I've fought tooth and nail about my left-wing views. I'm sick of it! I want to stand tall for my liberatarian outlook! I want to stick bumper stickers on my car that market my politics with intelligence humor, but aren't vulgar or defensive, I want to read books that aren't whiney, I want to pay my taxes with a sense of both community and gain, and I want to feel free to drive by the panhandler.
Is it too much to ask that we require more from the wealthy to improve the improverished? We are one country, and we're looking really sad lately. I'm sick of false patriotism, false faith, false humanity.
Plant a freaking tree. If you have the means, plant 10. Donate when you're able, and if you aren't able, remember to do it when you are. Vote against tax hikes when you don't know where your taxes are going! Smile at kids on the street and strike up conversations with seniors. Listen to music you aren't used to. Feel free to wear polka dots with stripes.
Listen for change and vote.
2006-10-26 18:33:08 · 17 answers · asked by Paige C 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Are you asking when you will be as unencumbered by self doubt as Bushie, Rummy, and Cheney?
That type of pompous conceit is reserved for people without conscience and without curiosity.
2006-10-26 18:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by imnogeniusbutt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a question only you can answer.
The taxes that the wealthy pay will very likely go to pork projects before it sees its way to the impoverished. Why do you think writing checks is the answer anyway and why do the wealthier among us have to foot the bill for more wasteful government spending? The top 1% already pay 37% of federal income taxes. Enough with the class envy. After all, the money people earn is their property.
Regarding the fight against poverty, the so-called "great society " of Lyndon Johnson was a huge failure and created an enormous dependency that we are only weaning ourselves from (to a small extent) in recent years. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish (with a little effort on the part of the individual) and you feed him for a lifetime.
Funny how many of the people I see in the U.S. who are considered below the poverty line own cell phones, Ipods, expensive sneakers, televisions, cable, etc. My, how the definition of poor has changed over the years. What a sham the statistics have proven to be.
I donate to worthy causes, but I will be damned if I get shaken down by politicians in Congress who have an insatiable appetite for my tax money.
People need to be well-informed before they can vote responsibly. Amazing how so few take that to heart.
2006-10-26 18:58:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When is the last time a democrat has ever ASKED the wealthy to improve the impoverished? They command the wealthy to pay taxes, and they throw everyone making more than minimum wage into the wealthy category.
Why is it that one person can donate a hundred dollars, but if a wealthy person donates the exact same amount, he's a bad person and deserves your wrath?
Stop telling people what to do, stop spending other people's money, stop trying to control everthing with laws and government.
2006-10-27 06:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by Barry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 1950s
2006-10-26 18:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by caciansf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it too much to ask that we require more from the wealthy to improve the improverished?
Actually Yes. Thats not how capitalism was designed, your think socialism and if thats the case, you need to go to Europe.
2006-10-26 18:36:58 · answer #5 · answered by ffsotus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Maybe when Democrats go against abortion (that is, probably never)?
It's not much to ask that "we require more from the wealthy to improve the" impoverished, but minimum wage requirements aren't the way to go. This doesn't help anyone above minimum wage and some of those whom its intended to help lose their jobs instead. Then Chinese workers get more business with their slave labor while our poor go deeper into debt.
2006-10-26 18:51:22 · answer #6 · answered by Robert B 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
At least you know you don't have to listen to people.. You have your own values.. Stick with them.. Look what Bush and his clowns did to America today.. Just do what you feel inside you.. Do the right thing... My vote this November is not for the dumb ***..
2006-10-26 19:03:16 · answer #7 · answered by MinnesotaRick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 11:09:25 · answer #8 · answered by winstanley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ooooew..... income redistribution no way, let them do the hard work to get theirs like I did. if you have not, then get a fracken job. so you want to legalize drugs? wow how stupid can that be. while your at how about legalizing murder it would be the same thing. think, think, think. I do agree on the small government part and personal responsibility, but other than that... well good luck with that.
2006-10-26 18:45:42 · answer #9 · answered by Work In Progress 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then drop the loser party and vote your with your mind and not for a party that has lost its way.
2006-10-26 18:38:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋