lockedaway -> RE: Is this a threat? sedition? or just posturing? (10/26/2010 9:07:35 AM)
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Hey Charles....this post #259....is one of the dumbest I have read. Conservatism is what the country was founded on so why would conservatives leave? I mean really...this is one dumb f'ing post. The country was founded on the belief that we have inalienable rights; i.e. rights given to us by God. Got it? Those basic rights are the rights to life (meaning that your life cannot be taken away from you without substantive and procedural due process of law), liberty (liberty is different than freedom by the way, total freedom has no rules) and the pursuit of happiness (which is not the ability to read a good book but the right to keep the lion's share of the fruits of your labor). Do you understand all of this so far? Because these rights are given to us by God, no Congress, parliment or other political body (according to the framers) could take them away.........without first according you due process of law. The framers believed that man was self governing and so government, being a necessary evil, had to be a government of limited power. State governments were closest in proximity to the individual, had the most in common with the individual and afforded the greatest chance of redress, which is why state sovereignty was very important (and almost totally non-existent today). Let's clear up another point that you simply can't seem to fathom. NO ONE SAYS THAT TAXES SHOULD NOT BE COLLECTED. Do you understand that painfully simple point? The question is what the proper amount should be. In the past 40 years there have been, approximately, 30 new taxes added to the books (Jesus...in only 40 years). The top 2% of the country pays almost 40% of the taxes. Do you understand? THAT is a remarkably unfair burden. Almost 50% of the country does not pay Federal Inome Tax. That is also remarkably unfair. EVERYONE has to pay into the kitty. I'm sure someone can help me with the identity of the person who said this; "Democracy ends when 51% of the people believe they can be supported by the other 49%." That is a loose paraphrase, by the way. Conservatives believe in 1) limited Federal government, 2) secure borders, 3) no work means no money so a severely curtailed entitlement program for those that are able bodied, 4) a strong defense, 5) free markets, 6) quality through competition. Ok...of all of that, tell me what you disagree with. We are all waiting for your enormously cogent response. Let me tell you the future. At some point, there is going to be a flat tax that EVERYONE pays. Hopefully it won't be a value added tax or any other secretive bullshit. But we have no choice but to collect 90% of the tax base of this country. No choice....we are bleeding out. Oh...and Charles, do you know what the definition of patriotism is? It is the love of the ideals on which your country was founded. So for you to tell conservatives, who embrace the beliefs of the founding fathers OBVIOUSLY more than you do, to move to the Middle East makes you sound very ignorant of your country's history.
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