From: Arlo J. Bensinger (ajb102@psu.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 06 2004 - 19:47:27 GMT
Hi Jon,
> It's all proportionate. Some do indeed take issue with the rich not using
> their riches for good use. But it should also be said that some take issue
with
> the poor not using their lack of riches as incentive to move up the ladder.
Only "social darwinists", who blame the poor for being poor. While this may ease
the conscious of the wealthy, it is false consciousness at best. The "myth"
that work is rewarded and sloth is punished, and the ladder is a climb anyone
can make, denies the reality that class divisions are widening and very few
people, adjusted for inflation, ever escape the class they were born into. "You
gotta have money to make money".
> Many take issue with the Patriot Act in the United States as violating
> people's privacy. Certainly, the Democrats have made this argument. But if it
is
> wrong for the government to intrude on people's lives through the Patriot Act,
> could the case also be made that it is wrong for the government to intrude on
> people's lives via the tax code?
Is this an appeal to that elusive "corporate altruism", that if everything was
privitized we'd all be so much better off? If you are against taxes, I suggest
you start your opposition by refusing to use anything supported by tax dollars.
Public roads, the courts, museums, state parks and lands, electricity (enron,
what a great example of privitization, eh?), water, seware, trash disposal,
public schools (including sports activities for you home schoolers), libraries
(the south won't miss them anyway), and lets mention too all the corporate
research carried out by tax money, you don't want to take advantage of the
outcome of any of *that*...
When you stop taking advantage of all the indispensible things taxes have given
us, I'll take this suggestion much more seriously. In the meantime, I am happy
to pay taxes for the great infrastructure they provide.
>
> I think this election reflects something we should be proud of, not worried
> about. America truly is the land of Free Thought.
Really? I'd say it is the land of xenophobic propaganda and corporate interests.
Money Ueber Alles! Nieder mit Gays!
We can
> reside on either side of the fence. Or on the fence itself. Both places,
> despite the petty rhetoric, are essentially protected ground in America.
And also in Canada, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, England, Italy,
Greece, Australia, New Zealand... oh, what was your point?
The melting
> pot is not just meant to reflect different races. It also reflects different
> patterns of thought. And most of all, the nearly 50/50 slit in the election
> reflects EQUALITY!
50/50 split? Why just yesterday I heard the voice of freedom Sean Hannity
telling his listeners that the "liberals" have proved they were sooooo out of
touch with mainstream amercica. "So out of touch", with 49% of the population
backing the "most liberal senator"? ***That's*** out of touch???
Oh wait, I forgot... according to Goebbel's book on propaganda, marginaliztion
of the opposition is the next step for the right-wing pundints to work on.
Hell, they started the day after the election calling ideological differences
"obstructionism". Gotta love that Goebbels!
Arlo
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