I own a business. the last thing I need is "government help". The other thing I dn't want is to be included in the "Rich folks who don't pay their fair share of taxes". That is another liberal line.
If someone works their way into ridiculous wealth (ain't me) I say more power to him/her. Unfortunately we now look upon success as something to be scorned...and taxed.
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Here we don't see things the same way. I see this from an engineers' perspective, as a system with feedback to provide stability and control. There are examples galore around the world where feedback, stability and control are missing, and I wouldn't want to live in any of those places, even if I was rich. Success (financial or otherwise) is not something to be scorned, but it is something that, I believe, is best when shared. And by sharing, I don't mean given away, but used to provide opportunity. This discussion could go on for a long time, so I'll cut it here. But think about it - you and I are both were we are today because 1) there was opportunity, and 2) to took advantage of it (and a thousand other factors). If there had not been opportunity, all of the rest would be moot - no matter how hard we tried, no matter how smart we were, we'd still be in the Navy, or digging ditches on some plantation. We didn't inherit our current status, we earned it the old fashioned way. But even the old fashioned way needs opportunity.
And that's what we have to 'give' to the poor.
Dear Ralph and Daddy. I commend you on this discussion. Ralph, my dad always got the response and you can, to use a legal term I learned during the OJ trial) redirect. Feel free to comment back.
When I moved to Australia, I was concerned (albeit only slightly) about it being labelled as Socialist. About it being less Republican (which to me meant less capitalistic and had nothing to do with the social aspects of the Republican party).
Anyway, now, after over 20 years of time involved in the Australian culture, after getting and using my MBA and MIM, and after working my butt off in both countries, I now see that the people who are in politics for their ideology have to quickly learn that its actually a business. They have to raise money to get in. They have to tax people to provide services. They have to play the media game by the media's rules (i.e. soundbites).
I'm an athiest capitalist with a belief that my tax dollars should buy things that I want but am unable to pay for without a pool of funds. I've written about what I believe in my own blog.
The difference between us all is that we pool the funds and then let others (who we vote for) decide what to spend the money on.
I just re-read what I've written so far and I realize that I haven't said much of anything. The process of politics is exhausting.
The key issues for the US (and the world) are (1) energy, (2) energy, and (3) energy. Our dependence on oil is at the core of global warming, war/conflict, and the global economy and it is and will continue to degrade our standard of living.
The person who vows to fix this will get my vote.
Did I just say anything?
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