Now I know everyone's talking about the Gay Marriage bill...it won't go through. It statistically can't. It's just giving Republicans some firepower against Bush's high 20 low 30-something percent approval rating. If anyone says that gay relationships don't last, Me and Xeno have lasted longer than the average marriage lasts (2 years), and I know plenty of others who have lasted longer than that as well.
I know there's plenty of people here that can make this point far more elequently, and have probly posted these points already, but I feel like ranting because I was just talking to someone about this. Let me defend the tax cut rhetoric since I'm pretty far left...
The big tax cut and getting rid of the inheritance tax (now called the DEATH TAX for dramatic effect) really only does benefit the top 1% the most is because, you have to understand...the money these people get back, which is in the hundreds of thousands, is a drop in the bucket to them. It doesn't encourage them to spend and boost the economy, because they're doing that already.
This isn't money that would go to government salaries, but rather the government programs that would benefit people to get out of poverty, educational training and the like, also student loans and scholarships. In fact, they cut the program that gave Xeno his head start that makes it possible for him to have a career in 3D. Now, if you want a success story, get back to me in 1 to 2 years, but I'm pretty confident in his ability with the progress we've made.
The tax cut goes the most to families that really don't have to work any more, often reffered to as Legacies. Ever watch MTV's "My Sweet 16," where a kid isn't satisfied until she gets not 1 expensive car, but 2? It's worse than that. These people don't work for their money anymore, and pulling back the tax cut will barely effect them, and go towards efforts that are really needed.
Plus, as far as people living off the government, it's not as good as you think. I also know this because Xeno gets money from the government for being legally blind, and it really prevents him from getting a job with A LOT of people. He has to find someone local he can take a bus to because he can never get a liscense, and the jobs themselves require a certain amount of vision, like the big V denied him a testing job for that reason. He gets $400-something a month, 300 of that goes to rent, 100 covers SOME of the groceries. On top of that, he doesn't get a check if he's getting an income.
Now, I'm not a socialist commie or anything...I understand there needs to be an economic ladder, being the rich, middle class, and poor...but the space between the three standards hasn't been this high since the 1920's. A recent study revealed that you are more likely to accomplish the "American Dream," pulling up your bootstraps out of poverty in Europe than you are in America. I really have personally known people in all 3 classes...it's not hard to find middle and poor people to know, but my aunt & uncle are mega-rich, live in Glen Ellyn with all the monsterous houses, and my cousins do NOTHING and live off mommy and daddy's wealth. They actually buy them condos to live in and just hang out and party. One of those 6 cousins is an acception to the rule.
People have a problem with money going toward government programs because they're incredibly hard to prove that they're working, but I have known quite a few people and have heard quite a few stories of people that have benefited and greatly helped them on their career path to helping them out of poverty. On top of that, studies show that the tax cut really had no effect on the economy, and that 40% of the homes bought in the housing boom were SECOND HOMES...in other words, rich people.
If you think a Senator's salary is bloated, it's nothing compared to those living off their great-great-grandfather's invention or entrapeneurship. That money could be going toward government programs that actually help people, which more and more have been cut since the Bush Administration came into office. I'll just end my piece there.
I know there's plenty of people here that can make this point far more elequently, and have probly posted these points already, but I feel like ranting because I was just talking to someone about this. Let me defend the tax cut rhetoric since I'm pretty far left...
The big tax cut and getting rid of the inheritance tax (now called the DEATH TAX for dramatic effect) really only does benefit the top 1% the most is because, you have to understand...the money these people get back, which is in the hundreds of thousands, is a drop in the bucket to them. It doesn't encourage them to spend and boost the economy, because they're doing that already.
This isn't money that would go to government salaries, but rather the government programs that would benefit people to get out of poverty, educational training and the like, also student loans and scholarships. In fact, they cut the program that gave Xeno his head start that makes it possible for him to have a career in 3D. Now, if you want a success story, get back to me in 1 to 2 years, but I'm pretty confident in his ability with the progress we've made.
The tax cut goes the most to families that really don't have to work any more, often reffered to as Legacies. Ever watch MTV's "My Sweet 16," where a kid isn't satisfied until she gets not 1 expensive car, but 2? It's worse than that. These people don't work for their money anymore, and pulling back the tax cut will barely effect them, and go towards efforts that are really needed.
Plus, as far as people living off the government, it's not as good as you think. I also know this because Xeno gets money from the government for being legally blind, and it really prevents him from getting a job with A LOT of people. He has to find someone local he can take a bus to because he can never get a liscense, and the jobs themselves require a certain amount of vision, like the big V denied him a testing job for that reason. He gets $400-something a month, 300 of that goes to rent, 100 covers SOME of the groceries. On top of that, he doesn't get a check if he's getting an income.
Now, I'm not a socialist commie or anything...I understand there needs to be an economic ladder, being the rich, middle class, and poor...but the space between the three standards hasn't been this high since the 1920's. A recent study revealed that you are more likely to accomplish the "American Dream," pulling up your bootstraps out of poverty in Europe than you are in America. I really have personally known people in all 3 classes...it's not hard to find middle and poor people to know, but my aunt & uncle are mega-rich, live in Glen Ellyn with all the monsterous houses, and my cousins do NOTHING and live off mommy and daddy's wealth. They actually buy them condos to live in and just hang out and party. One of those 6 cousins is an acception to the rule.
People have a problem with money going toward government programs because they're incredibly hard to prove that they're working, but I have known quite a few people and have heard quite a few stories of people that have benefited and greatly helped them on their career path to helping them out of poverty. On top of that, studies show that the tax cut really had no effect on the economy, and that 40% of the homes bought in the housing boom were SECOND HOMES...in other words, rich people.
If you think a Senator's salary is bloated, it's nothing compared to those living off their great-great-grandfather's invention or entrapeneurship. That money could be going toward government programs that actually help people, which more and more have been cut since the Bush Administration came into office. I'll just end my piece there.
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