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UtopianRanger -> RE: Nonsexual Controversial Topics (7/7/2005 2:44:40 AM)
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Wow.... I take a five day vacation and miss out on all the lively debate on politics and other controversial subject matter
I'll make these answers fairly short but sweet.
Abortion : Morals and ethics are best left up to individuals themselves, and not for large pressure groups to impose their will upon. Very simple ; it's a Woman's right to choose - Leave her alone.
Death Penalty & Criminality : I think it should be completely abolished. The expense to both implement and defend it is way to costly for the tax payers. The Death penalty only perpetuates the need for more lawyers, judges, bureaucrats and litigation. And in my humble opinion, that's the last thing this country needs.
Regan said to Gorbachev ''Tear down that wall'' I say to Bush and his cronies in congress ''tear down those prisons'' They're wayyyy too much of burden on tax payers.
I put the prison lobby right up there with that of the trial lawyers and insurance industry lobbies - They're all sucking the livlihood out of honest hard-working Americans.
I would be in favor of moving to a system much like Singapore has and bring back corporal punishment for minor crimes and low level offenders.
I say twenty lashes in a public square with a bull whip would be much more of a deterrent than three free meals, a warm bed, and free medical care {all compliments of the tax payers} for repeated middle and small time offenders.
Social security and Privatizing it : Social security is pyramid scheme and should be completely abolished.
With that said, my first step towards fixing current system would be to first make sure that all monies brought into the system, be those that are completely dedicated. In other words, no more Congress robbing Peter to pay Paul.
My second step would be to encourage those that felt comfortable, to invest their money, whether it be the market, municipal bonds, precious metals, treasury notes, etc. - Yes I'm all for making it private. But for those that don't want to, they can rest on their laurels.
My third and most important step, would be to completely skeletonize the federal work force that both administrates it and encumbers it. I'd make the ''skeleton'' more efficient and put and end to the redundancy that encompasses the whole system.
I'd put both upper management and middle management back to work. I'd completely eliminate all ''assistant'' positions. No more sitting around with long lunch breaks and shuffling work off to assistants.
If the public employee unions call for a strike, I'd pull a Regan and fire them all and bring in scab workers.
Under a more privatized and efficient management scheme, the recipients would enjoy greater benefits and everyone wouldn't have to hear about how dogmatic the system is on the nightly news.
- The Ranger
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