do not, now, choose to work be forced to do so, but the government would decide who works in what positions and how much they make for that work. In other words, there is ZERO incentive to excel; zero freedom.
If the government places me in my employment, what need have I to go to school? And if I do go to school, what need have I to learn; the government will “give” me a job no matter what I do. If there is no incentive to excel, from where will innovation come? What will propel society forward into new areas of science, medicne, art or exploration?
What Mr. Roche, most notably, forgets to take into account is the innate autonomy of the human spirit! Imagine, for just a brief and frightening moment that the entire world had fallen under the control of a single, one world, government that controlled all employment, resources, distribution and price for all goods or services said government deemed necessary. Does Mr. Roche claim to believe that nowhere in the world would there arise, even a single individual who would ask the question “Why can’t I be more?”
The fact is, socialism has been tried, many times in history, and each time it has ended in the same, failed, state of oligarchy; a system run by a few, wealthy, individuals who control everything! This is the very state of existence Mr. Roche claims to want to avoid.
When this central government finally has full control over the entire world economy, do you believe that those who are “in control” will find it “in the best interest of the State” that their salaries be the same as those who have been “chosen” to clean toilets? Will those, “chosen in the best interest of the state” to be fry cooks at fast food restaurants, be paid the same salary as those who will be our doctors? Of course not! But what will keep the one chosen for mediocrity from aspiring to greatness? The answer to that question, each and every time it has been asked of a socialist dictatorship, has been a bullet to the back of the head.
Of this, then, we can be assured, socialism will not prevail as a system of worldwide governance and we rest our hope in the, God given, blessing of the human spirit of freedom!
Jesus said “you will always have the poor with you and you can help them whenever you want to.” Mark 14:7/Matt. 26:11. What did he know? He knew that unemployment is not the result of capitalism or any other form of manmade government; there would always be those who, for whatever reason, could not take care of themselves and that no system of governance would ever change that fact as long as we remain in this fallen world.
Am I my brothers keeper? And if so, how long must I pay for him to continue to be unemployed?
President Obama, today, gave a speech (See full text of speech here: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/obama-speeches/speech/336/) in which he claims “…we… have another responsibility: to offer emergency assistance to people who desperately need it, to Americans who've been laid off in this recession. We've got a responsibility to help them make ends meet and support their families…".
The question is do “WE” have such responsibilities? The answer is absolutely NOT!
“We the people” is a euphemism for "your taxes". We the people (your taxes) were never meant for helping someone else support their family; that’s THEIR job. My job is to support MY family, your job is to support your family! The governments “job” (in other words We the people’s taxes) is to provide for a secure atmosphere for commerce, trade and economic stability through sound fiscal policies, fair trade practices, between states and with other countries, and to provide a military capable of defending our interests, here and abroad so that we can support our families!
You may ask “but what of our “moral obligation to our fellow man?” my answer to that is “WE” (collectively) have no moral obligation to “OUR” fellow man; there is only “MY” (individual) obligation to “MY” neighbor!
You see, Mr. Obama’s premise is based on something called “collective salvation”
(http://www.capitalism.org/faq/collectivism.htm). He believes that there can be no “individual salvation” and therefore it is perfectly correct to force all of us (we the people) into his theology of collective salvation!
The Bible, I read, say’s to ME, feed the hungry. It does NOT demand that I give my money to Cesar and let him feed the hungry! You see, it’s not just about the hungry being fed, that can be done financially, which takes no real time commitment on my part, no, it’s ME caring enough to do the feeding, that is the work of actually getting out there and handing my brother a piece of bread! It’s about relationship one with another and relationships take time commitments. As Margaret Thatcher put it “the problem with socialism is that eventually, you run out of other people’s money!” True benevolence is most certainly not about forcing everyone to take care of everyone else through tax an spend social programs.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. How long should a person be able to collect a un-employment check?
Answer: until his benefits run out.
2. How long should his benefits last?
Answer: that depends on how long he has worked, and how much he has contributed to the pool of money (that the currently employed continue to contribute too) that makes up the unemployment benefits pool.
3. How much money is currently in that pool?
Answer: apparently ZERO or congress would not be voting to try and “extend” coverage.
4. Where do they draw the line? What about recent college graduates who’ve been unable to find their first job; do “WE” have an obligation to support them too? Of course NOT!
5. How long does Mr. Obama expect that WE should support the unemployed?
Answer: until his destructive policies have crippled our economy so that more of us are on un-employment than are not; at which point, obviously, the entire system comes crashing down under its own weight and the socialists who are supporting his agenda can step in to the ensuing power vacuum and rule as an oligarchy. It’s been done before; it’s what Hitler did to take power in Germany prior to WWII.
The question is do “WE” have such responsibilities? The answer is absolutely NOT!
“We the people” is a euphemism for "your taxes". We the people (your taxes) were never meant for helping someone else support their family; that’s THEIR job. My job is to support MY family, your job is to support your family! The governments “job” (in other words We the people’s taxes) is to provide for a secure atmosphere for commerce, trade and economic stability through sound fiscal policies, fair trade practices, between states and with other countries, and to provide a military capable of defending our interests, here and abroad so that we can support our families!
You may ask “but what of our “moral obligation to our fellow man?” my answer to that is “WE” (collectively) have no moral obligation to “OUR” fellow man; there is only “MY” (individual) obligation to “MY” neighbor!
You see, Mr. Obama’s premise is based on something called “collective salvation”
(http://www.capitalism.org/faq/collectivism.htm). He believes that there can be no “individual salvation” and therefore it is perfectly correct to force all of us (we the people) into his theology of collective salvation!
The Bible, I read, say’s to ME, feed the hungry. It does NOT demand that I give my money to Cesar and let him feed the hungry! You see, it’s not just about the hungry being fed, that can be done financially, which takes no real time commitment on my part, no, it’s ME caring enough to do the feeding, that is the work of actually getting out there and handing my brother a piece of bread! It’s about relationship one with another and relationships take time commitments. As Margaret Thatcher put it “the problem with socialism is that eventually, you run out of other people’s money!” True benevolence is most certainly not about forcing everyone to take care of everyone else through tax an spend social programs.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. How long should a person be able to collect a un-employment check?
Answer: until his benefits run out.
2. How long should his benefits last?
Answer: that depends on how long he has worked, and how much he has contributed to the pool of money (that the currently employed continue to contribute too) that makes up the unemployment benefits pool.
3. How much money is currently in that pool?
Answer: apparently ZERO or congress would not be voting to try and “extend” coverage.
4. Where do they draw the line? What about recent college graduates who’ve been unable to find their first job; do “WE” have an obligation to support them too? Of course NOT!
5. How long does Mr. Obama expect that WE should support the unemployed?
Answer: until his destructive policies have crippled our economy so that more of us are on un-employment than are not; at which point, obviously, the entire system comes crashing down under its own weight and the socialists who are supporting his agenda can step in to the ensuing power vacuum and rule as an oligarchy. It’s been done before; it’s what Hitler did to take power in Germany prior to WWII.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
An Open Letter to Mr. Glenn Beck
Mr. Beck,
My wife and I watch your show, nearly, every night. Your Founders Fridays are a particular favorite for both of us.
Recently, we attended a series of evenings, with a group from our church, where videos were shown covering the topic of the Jewish Feasts and the Jewish Calendar. We thought the information, in those videos, to be important enough that we purchased them ourselves and have begun hosting our own get-togethers.
Last night, as you spoke about Black Liberation Theology/Philosophy, it occurred to me that, while your show is popular, you still have a limited audience that must, somehow, choose to tune in. An article I saw stated that your show averages 2.2 million viewers, and while that may put your show near the top of the Neilson ratings it still only represents less than 1% of the 300 million Americans who need this information!
I cannot tell you how disappointed I am when I go to work and try to explain what you’ve said the previous evening to a co-worker only to find that because of the “venue” ( being at work ) they do not wish to engage in any kind of “political or religious” talk at all. Often, if they do engage me in conversation, their response is something like “this doesn’t affect me” or “what difference could I make?” In my living room, over a cup of coffee or a beer, I could tell them exactly how they could make a difference. They could learn how their country is being slowly but surely stolen from them ( and as you know the pace has recently quickened ).
The socialist have, for decades now, used small groups to disseminate their message to the masses. As you’ve pointed out, they’ve gone so far as to infiltrate our schools and are now teaching their propaganda to our children using our own tax dollars!
You must have seen the myriad of publications available for Christian study groups, so what if you made each of your broadcasts available on DVD ( or streaming from the web ) categorized by topic; much like those publications. Small groups could form in every city in the country and meet once a week. Your show plays like a college lecture course ( a format I love by the way keep it up ). We literally could take your concept of Beck University and use it in a home study group format where we would invite our friends, family, co-workers and acquaintances to join us. I envision hundreds ( or who knows maybe thousands ) of groups in every city getting together once a week to spend one hour watching Beck University “content” and the next hour in discussion over that content. You could have “instructor guides” for a “leader” of such a small group to go over prior to the meeting to help keep the discussion on track etc..
Imagine Glen Beck University publications that take you through Marxist thought, Black Liberation Theology, Communist propaganda techniques, and systematic observations of how these things have been implemented by the left and most importantly, suggestions on how to fight back.
We need city councilmen, county government, school board members, teachers, State representatives and Federal representatives who have been taught what has happened to our towns, cities, states and our country. They need to know that WE THE PEOPLE stand behind them so they can make the tough choices which must ultimately be made.
You must admit, the left’s plan ( however slow to implement ) has been quite successful. It’s time for our side to adapt. We must educate our children so they will become the conservative leaders of tomorrow. This process must start in our homes.
Glenn Beck University, now playing on a 40” LCD, in a living room near you!
Mark Berry
Christian, Conservative, Patriot
My wife and I watch your show, nearly, every night. Your Founders Fridays are a particular favorite for both of us.
Recently, we attended a series of evenings, with a group from our church, where videos were shown covering the topic of the Jewish Feasts and the Jewish Calendar. We thought the information, in those videos, to be important enough that we purchased them ourselves and have begun hosting our own get-togethers.
Last night, as you spoke about Black Liberation Theology/Philosophy, it occurred to me that, while your show is popular, you still have a limited audience that must, somehow, choose to tune in. An article I saw stated that your show averages 2.2 million viewers, and while that may put your show near the top of the Neilson ratings it still only represents less than 1% of the 300 million Americans who need this information!
I cannot tell you how disappointed I am when I go to work and try to explain what you’ve said the previous evening to a co-worker only to find that because of the “venue” ( being at work ) they do not wish to engage in any kind of “political or religious” talk at all. Often, if they do engage me in conversation, their response is something like “this doesn’t affect me” or “what difference could I make?” In my living room, over a cup of coffee or a beer, I could tell them exactly how they could make a difference. They could learn how their country is being slowly but surely stolen from them ( and as you know the pace has recently quickened ).
The socialist have, for decades now, used small groups to disseminate their message to the masses. As you’ve pointed out, they’ve gone so far as to infiltrate our schools and are now teaching their propaganda to our children using our own tax dollars!
You must have seen the myriad of publications available for Christian study groups, so what if you made each of your broadcasts available on DVD ( or streaming from the web ) categorized by topic; much like those publications. Small groups could form in every city in the country and meet once a week. Your show plays like a college lecture course ( a format I love by the way keep it up ). We literally could take your concept of Beck University and use it in a home study group format where we would invite our friends, family, co-workers and acquaintances to join us. I envision hundreds ( or who knows maybe thousands ) of groups in every city getting together once a week to spend one hour watching Beck University “content” and the next hour in discussion over that content. You could have “instructor guides” for a “leader” of such a small group to go over prior to the meeting to help keep the discussion on track etc..
Imagine Glen Beck University publications that take you through Marxist thought, Black Liberation Theology, Communist propaganda techniques, and systematic observations of how these things have been implemented by the left and most importantly, suggestions on how to fight back.
We need city councilmen, county government, school board members, teachers, State representatives and Federal representatives who have been taught what has happened to our towns, cities, states and our country. They need to know that WE THE PEOPLE stand behind them so they can make the tough choices which must ultimately be made.
You must admit, the left’s plan ( however slow to implement ) has been quite successful. It’s time for our side to adapt. We must educate our children so they will become the conservative leaders of tomorrow. This process must start in our homes.
Glenn Beck University, now playing on a 40” LCD, in a living room near you!
Mark Berry
Christian, Conservative, Patriot
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Obama's Biggest Miscalcutation
What President Obama and the rest of his hate mongering clan of socialist dependents have done is to make the single largest miscalculation in the history of politics.
They believed that they could take a left wing, fringe, minority group of government cheese eating racists and somehow convince an ever increasing number of true “American Minorities” (those with the independant spirit of freedom) that somehow all of the progress the GREATEST nation on earth has made over the past 200 years, with regard to race relations, has all been for naught. They believe that by using the, now irrelevant, broadcast media they could convince the Mexican man who works for himself or the American Indian who was the third generation in his family to graduate college, or the Hmong women who now feeds her family from the profits of her own small business, or the African-American who now lives in a country that elected a black man simply because of the color of his skin opposed to the content of his character, that our country is ready to be dependent socialist zombies. The American people have spoken with a resounding NO! WE WILL NOT LIE DOWN AND DIE!
Independence is so ingrained in the American spirit that no enemy formed against it shall ever prevail. In November the counter revolution begins and in 2012 the victory will be complete! Unfortunately, the war will never be over. The forces of evil that propagate their dependency mindset under the mantra of “Social Justice” will not give up and neither can we liberty loving American Patriots.
They believed that they could take a left wing, fringe, minority group of government cheese eating racists and somehow convince an ever increasing number of true “American Minorities” (those with the independant spirit of freedom) that somehow all of the progress the GREATEST nation on earth has made over the past 200 years, with regard to race relations, has all been for naught. They believe that by using the, now irrelevant, broadcast media they could convince the Mexican man who works for himself or the American Indian who was the third generation in his family to graduate college, or the Hmong women who now feeds her family from the profits of her own small business, or the African-American who now lives in a country that elected a black man simply because of the color of his skin opposed to the content of his character, that our country is ready to be dependent socialist zombies. The American people have spoken with a resounding NO! WE WILL NOT LIE DOWN AND DIE!
Independence is so ingrained in the American spirit that no enemy formed against it shall ever prevail. In November the counter revolution begins and in 2012 the victory will be complete! Unfortunately, the war will never be over. The forces of evil that propagate their dependency mindset under the mantra of “Social Justice” will not give up and neither can we liberty loving American Patriots.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Zero Tolerance! Remove the demand and the supply will diminish!
There is a very simple answer to this, quite, simple problem of illegal immigration.
First, let us define the problem.
11 million people ( likely many more ) are living and more importantly working in the US illegally. What does that mean “illegally”? It means they are NOT citizens of this country and have no rights that US citizens hold. Some come here completely legally using some sort of workers, student, or traveling visa; but they let their documentation laps and are now here illegally.
See: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5485917
This group is well known to the US authorities and yet they stay. According to the article linked above, this group could very well represent one half of the total problem! So the next time you here a liberal, communist, democrat lapdog broadcast nightly news anchor say “what do they expect us to do, round them all up and ship them back to where they came from?” SCREAM AT THE TOP OF YOUR VOICE “YES, YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ECXPECT “THEM” TO DO!”
OK so we solved one halph of the illegal immigration problem in one paragraph, that’s American efficiency in action! What about the rest of the illegals, where do they come from? Well some, I’m sure, come in from our northern border but as you may well know, a much larger percentage come from our southern border. Of the 11 million illegal aliens living and working in the US, it’s estimated that 2 million of them live in California. Why do you suppose that is? Because that’s where the jobs “Americans won’t do” are.
See: http://rapidvisa.com/rapidvisa_blog/post/2010/02/09/How-Many-Illegal-Aliens-are-their-in-the-United-States.aspx
Now it just so happens that I live in the, once, great state of California. I’ve driven along the highway and seen entire fields flooded with workers, some of whom may very well be here legally, but I doubt they are a majority. I’ve driven down the back streets, you know the ones that run parallel to the railroad tracks and allow you to avoid all the stop lights on Main Street. There I’ve seen 20 or 30 men standing in groups waiting for the next, non-descript, white four wheel drive super cab to show up and take half of them away for the day. They don’t normally have to wait very long!
The problem is one of supply and demand! If we eliminate the demand, the supply will dry up!
It’s time to round up the illegals working in fields or standing along the railroad tracks! But it’s also time to start punishing those who hire them.
Now it’s not like this “illegal” work is being done in back alleys in dank warehouses with poor light and plenty of places to hide. The work is going on in an open field in broad daylight! A few, well trained, agents ( could be Sherriff, could be local police ) could stop along the side of any highway in my state with a couple of well-equipped greyhound buses, round up all those who have no legal documentation and send them back to where they came from. This alone would put a financial burden on their “employer”, but in addition to some jail time we should fine the employer an amount equal to 2 years of what their land can produce in terms of income; that’s on a first offense. On a second offense we should take their land and sell it on the open market. The “employers” would know full well, that IF they chose to hire “un-documented” workers, they would be in extreme jeopardy of being arrested and heavily fined.
It’s like this, be honest, today when you drove into work did you exceed the speed limit just a bit? Maybe you set your cruise control for 75mph in a 65mph zone? Sure you did! Why, because you could! You’ve likely heard it said that the police won’t stop you as long as you’re not going 10mph over the posted speed limit. Is that what our law says? NO! It says that if you are traveling even 1mph over the posted speed limit an officer can give you a ticket. But you regularly exceed the posted speed limit anyway because you know the “myth” is true! But what about those few weeks per year when you notice, on your way to work, three highway patrol cars, all working in concert to take down the speeders? Do you slow down during that week (and a few subsequent weeks just in case) of course you do! The affect would be the same if just a hand full of worksites were raided; the word would get out!
Zero tolerance! That is the answer to illegal immigration!
What about all those jobs “Americans won’t do”! I have news for you America, you are about to find out what you will and will not do to survive! If we continue on the path of destruction laid out for us by the liberals who’ve taken control of all aspects of the public sector, including the government, schools and even labor unions, you will be glad to have work of any kind, yes, even the kind that finds you bent over a row of vegetables, in the Central Valley sun in July, being paid by the bushel!
First, let us define the problem.
11 million people ( likely many more ) are living and more importantly working in the US illegally. What does that mean “illegally”? It means they are NOT citizens of this country and have no rights that US citizens hold. Some come here completely legally using some sort of workers, student, or traveling visa; but they let their documentation laps and are now here illegally.
See: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5485917
This group is well known to the US authorities and yet they stay. According to the article linked above, this group could very well represent one half of the total problem! So the next time you here a liberal, communist, democrat lapdog broadcast nightly news anchor say “what do they expect us to do, round them all up and ship them back to where they came from?” SCREAM AT THE TOP OF YOUR VOICE “YES, YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ECXPECT “THEM” TO DO!”
OK so we solved one halph of the illegal immigration problem in one paragraph, that’s American efficiency in action! What about the rest of the illegals, where do they come from? Well some, I’m sure, come in from our northern border but as you may well know, a much larger percentage come from our southern border. Of the 11 million illegal aliens living and working in the US, it’s estimated that 2 million of them live in California. Why do you suppose that is? Because that’s where the jobs “Americans won’t do” are.
See: http://rapidvisa.com/rapidvisa_blog/post/2010/02/09/How-Many-Illegal-Aliens-are-their-in-the-United-States.aspx
Now it just so happens that I live in the, once, great state of California. I’ve driven along the highway and seen entire fields flooded with workers, some of whom may very well be here legally, but I doubt they are a majority. I’ve driven down the back streets, you know the ones that run parallel to the railroad tracks and allow you to avoid all the stop lights on Main Street. There I’ve seen 20 or 30 men standing in groups waiting for the next, non-descript, white four wheel drive super cab to show up and take half of them away for the day. They don’t normally have to wait very long!
The problem is one of supply and demand! If we eliminate the demand, the supply will dry up!
It’s time to round up the illegals working in fields or standing along the railroad tracks! But it’s also time to start punishing those who hire them.
Now it’s not like this “illegal” work is being done in back alleys in dank warehouses with poor light and plenty of places to hide. The work is going on in an open field in broad daylight! A few, well trained, agents ( could be Sherriff, could be local police ) could stop along the side of any highway in my state with a couple of well-equipped greyhound buses, round up all those who have no legal documentation and send them back to where they came from. This alone would put a financial burden on their “employer”, but in addition to some jail time we should fine the employer an amount equal to 2 years of what their land can produce in terms of income; that’s on a first offense. On a second offense we should take their land and sell it on the open market. The “employers” would know full well, that IF they chose to hire “un-documented” workers, they would be in extreme jeopardy of being arrested and heavily fined.
It’s like this, be honest, today when you drove into work did you exceed the speed limit just a bit? Maybe you set your cruise control for 75mph in a 65mph zone? Sure you did! Why, because you could! You’ve likely heard it said that the police won’t stop you as long as you’re not going 10mph over the posted speed limit. Is that what our law says? NO! It says that if you are traveling even 1mph over the posted speed limit an officer can give you a ticket. But you regularly exceed the posted speed limit anyway because you know the “myth” is true! But what about those few weeks per year when you notice, on your way to work, three highway patrol cars, all working in concert to take down the speeders? Do you slow down during that week (and a few subsequent weeks just in case) of course you do! The affect would be the same if just a hand full of worksites were raided; the word would get out!
Zero tolerance! That is the answer to illegal immigration!
What about all those jobs “Americans won’t do”! I have news for you America, you are about to find out what you will and will not do to survive! If we continue on the path of destruction laid out for us by the liberals who’ve taken control of all aspects of the public sector, including the government, schools and even labor unions, you will be glad to have work of any kind, yes, even the kind that finds you bent over a row of vegetables, in the Central Valley sun in July, being paid by the bushel!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Taxes & the Gay Marriage Debate
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/Google-to-Pay-More-for-Gay-Employees-97581254.html
A bay area website, today, posted an article stating that Google will, soon, begin paying its Gay and Lesbian employees at a higher rate than their straight counterparts. The raise is, apparently, to compensate for taxes that gay and lesbian couples pay on health insurance benefits for their partners. These same benefits are not being offered to straight employees who have been in long term relationships but are not married. Apparently, for Google’s management, it is morally incorrect for a heterosexual couple to live together outside of wedlock but the gay and lesbian lifestyle is perfectly acceptable as The Overton window slides just a bit further to the left.
Believe it or not, I don’t think gay and lesbian couples should have to pay a tax on healthcare benefits they opt for simply because they are gay! I also do not believe straight couples should pay a tax on healthcare benefits just because they are not married; which is exactly the issue at hand here. The tax the gay and lesbian couples are paying is because they are NOT married they are not paying a tax because they are gay.
So what Google, in what is clearly a left wing concept of equality, has done is to alienate those heterosexual couples who choose not to get married. The article states that these couples could get married, if they so choose, to avoid the tax penalty.
If the federal government were to replace the federal income tax ( a law who’s pages exceed 20,000 ) with either a flat income tax or a national sales tax this would eliminate all forms of bias with regard to who pays and does not pay their taxes.
Why won’t they do this? They won’t do it because it takes their power away. If the tax laws became 100% fair for everyone who paid them, how would politicians give favors to big corporations or other large campaign donors? That’s right, they couldn’t. So the tax code becomes more bloated and less comprehensible each year as special loopholes are put in place in payment for large campaign contributions to, lifelong, career, politicians who have only their personal best interests (re-election) in mind.
Solution:
Term limits!
If a politician knows that he’s going to be back in the public sector within a few years, that politician is not going to implement policies that hurt the private sector while growing the government!
A national sales tax ( only if it replaces the income tax; not as an add-on ).
If EVERYONE paid a tax on everything they buy, then EVERYONE would be paying taxes as they consume.
Let’s do a math problem:
A drug dealer goes into the local BMW dealer and wants to buy a car with cash. What is the total amount of Federal Income Tax paid on the amount of money spent on the BMW? The formula looks like this: n X 0 = y solve for Y?
If there were a sales tax, that same drug dealer would be paying taxes just like the rest of us.
Problem #2: Big wig corporate executive has all his “bonuses” paid to an offshore account. How much in US Federal Income Tax does he pay on any “Capital Gains” he receives from his “offshore investment?” That’s right the formula is the same as before n X 0 = y solve for Y.
Now this same big wig corporate exec goes down to the same BMW dealer and wants to buy a car with cash. How much does he pay in US Federal Tax if there is a sales tax in place? Obviously it would depend on the percentage rate of the tax, but the fact is he’d pay the same as the drug dealer or anyone else who bought a car of the same price! It’s FAIR to everyone!
Hey, and under a “sales tax” system, poor people pay less in taxes. Why? Because they buy less so over the course of a year, they will pay less in taxes than everyone else. No loopholes for big corporations or the rich, just a fair simple tax you pay every time you buy something!
Oh, and you say you want your retirement savings to grow, no problem; EVERY PENNY you save is never taxed until you spend it!
There ARE solutions America, elect leaders who will implement them!
A bay area website, today, posted an article stating that Google will, soon, begin paying its Gay and Lesbian employees at a higher rate than their straight counterparts. The raise is, apparently, to compensate for taxes that gay and lesbian couples pay on health insurance benefits for their partners. These same benefits are not being offered to straight employees who have been in long term relationships but are not married. Apparently, for Google’s management, it is morally incorrect for a heterosexual couple to live together outside of wedlock but the gay and lesbian lifestyle is perfectly acceptable as The Overton window slides just a bit further to the left.
Believe it or not, I don’t think gay and lesbian couples should have to pay a tax on healthcare benefits they opt for simply because they are gay! I also do not believe straight couples should pay a tax on healthcare benefits just because they are not married; which is exactly the issue at hand here. The tax the gay and lesbian couples are paying is because they are NOT married they are not paying a tax because they are gay.
So what Google, in what is clearly a left wing concept of equality, has done is to alienate those heterosexual couples who choose not to get married. The article states that these couples could get married, if they so choose, to avoid the tax penalty.
If the federal government were to replace the federal income tax ( a law who’s pages exceed 20,000 ) with either a flat income tax or a national sales tax this would eliminate all forms of bias with regard to who pays and does not pay their taxes.
Why won’t they do this? They won’t do it because it takes their power away. If the tax laws became 100% fair for everyone who paid them, how would politicians give favors to big corporations or other large campaign donors? That’s right, they couldn’t. So the tax code becomes more bloated and less comprehensible each year as special loopholes are put in place in payment for large campaign contributions to, lifelong, career, politicians who have only their personal best interests (re-election) in mind.
Solution:
Term limits!
If a politician knows that he’s going to be back in the public sector within a few years, that politician is not going to implement policies that hurt the private sector while growing the government!
A national sales tax ( only if it replaces the income tax; not as an add-on ).
If EVERYONE paid a tax on everything they buy, then EVERYONE would be paying taxes as they consume.
Let’s do a math problem:
A drug dealer goes into the local BMW dealer and wants to buy a car with cash. What is the total amount of Federal Income Tax paid on the amount of money spent on the BMW? The formula looks like this: n X 0 = y solve for Y?
If there were a sales tax, that same drug dealer would be paying taxes just like the rest of us.
Problem #2: Big wig corporate executive has all his “bonuses” paid to an offshore account. How much in US Federal Income Tax does he pay on any “Capital Gains” he receives from his “offshore investment?” That’s right the formula is the same as before n X 0 = y solve for Y.
Now this same big wig corporate exec goes down to the same BMW dealer and wants to buy a car with cash. How much does he pay in US Federal Tax if there is a sales tax in place? Obviously it would depend on the percentage rate of the tax, but the fact is he’d pay the same as the drug dealer or anyone else who bought a car of the same price! It’s FAIR to everyone!
Hey, and under a “sales tax” system, poor people pay less in taxes. Why? Because they buy less so over the course of a year, they will pay less in taxes than everyone else. No loopholes for big corporations or the rich, just a fair simple tax you pay every time you buy something!
Oh, and you say you want your retirement savings to grow, no problem; EVERY PENNY you save is never taxed until you spend it!
There ARE solutions America, elect leaders who will implement them!
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