Taxes? Really? Your big issue is taxes, America? You're upset that you may have to pay more taxes? That's your big issue in this election, is it?
Nevermind that we're fighting two foreign wars with no end in sight (and please point out to me any other time in U.S. history that taxes were lowered in time of war), our economy is at a holding point just north of the vortex in the toilet bowl, our health care system is broken, all of our futures are mortgaged to the national debt, and the past seven and a half years have seen the admitted and implicit abrogation of constitutional civil rights (i.e. phone taps, limitation of due process...). More important is that you don't want your taxes to go up.
Taxes. Seriously. All you patriots, Americans, don't want to pay more taxes. Don't want to drop one more single penny towards supporting the troops you send to fight the wars, or to cover their medical bills when they come home torn and broken. Not a thin dime to help the government (which is supposed to be of the people, by the people, and for the people...we've always had a problem recognizing the responsibilities in the "of" and "by" portions, haven't we) work towards doing anything close to maintenance on the broken economy. Or a few fins towards guiding health care toward stability and sustainability. And, indeed, lets ignore the issue of the national debt completely, because it's downright un-American to not be in debt, right?
Nope, no sir. Not one more dollar out of your pockets. Because American Patriotism is actually just Rugged Individualism--stay the fuck outta my way, I'll take care of me and you take care of you. Funny thing is, that's not how reality works. True patriots are willing to stand together, to support one another until everyone is standing on their feet, and if need be, eat a shit sandwich or two for the good of the country, their countrymen, and society in general.
To paraphrase myself from a previous entry, because I'm just the kind of arrogant prick who does that sort of thing, we can stand united as a country to find a way to fix our problems, which are legion, or continue down the rugged individualist path towards collapse and failure.
And we can bicker about taxes. Like assholes.
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Fuck yeah man, well said! The individuals that make up our modern society have lost so much of their empathy.. We (the peasant "we" as Brendan puts it, read the link at the end of this) just don't give a shit about anyone but ourselves. And it's disgusting. Humanity will not survive if a bulk of society continues on this freight train of individualism.
Is anyone else a little concerned, though, about the blatantly socialist comments Obama makes? Redistribution of wealth through government programs? Scary. If he gets elected, I'll just cross my fingers that our system of checks and balances holds up.
http://badsandwichchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/10/did-you-see-toe-on-that-camel.html
We already have redistribution of wealth through goverment programs. See unemployment, social security, the Peace Corps, the bailout...so what's so scary?
and have any of those been a success? maybe the Peace Corps? and now Obama is talking about more and more government operated bailouts for the little guy... i'm just tired of seeing my money help people that have absolutely no desire to help themselves...
case in point... i hired this guy a couple weeks ago, and on day two, he was bitching about how he didn't think he was cut out for the job and all this shit. I reassured him that it would get much easier with time and that i knew i was throwing a lot at him at once... then the truth comes out.. in so many words, he says "well, the only reason i haven't quit yet is because i won't collect unemployment." I fired him on the spot. Luckily, he was through a temp agency, so we don't have to pick up his unemployment. People like that are a fucking drain on the rest of us that are trying to pave an honest way for ourselves. I'm not saying we shouldn't help people that fall on hard times (god knows it happens), but not these fucking social parasites.
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