I believe President Obama has a problem with his inheritance. He doesn't like the fact that our country existed prior to his taking office, that it had an economy, a debt, a standing on the world stage. He doesn't like it one bit, and he's back to blaming President Bush for his woes. He won't ever say that Pres. Bush inherited his problems from Pres. Clinton, or Pres. Clinton from Pres. Bush, etc.
But what he also won't say is, "I'm sorry," to the multitudes of generations to whom he's leaving a grossly weakened economy, an immeasurably higher debt, and a considerably lessened standing in our world. We're a joke waiting for a punchline.
We're owe our souls to the company store, and it's owned by the Chinese, who are giving us advice on how to run a capitalist economy. There's a joke for you. And all the President can think of is passing health care reform that will further indebt us and our children.
Fathers used to look forward to leaving an inheritance to their children. Now, I wonder just what that inheritance will be, and will they damn us for it.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tax the what????
Taxes, taxes, taxes. Tax this, tax that. Tax income. Tax cigs, tax beer. Tax clothes, tax homes, tax cars. Tax soda, tax fast food, tax cosmetic surgery.
Hmmm. Tax things purchased. How about we just limit taxes to that. Let's get rid of the Income Tax, and just tax everything that people purchase. You know, like, a SALES TAX!
That's what Congress is floating. Not a sales tax per se, but a piecemeal taxing of goods purchased, according to whomever they think owes more to society, according to their views on human health and behavior.
The problem is, that defies the Constitution, and won't hold up under scrutiny. The Constitution states that one of the powers of the Federal Government is to "lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States."
The problem here is the 'uniformity' of the taxes proposed. Even the sliding scale of taxation on income could be said to be non-uniform, if pushed. But a sales tax, say 10%, that would be uniform.
Granted, people would at first slow down on purchasing luxury items, even higher-price non-luxury items, but only at first. People would learn to budget, something Congress has never bothered to try to learn, and our society would begin to save before purchasing, such would be the power of seeing the 10% added to the bottom line every time they pulled out their wallets.
But given time, spending would resume, as people saw greater and greater return on their hard work. Every paycheck would be a little slice of instant gratification. Bank accounts would skyrocket, investing would boom, and our economy would soar.
Income taxes are confiscatory, sanctioned thievery, and should be abolished. A Sales Tax would be a voluntary contribution, paid by all, uniformly, and would stimulate the economy like President Obama has failed to do.
Hmmm. Tax things purchased. How about we just limit taxes to that. Let's get rid of the Income Tax, and just tax everything that people purchase. You know, like, a SALES TAX!
That's what Congress is floating. Not a sales tax per se, but a piecemeal taxing of goods purchased, according to whomever they think owes more to society, according to their views on human health and behavior.
The problem is, that defies the Constitution, and won't hold up under scrutiny. The Constitution states that one of the powers of the Federal Government is to "lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States."
The problem here is the 'uniformity' of the taxes proposed. Even the sliding scale of taxation on income could be said to be non-uniform, if pushed. But a sales tax, say 10%, that would be uniform.
Granted, people would at first slow down on purchasing luxury items, even higher-price non-luxury items, but only at first. People would learn to budget, something Congress has never bothered to try to learn, and our society would begin to save before purchasing, such would be the power of seeing the 10% added to the bottom line every time they pulled out their wallets.
But given time, spending would resume, as people saw greater and greater return on their hard work. Every paycheck would be a little slice of instant gratification. Bank accounts would skyrocket, investing would boom, and our economy would soar.
Income taxes are confiscatory, sanctioned thievery, and should be abolished. A Sales Tax would be a voluntary contribution, paid by all, uniformly, and would stimulate the economy like President Obama has failed to do.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Obama stops short
Liberals always stop short of solving a problem, simply by refusing to get to the root.
Root Cause Analysis is the process of figuring out the chain of events that caused a problem, and fixing each in turn, right down to the first. But for liberals, when it comes to fixing problems, they tend to stop at whatever solution makes for big government spending more money.
One of the primary reasons health care costs have risen so much so quickly is the litigious nature of our society. In all the rhetoric about President Obama's health care plan, no one, and I mean no one, in congress has mentioned the rising cost of physician insurance, which has skyrocketed in comparison to personal insurance. Doctors pay through the nose for malpractice insurance, not because so many of them perform poorly, but because lawyers manage the tort system so well that a single suit can shut a doctor down.
Tort Reform won't happen though, and it should be no surprise to anyone that that's the last piece of the problem that will ever be addressed, simply because the majority of politicians are lawyers.
Maybe that's the root cause of a lot of our problems.
Root Cause Analysis is the process of figuring out the chain of events that caused a problem, and fixing each in turn, right down to the first. But for liberals, when it comes to fixing problems, they tend to stop at whatever solution makes for big government spending more money.
One of the primary reasons health care costs have risen so much so quickly is the litigious nature of our society. In all the rhetoric about President Obama's health care plan, no one, and I mean no one, in congress has mentioned the rising cost of physician insurance, which has skyrocketed in comparison to personal insurance. Doctors pay through the nose for malpractice insurance, not because so many of them perform poorly, but because lawyers manage the tort system so well that a single suit can shut a doctor down.
Tort Reform won't happen though, and it should be no surprise to anyone that that's the last piece of the problem that will ever be addressed, simply because the majority of politicians are lawyers.
Maybe that's the root cause of a lot of our problems.
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