On Sun, 04 Dec 2016 14:32:58 +0000, Stormin' Norman
wrote:

On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 11:41:03 -0500, Taxpayer
wrote:

On 12/3/2016 9:30 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
I have never worked a day in my life, probably because I have always
loved what I do / have done to earn a living and provide for my
family.


Do you pay income taxes? I sure do and I'm ****ed off that so many of my hard earned dollars fund programs to support lazy/useless/stupid people. Why any working taxpayer would willingly cast a vote for a Clintoncrat is beyond my comprehension.

My personal finances are really none of your business, but that said,
yes I do and I have been paying those taxes continually for more years
than you have probably been alive.


Wouldn't it be nice to get something in return for your tax dollars? Apparently myself and other working taxpaying voters spoke-up at the last election. Maybe America's lazy will finally be forced to work like the rest of us?

I would like to see tax dollars spent more wisely, yes. Many of our
current military programs are enormous, poorly planned money holes,
our DoD is far too top heavy with too many chiefs and not enough
indians.

In fact, I advocate our country implement two year universal military
servitude for all citizens of a certain age, lower pay for these
conscripts and an elimination of lifetime benefits for non-career
veterans except for those who sustain direct service related permanent
injuries.

I would like to see the Social Security funds protected and taken out
of the reach of congress so they cannot draw down the reserves by
borrowing the monies and ****ing them away on pork. I would also like
to see means testing for social security, hell, I don't need the SS
check every month, but they send it to me anyway.

I would like to see a balanced budget amendment, the presidential
line-item veto and an amendment which limits federal borrowing to
declared wars and certain types of disasters. Also, a complete
elimination of the Federal Reserve Bank, which I consider to be a
progressive boondoggle that has become a form of shadow government.
Lastly, I would like to see an aggressive effort to pay down the
national debt and eliminate the vast amounts of interest we as tax
payers must contribute to service the interest on the debt, that alone
is a travesty.

I feel a dramatic reduction in governmental employment, an elimination
of civil service protections which do not have parallels in the
non-union private sector and a drastic reduction in retirement
benefits not to mention a much longer term of service before being
eligible for retirement of government employees.

Our governments need to return to being a service to the citizenry,
not a major employment sector of our economy. It used to be
government employment was for people that without many other options,
now it is a desirable career. That needs to change.

I have no problem with feeding the hungry, helping to care for the
sick, extending the public school education system to accommodate the
needs of an advancing society and establishing a national
apprenticeship and mentoring program.

Regardless of the patriotic rhetoric, I believe there are groups of
people who require and deserve a hand-up, not a hand-out, because of
many years of oppression and systemic disadvantage.

One last, very important thing, we should completely eliminate the
absurd income tax system and implement an across the board consumption
tax on everything except the necessities, e.g. non prepared food, non
luxury clothing, medicine, etc.

Buy a house, pay the same relative tax you pay on a car or a TV. Buy
a corporate plane, pay the tax, no deductions for operating the plane
or amortization or write down on the aircraft, etc.

The tax system is an abortion with absurd benefits designed to enhance
the lifestyle of the rich and famous. A properly configured
consumption tax system, one that cannot be jiggered with through
regulations, but only via legislation, would put all of our
representatives in the cross hairs of all voters. Congress would be
very nervous about making changes that could not be kept secret and
that would directly impact every citizen.