passxj said:
When I was 19, I asked my dad to explain the difference between Democrats and Republicans.
He said,"Democrats are for equal outcome and Republicans are for equal opportunity."
From what I've seen since then, He's right!
I'm Republican as far as I can tell and that's how I vote. At least they generally know what they Believe in.
If I want retirement, I should save for it. If I want to provide Workers Comp for my guys as a benefit, I can. I should not be forced.....Unions...Don't get started...OSHA...
If I want money, I can go out and try, try, try until I make a living for myself. I shouldn't expect the government to save me when I give in to the lazy demon.....Welfare has it's place, but come on!
OK That's enough. Oh, javajeep better have proof of that veterans stat he threw out there because I have relatives in the armed forces that say BS.
I don't think I'd heard it put that way, but it makes sense. A few points...
"Unions" had their time - but it's mostly come and gone. They were needed when they got started, because that was when companies would work people pretty much to death, and they were "replaceable commodities." Read
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair...
Workman's Comp should be provided - but current management is inefficient and wasteful. Almost as much as WC Fraud.
Welfare? Welfare is in need of MASSIVE overhaul. I can sort of see the need for it from time to time, but if we're going to pump all these public dollars into people, I'd like to see the public get something back. Do public works jobs if you want to be "on the dole" - even digging ditches would be an improvement. Either that, or go to trade school for a year or so, so you CAN get a job!
Either way, Welfare needs two things:
1) A time limit. No "subsidised living in perpetuity."
2) A ceiling. No having more kids to get more welfare dollars - when you go on the dole, you get assessed as to what you're going to get, and that's it. It might go up for "cost of living" increases, but it won't go up because you had a kid we didn't count the first time.
I tend to think other reforms are necessary, but that's a good place to start.
I'd also like to see some serious tax reform - perhaps a "flat tax" of five to seven percent (and DAMN the tax brackets!) or a National Retail Sales Tax of five to seven percent, assessed in similar manner as the various state sales taxes (not on staple foodstuffs or labour, and on everything else,) which would give US some control - to some extent - on how much money we give the government. Dismantle the petty fiefdoms that exist in the "civil service" for little more reason than the egos of bureaucrats, and make 'em work for a living... Congresscritters get enough "fringe" benefits, so cut their pay as well. It's called "civil service" for a reason, I think...
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