Thoughts on Today's Political Landscape

[Trogdor]

UcMeat, I never felt that our votes count, like the whole thing is a farce and set up from the start, and I quit voting 7 years ago. Even if voting is legit, when have we ever gotten someone we voted in that kept their promises...as well as the fact people outta learn that the presidency is not the be all, end all ranking power in the American government. He, or she, is nothing but a puppet and all these special interest groups, corporations and so on pretty much tell him what to do, and thy reward him for it. Hell, how else could that dumb cluck, Gerald Ford, who was pretty much a flesh and blood Homer Simpson lave the presidency a millionaire?

One thing I would say to solve economic problems is get rid of the income tax, and replace it with the fair tax, which is pretty much a retail tax. People will have more of their own money for themselves, will help bring back businesses, since we got some of the highest corporate taxes around, hence why everyone's going overseas, and people will actually be able to buy stuff and invest in stuff and can get things moving again. Whatever happened, we gotta change our tax codes, since they do not work, and I always thought taxing one's livelihood was stupid to start with.

I guess you were rather busy in September, what with the world's 4th annual transsexual porn star convention being held, yet again,
........in Leonx, Michigan.

[ucmeat]

Trogdor

Don't be so down on voting unless you are ready to pursue the alternative. In general political systems can be drastically changed one of two ways. Change the system from within utilizing all of the methods and tools available within the construct of the system...or...attack and destroy it externally, which means the use of extraordinary force, aka revolution.

Evolution in not an option because the change is too slow. When a society is fed up enough, it must resort to one of the two options listed above. There are precious few that have succeeded via the first, but they have indeed succeeded proving the point that it is possible. More often than not, societies have chosen the latter.

Questions all peoples must continuously ask of themselves. is our government working for us in accordance with the foundation and legalities provided to it? If the answer is no, then change is warranted. Forget not, that governments will protect themselves at all costs, and like any institution will seek to preserve itself at the expense of all other, even if they supposedly represent you, they will represent themselves first.

[Enoch Root]

I am facepalming over the last three posts.

[Trogdor]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

I am facepalming over the last three posts.

What's the faceplamable (if that could be considered an appropriate past tense of it) parts?

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Trogdor

What's the faceplamable (if that could be considered an appropriate past tense of it) parts?

Companies do what they do because of greed--with or without taxes, be they low or high. Your comment about them in regards to taxes falls to that old line of the poor private sector always being the victim of government. When a system is dependent on greed anything goes.

[Enoch Root]

Color me cynical but I do not think Tracy's problem with the Occupy movement has anything to do with "mobs" and everything to do with its clear upsurge of solidarity.

[Enoch Root]

Keith Olbermann reads statement from Occupy Wall Street:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5arX...eature=related