National Sales Tax Gains Momentum

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Originally posted by Cal@Nov 14 2002, 03:16 PM
However the hazy area is people who are downtrodden. People with no children who are addicted to drugs or booze, how do we help them? Letting them lead lifes of crime is not the answer, so what kind of support can we give people who CAN contribute to help them get to that point? The welfare-to-work program has helped a lot of people get jobs that pay $8-10 an hour instead of $5.25, but it has also forced single mothers to work 12 hour days, commute 3 hours to jobs, and left them so exhausted they can't provide proper care for their kids. So 1 solution doesn't work for everyone.

What is the solution? Why are we so fucking lazy? Our gov't gives out less in the way of handouts than plenty of other countries, yet we have the highest percentage of freeloaders! If any of you Libertarians can tell me how we can get these people off the government tit and make them productive, I'm all ears! That goes for any of you, because as I said, I pay my taxes but I'd rather have more money to spend just like anyone else. But I'm opposed to proposals that leave potentially productive members of society behind. Do I think we should impose some form of sanctions on single impoverished mothers who keep having children out of wedlock and not seeking child support from their deadbeat fathers? Definitely! Do I think we should toss unemployed steel workers with alcohol addictions onto the street? No way.

Hey, I don't propose to have the exact answer and I am certainly more concerned about how to position myself for events than I am about changing them.

However, if I had my way I would try this.

I would abolish the IRS and insitute a fair tax that could not be used by politicians to pander (on either side)

I would increase new investment with tax breaks for businesses, enact higher limits on retirement accounts and increase the amount of capital losses that can be deducted from income taxes.

I would legalize drugs and put all the money wasted there into education and treatment. I would also change up Education, but that is another topic.

I would release all the non-violent criminals (drug offenders) from jail to make room for the real criminals and I would keep them there.

I would enforce the laws.

I would institute a loser pays legal system.

I would make people be accountable for their actions.

I would eliminate welfare gradually, which would help with the above.

I would repeal all the gun laws, as they only affect the law abiding citizen.

And, where gov't control or action was needed, I would reserve this to the States where at least there would be some competition. In other words, pass a stupid law and watch business and productivity goes to another State.


Anyway, that just a start.

I also think one has to be willing to accept that there will still be people who are downtrodden and that no answer exists where there won't be.