Preserving American Values
Our nation stands under attack … not from without but from within. American values, our politics, and our culture have been corrupted.
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Have you noticed how Republicans constantly base their positions on the Constitution? When was the last time you heard a Democrat/Liberal base his positions on the Constitution or other founding document like the Declaration of Independence (other than the right to free speech)? One major exception was the 2004 Democratic nominating convention when the Declaration…
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Most people think that under our tax system the wealthy pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than those with less income, with those with the lowest income paying the lowest rate. This is called a progressive tax system. The reasoning behind a progressive system is twofold: one philosophical, one practical. Philosophically, under our…
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The United States prides itself in being a technologically advanced country, a leader in the technology revolution, and yet our transportation system is archaic. It is based primarily on a mode of transportation … the car and truck … that was developed a century ago and that technologically has not progressed much in the intervening…
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The current crop of Republicans – a radical, rabidly conservative group – take as their jumping off point a very un-nuanced view of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. To them, rights, if not specifically qualified in those documents, are absolute. So whether it’s the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness in…
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A healthy democracy depends on a large percentage of the electorate voting and on the voting outcome being the result of a debate on issues and policies. Our democracy is far from healthy on both these fronts. (I know there are other problems, but those are not within the purview of this post. See, for example,…
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Two of the most important issues facing our country is how to improve the wages of workers (as opposed to management), who make up the bulk of our workforce and whose spending accounts for a large share of our economy, and significantly increase the number of living-wage jobs either by bringing them back to this…
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Despite the low popularity of President Obama and people’s concerns about the economy, this was an election Democrats should have won big … that is, if the campaign had been run well. But as so often has been the case, the Democrats did not run a good campaign. What would have been a good campaign? 1. Use…
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We are brought up in this society to think that we have control over our lives. That if we do this or do that, if we work hard enough, if we go to college, etc., that the desired results will materialize for us. And if things don’t work out, it is our fault. In its…
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First a question. Do you think that part of the oath that a legislator (federal or state) takes upon being sworn into office includes “upholding the law?” The answer, shockingly, is no. Congressmen, for example, swear to uphold the constitution, but there’s nothing about upholding the law. Neither is upholding the law part of their defined responsibilities. I guess…
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In an ideal world, at least in my mind, you would not have the extremes of rich and poor. But people have different intelligence levels, different talents, and different aptitudes which, even with all other things being equal, would translate themselves in the real world to significant disparities in earning opportunities. Add to that that all other…
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