Burrocracy
Anti-Poor Principles
During Tom Delay’s speech as he was departing the House for fraud, he made this statement: “it is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrade our public debate, but preening self styled statesman who elevates compromise to a first principle.” He argues that he and other conservatives are the principled partisans, and liberals and democrats are the preening self styled statesmen. I agree with the principled part of Delay. Last week’s political tactic devised by the GOP, are indicative of what the principles of the conservatives and the Republican Party are. The minimum wage was going to be raised over the next two years, but conservatives tacked on another provision to the bill, the estate taxes that shelter the wealthiest 6600 people in the United States. Conservatives push to include the estate tax provision that would benefit a tiny portion of the American population. This details precisely the need for partisanship, so that the liberal principles of fair taxation can counter-rest the conservative principle of sheltering the rich.
Last week’s back and forth bickering dealt with two different issues. On the one hand, you are dealing with the government not enforcing a minimum wage that is fair and can allow our poorest citizens to prosper and have an opportunity fulfill their lives in the richest country in the world. A person working minimum wage at 40 hours a week still makes $6,000 a year under the standard of poverty.
The issue that the republicans brought up: rich people are being taxed too much. If this tax were to stay, some rich may be only able to afford one Ferrari instead of two. That just sounds like communism to me. What’s next? All joking aside, the principle that people work hard for what they have is important, and should be respected. But we must keep in mind in a prosperous country, it is important to recognize that our greatness has been established by the greatness of our infrastructure. We have all benefited from this, especially the rich. And because they have it is only that a fair portion of their wealth be invested in maintaining this infrastructure. When I say infrastructure I mean all of the government entities that support us. We are all protected by the police, paid by taxes. We have the right to use the judicial system, paid by taxes. We drive on roads, mostly paid by taxes. Also, the rich's enormous bank accounts are protected by a government entity, the FDIC. Government has created an infrastructure that has and should help all. We must participate in this infrastructure, because it is an obligation of the government. At the same time, we must ensure that the infrastructure can be accessed fairly.
It is essential to ensure that we protect the poorest of our citizens.
During Tom Delay’s speech as he was departing the House for fraud, he made this statement: “it is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrade our public debate, but preening self styled statesman who elevates compromise to a first principle.” He argues that he and other conservatives are the principled partisans, and liberals and democrats are the preening self styled statesmen. I agree with the principled part of Delay. Last week’s political tactic devised by the GOP, are indicative of what the principles of the conservatives and the Republican Party are. The minimum wage was going to be raised over the next two years, but conservatives tacked on another provision to the bill, the estate taxes that shelter the wealthiest 6600 people in the United States. Conservatives push to include the estate tax provision that would benefit a tiny portion of the American population. This details precisely the need for partisanship, so that the liberal principles of fair taxation can counter-rest the conservative principle of sheltering the rich.
Last week’s back and forth bickering dealt with two different issues. On the one hand, you are dealing with the government not enforcing a minimum wage that is fair and can allow our poorest citizens to prosper and have an opportunity fulfill their lives in the richest country in the world. A person working minimum wage at 40 hours a week still makes $6,000 a year under the standard of poverty.
The issue that the republicans brought up: rich people are being taxed too much. If this tax were to stay, some rich may be only able to afford one Ferrari instead of two. That just sounds like communism to me. What’s next? All joking aside, the principle that people work hard for what they have is important, and should be respected. But we must keep in mind in a prosperous country, it is important to recognize that our greatness has been established by the greatness of our infrastructure. We have all benefited from this, especially the rich. And because they have it is only that a fair portion of their wealth be invested in maintaining this infrastructure. When I say infrastructure I mean all of the government entities that support us. We are all protected by the police, paid by taxes. We have the right to use the judicial system, paid by taxes. We drive on roads, mostly paid by taxes. Also, the rich's enormous bank accounts are protected by a government entity, the FDIC. Government has created an infrastructure that has and should help all. We must participate in this infrastructure, because it is an obligation of the government. At the same time, we must ensure that the infrastructure can be accessed fairly.
It is essential to ensure that we protect the poorest of our citizens.
posted by poliwriter81 at 11:15 PM
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