Today it occurred to me why that might be. There is just so much going on to rave about I don't know where or if to start. Is there anyone left on the planet, except some really conservative Republicans, who don't know about all the problems that are killing us and the planet? Is there anyone left in America who don't know that in the name of "Freedom" we are every day getting less free. Woman's right to chose? Not in many places. Right to "carry open" leads to many people afraid to go into stores. A corporation is first a person, and now has religion. What a crock of crap that is.
Is there anyone left in America, except the conservatives, who do not think we are having very bad things happen to weather patterns? Oh, that's right. They think they are just "Natural Cycles".
God, there are so many wrongs to right that I tremble at the probably outcomes. (And that is NOT a prayer BTW.) We are being screwed in so many different ways I can't even count them. And mostly for the profit of a few fat cats.
Look at one issue dear to me: Religious Freedom vs Freedom from Taxes. A bit of background: Organizations who claim to be religious organizations, with very little vetting, are exempt from paying taxes on property used for church business. No property taxes; no school taxes; no taxes to support fire fighters or other first responders. All other non-church property pays these taxes. You and me. The revenue generated is spent for what you think: local government, schools, fire and police etc. We, the non-church taxpayer pay for all the budget. The churches skate with no contribution. Therefore, when you subtract their tax value, based on their assets, our taxes necessarily go up. YOU SUBSIDIZE THE CHURCH, TEMPLE, MOSQUE, CATHEDRAL, TABERNACLE AND EVERY CORNER PREACHER. You pay their share of the tax burden.
You like that? You think it is fair? You like the idea of them NOT PAYING and you PAYING DOUBLE?
Simple solution: Require them all to pay taxes. After all, they expect the fire department to put our their burning churches, and the ambulances to come to their preachers heart attack and their kids to go to school for free (if they live in a church provided house) and the streets fixed, and you get the idea. If they expect the services, why shouldn't they pay their fair share?
There, now I am writing again. Next I may bitch about the mess in the middle east, that, BTW, Obama did not cause.
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