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Conservative, yeah, that's the word I was looking for

The current GOP-ish spin after the elections this week is that it was conservative Democrats who won (so things will be totally just like they are now--conservatives rule, baby) which is so idiotic that you have to wonder how the journalists who go for stuff like this manage to actually get up and make coffee in the morning.

I have long functioned under the theory that no one ever gets out of eighth grade, but most of the current national pundits and reporters just make me want to say, "What are you? Five?" Look, folks, it's time to grow up, get a brain, and realize that you are completely out of touch with most of America.

On the other hand, here is the 100 hour agenda of our new conservative overlords:

Day One: Put new rules in place to "break the link between lobbyists and legislation."

Day Two: Enact all the recommendations made by the commission that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Time remaining until 100 hours: Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, maybe in one step. Cut the interest rate on student loans in half. Allow the government to negotiate directly with the pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare patients.

Broaden the types of stem cell research allowed with federal funds _ "I hope with a veto-proof majority," she added in an Associated Press interview Thursday.

All the days after that: "Pay as you go," meaning no increasing the deficit, whether the issue is middle class tax relief, health care or some other priority.

I can go with that for now.

Comments

The student loan thing would be great. I know so many students who are going into terrible debt by staying in college, and it's incredibly stressful for them. We need higher ed to remain accessible to everyone.

So yeah, I can go with that for now, too.

I hear you. I paid for probably 90% of my college education myself (between scholarships, savings and work) and did it without taking out a single student loan. I sure would like to see more students able to even remotely approach that today.

What has happened to America’s teachers since I left school? I had never met a “republican” until I was grown; They were all “businessmen” and everybody I knew had to work instead of going to vote. (Election Day wasn’t a “holiday” back then; and most “democrats” that weren’t working didn’t have a ride to the “poles” anyway, and some probably couldn’t have made a “X” that was recognizable to the “election supervisor”.
Let me make a few points about the policies or politics that separates democrats from republicans, as I was taught. Democrats work for Republicans; Republican policy will cause poor Democrats to pay taxes for the benefit of rich republicans. The worker will be taxed, not for his own, (or for the citizens), benefit, but for the ENOCOMY, which is actually the business owner, CEO, or other rich man that receives tax exemptions. (Can you remember when the poor received an increase in “homestead exemption” for a homestead that a rich man wouldn’t even walk in, much less spend a night in!!)
The point is that taxes should be reduced to ZERO for poor people, and tax support for ALL citizens should come from business, instead of tax support going to all business from tax-paying WORKERS. The constitution guarantees life, as well as fair, equal, and impartial treatment; I believe the tax payer is ENTITLED to equal INSURANCE, (for his tax-dollar), that he is providing for the dogcatcher, the police officer, or the Governor.
In the first place Thomas Jefferson did NOT write a Bible to convert the colonies into a “more perfect” UNION!! (Apparently Jefferson realized that Constitutions are required to build or create unions; Bibles don’t unite people “for the people”, Period; it’s that simple!) Furthermore religious groups are seldom united in beliefs, except for their beliefs in Constitutional RIGHTS and ENDOWMENTS for American Citizens. (In India “Christian” fathers can “abort the LIFE” of their daughters anytime prior to marriage; after marriage, their husbands can “abort” them!!) Queers could commit suicide and still be rewarded in heaven in cases where the Bible, (instead of a Constitution), is the BASIS for government of a country.
Most Americans owned a Bible, (even though democrats couldn’t read), when women couldn’t vote and slave ownership was legal. I don’t want to be a member in a union where the unions’ constitution puts religious NUTS provide “stewardship” over union constitution. The Constitution Replaced The King, in 1776, (dividing his power, fairly, equally, and impartially, between every qualified American citizen), And Every American, Including Atheists and Christians, are fairly, equally, and impartially, Subordinate to the provisions agreed to by the union membership in the American Constitution, and constitutional “law breakers” are subject to banishment, loss of citizenship, and the penalties of Treason for defying our Union Agreement which we recognize as our “Constitution”. (“Business law” is not subject to constitutional penalties, except to the extent that they may violate an “individual citizens rights”). ONLY citizens are protected by the agreement known as our “Constitution”. (THE BIBLE IS NOT AN AGREEMENT!!!)
The Constitution is a contract written for the union members, (commonly called citizens), of this country! The constitution cannot allow its’ starving citizens to be taxed while EXON bribes politicians and sets record profits. It wasn’t written to unite the businessman, by the businessman, or for the businessman; somebody needs to get this message out, and stop these unfair influences on our elections. Somebody needs to represent the citizens and the INTENTION of our democratic Constitution; not the Bible. This is an election, not a revival! The Constitution was written to PROTECT and give every living breathing AMERICAN CITIZEN an equal share, (one Qualifying citizen, one Vote), of REPRESENTATION in the government of this Union. A “constitution” is always a necessary component of any union, (democratic System of government); not so in a Republic. The leadership of any UNION under a meaningful Constitution will always be subordinate servants, never RULERS; And there will always be a Board of Stewards to protect the intention of the Union Constitution, and therefore the union, ITSELF!
The leaders of “pure” republics are never “subject to a people’s/union’s Constitution”, the people under republican rule are the subjects of the Rulers!
Constitutional protections, processes, and endowments, are for American CITIZENS ONLY, (union members in good standing, not convicted felons), and does not protect anything, or anyone, ELSE like any organization, business, or even human beings that cannot PRESENTLY qualify to VOTE as an American Citizen!
VIPoint ONLY citizens should be allowed to participate in the voting process. If a business, any organization, or any representative of any foreign country, attempts to (contribute, or otherwise), influence an election, (that according to our Constitution is), BY and FOR American CITIZENS ONLY, That will represent a Clear Violation of the intention of our Constitution, which represents LIVING, BREATHING AMERICAN CITIZENS ONLY, and deserves RETRIBUTION!!
Also, our Constitution should provide every American citizen the opportunity to represent a fair, equal, and impartial contribution to the election process, and this will surely mean that “election day” will become a national holiday, (just like Martin Luther King day), AND THAT EXON WILL HAVE TO PAY their SHARE of TAXES for the good of America with some of their EXCESS Profits, INSTEAD OF JUST BRIBING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS to represent them, instead of US!!!
Today the citizens, the election process, and the distribution of the tax dollar, is totally DOMONATED by corporations, (including OUR “corporate” welfare system).
If Jefferson had written a Bible in 1776, we obviously still wouldn’t have a union, or have any Constitutional rights. Our daughters could still be aborted until they got married, and then their husbands could kill them without them being afforded a right to fair and equal treatment under Constitutional law. (Citizens can’t, (vote), share POWER in the BIBLE). Our Constitution represents all citizens fairly, equally, and impartially, period, THE BIBLE NEVER HAS; ASK ANYBODY!!!
Neither Religion, business, or any other influential GROUP has any rights or protections under our Constitution, except an American Citizen that retains Voting Rights!!
Today the Citizen is taxed, and the businessman seems to have complete protection, (including (corporate) welfare), affording it LIFE, LIBERTY, and Complete Freedom to avoid TAXES while being BASED in OUR country; (AGAIN Constitutions do not recognize Corporations, no more than they recognize any other group or organization; CITIZENS ONLY, PERIOD!!). Business are paying more money out to bribe our/their (CONGRESS), “elected” officials than it would cost to pay the taxes of THEIR own employees.
Why couldn’t the businesses of this country finance “CITIZEN SECURITY”, (using the same “tax breaks” they ALREADY receive for providing insurance and retirement for their own employees, as opposed to “citizens in general”), replacing Social security with Citizen Security`, and honoring the “commitments”, endowments, rights, and freedoms, guaranteed by our Constitution, (instead of just the particular employees of the business in question). All “qualifying” Citizens could actually have the equivalent of “TaxPayers Insurance”, (Medicaid), like we are already providing to ALL governmental employees, including the dog-catcher, and the school janitor, and a retirement check, (like businesses and government already provides to their own employees), after retirement age. I’m saying that the Constitution in this country will never mandate that ALL citizens should be supporting business, AND that “business” should be supporting ALL citizens, INSTEAD.
The Economy, (Business), should finance the GUARANTEES provided in our Constitution to meet the NEEDS of the Citizen, instead of the CITIZEN being forced to give up NEEDED (tax) resources to finance the absolute GREED and GLUTTONY of the BUSINESS world. We have to remove Corporations from the Election Process; They clearly would not spend a dime unless they expected a “profit” on their dime; It’s bribery, plain and simple!! It can’t possibly be right, and clearly violates the intention of our Constitution which guarantees FREE and FAIR elections. (FOR CITIZENS ONLY!!!!)
By the way, “It is the JOB of the Congress to serve as “STEWARDS” of our Constitution; The Congress has no place in business law, or in any other matter that does not pertain to the life, liberty, or freedoms, of INDIVIDUAL American Rights and/or the various ENDOWMENTS provided to living, breathing American Citizens!
Taxes for people below the “middle class” should be eliminated entirely, (not reduced), and business should be required to fulfill the guarantees of the American Constitution, or the Business owner should be BANISHED from America, or lose the ownership of his business to the American Citizen; Sort of like a foreclosure, (for taxes), on the farm of a constitutionally protected (POOR CITIZEN) person. It’s plain stupid how we allow the citizen to be robbed of tax income, while the CEO of an airline, (earning 12 million a year), can receive a 100,000,000, (included his salary), in (corporate) Welfare checks while many Constitutionally protected citizens are homeless and starving!! It’s disgraceful!!! Ask any homeless person how he feels about the market breaking 14000!
Have you heard about the rich kid that robbed a Jr. store?; or do you reckon it’s possible that such an act represents “DESPERATION” to alter a perceived environment that could no longer be endured by the “robber”?? How did America lose their Constitutional GUARANTEES; and WHY doesn’t Congress have to STEWARD our Constitution anymore!! That’s their CHARGE, Period!!! They must be blind to everything except the welfare of CITIZENS; Citizens rights, endowments, or benefits, are not related to the stock market; or to the amount of contributions received by any candidate.
Pass this around until someone misunderstands something I have written, and needs more information to be able to predict how every “bill” that benefits “BUSINESS”, (while representing LOSS for the citizen), will be spun by the “media”, and passed by the Congress. NOTHING EXCEPT TAXES SHOULD FINANCE ELECTIONS! AND OUR UNION IS LOST UNLESS THE CONSTITUTION IS RE-INSTATED FOR LIVING, BREATHING, AMERICAN CITIZENS ONLY!!!!

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