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Originally posted by mirage29:
"Read my lips..." {Pres. George HW Bush}Consider this, Jwhop---
I'm sure that [b]IF there are raises in taxes, it would be to the SUPER-super-rich, (which you are probably not)?
It would tax the obscenely rich... people who REALLY, in their personal life, would NEVER "need" nor miss it? It's a number-paper game for them. Greed.
Former Republican President George HW Bush was a 'NO and Low Taxes' individual... until he SAW and listened to bipartisan groups that SHOWED HIM the benefits of having programs that act as a safety-net for ALL Americans-- {for richer for poorer-- you never know what the wheels of fortune bring or take away from you, in the span of a lifetime???}.
There IS a need for REVENUES for those programs that help us ALL, either directly or indirectly.
We have to protect people..
Make sure they are HEALTHY and fed (so they can be strong).
That people deserve GOOD Housing to live in, to rest-- so they can go 'out' to work and make their living.
Our bridges and infrastructures have been BEING IGNORED for several decades now.
We NEED good transportation, good buildings, bridges, highways. Keep America strong 'on the inside'!!
Trump is on his mantra of building that Mexican Wall to 'keep out criminals'??? WHILE he ignores the needs for prosperity, health, and well-being of the people---
When people can't eat, are sick, overworked, to where they don't have enough income to 'support' their families???, THEN, some folks will turn to a life of criminal activity, doing 'what they gotta do' to Survive.
.. Some start to steal food and property. Some 'entrepreneurials' turn to drug use and selling drugs in an underground culture.
.. Some sell their children's sexuality, their wives bodies, in order to bring in revenues to eat and have a roof over their head to survive!!! GANGS rise-up who offer to 'meet the basic needs' of people in exchange for Loyalties to the will of the group, forming their own little subculture mini-governments, turfs, territories that must be defended.
Which then.... SCARES the other people living among them-- into their homes, buying weapons, and living FREAKED OUT and paranoid!
Don't you SEE the LOGIC???!!!
This mantra of 'no taxes' and 'starving the government programs that HELP people to survive' is OUT OF BALANCE and ridiculous.
You(party) make everyone think that 'THEIR PERSONAL MONEY' (which may not be enough to make ends meet in their life??, so they feel 'threatened' with ideas of even MORE lack) is being taken away??
Well... yeah.
The teaparty DRACONIC policies HAS managed to DO that!!!-- to the "Poor"??????
.. omg, WTF?????
And it is PURE B.S. that people just want to be lazy and not work--- Such HARSH Judgments.
You can't "work" when you're sick, (can't afford healthcare treatments), and can't afford a home (real estate too sky freakin' high) to live in?
Gently, it's a vicious cycle, Jwhop.
Unless you-personally have come into a time (in your life) where you were surprised and shocked by 'adversity' yourself?
or
Have Loved and observed a family member or an individual you care about go THROUGH some terrible times/occurrences, where you were actually 'touched' by seeing 'first-hand' the INCREDIBLE amount of suffering and consequences that come in NOT being able to make-ends-meet, falling into hard times???, then, you might not have the understanding necessary to 'see' why we need revenues.
Actually... it's AWESOME when you are part of a FAMILY that watches each other's needs.
Jwhop-- not everyone has a good family that helps them during bad times.
If the infrastructure is good (and that includes 'the Quality basics' for ALL, in a so-called Prosperous-Blessed nation like USA), then EVERYONE WILL Win.
.. Not just the few.
We have parts of American that compare to the Poverty of the sh*thole countries that Trump alluded to.
That's INCREDIBLY shameful for US??? *bheart*
We're not taking-care of our own???
Anyways....
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Let me be the first to wish you, Merry Christmas!
I wish YOU Prosperity, at all levels!
May your Dreams and Wishes come through for you in the Coming New Year.
Stay Healthy! [/B]