Bill Buckley used to say "I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."
Isn't it interesting that anti-intellectualism shows up on all edges of the political spectrum? The far right in America today expresses a lot of the same attitudes toward intellectuals that you see from communist leaders like Pol Pot and Mao during their "cultural revolutions". Particularly when you consider the current popularity of the helicopter ride meme.
Look at it this way. Is the Society of Engineers ever going to rate America's infrastructure a B+ or an A? No. They are too self interested to do so. A group of the world's supposedly smartest people, Harvard Faculty, will look after themselves first, naturally, because they will think that their self interest is most important.
It's actually an old idea, as far back as Athenian democracy, where they understood that those with power should be rotated out of office, forced to live under the laws they created, and that power should be distributed. In short, while Athenian democracy had problems, they also knew that the common man knows what's best for himself.
I don't have the answer, but you'd also really need to do something about the media. I wish there was a good way to deal with the rural/urban divide -> they clearly want different things, but are subject to the same rulers (small gov't would mostly fix this, along with the majority of issues I believe)
Tax withholding is automatically taken out of most people's checks. There are claiming options, but, if not enough people do it en masse, then the IRS is going to come after your (little guy) ass.
meh, they will just print more money anyway (further reducing the value of the dollar). Look at how much "money" they created in the past year..... Fiat money is fake anyway. All you are going to do is get the feds/irs on your ass.
Singling out is what the government does best..... they have all your data and will raid you Rodger stone style.... It would have to be millions stopped working.... money is meaningless its just a way to extract work for nothing....
Federal tax revenue is ~$3.5 trillion per year. Interest payments are ~$360 billion. Just over 10%. Interest rates are lower than GDP growth; It's stupid not to borrow.
I'd take a randomly selected congress over this. Like jury duty. Let them work for a year and come home and face their neighbors.
Bill Buckley used to say "I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."
Isn't it interesting that anti-intellectualism shows up on all edges of the political spectrum? The far right in America today expresses a lot of the same attitudes toward intellectuals that you see from communist leaders like Pol Pot and Mao during their "cultural revolutions". Particularly when you consider the current popularity of the helicopter ride meme.
Look at it this way. Is the Society of Engineers ever going to rate America's infrastructure a B+ or an A? No. They are too self interested to do so. A group of the world's supposedly smartest people, Harvard Faculty, will look after themselves first, naturally, because they will think that their self interest is most important.
It's actually an old idea, as far back as Athenian democracy, where they understood that those with power should be rotated out of office, forced to live under the laws they created, and that power should be distributed. In short, while Athenian democracy had problems, they also knew that the common man knows what's best for himself.
I don't have the answer, but you'd also really need to do something about the media. I wish there was a good way to deal with the rural/urban divide -> they clearly want different things, but are subject to the same rulers (small gov't would mostly fix this, along with the majority of issues I believe)
But yea, I honestly agree
Tax withholding is automatically taken out of most people's checks. There are claiming options, but, if not enough people do it en masse, then the IRS is going to come after your (little guy) ass.
meh, they will just print more money anyway (further reducing the value of the dollar). Look at how much "money" they created in the past year..... Fiat money is fake anyway. All you are going to do is get the feds/irs on your ass.
The feds don't care if you rob, cheat, or steal
The feds don't care if you diddle kids
The feds don't care if you literally commit treason by being an intelligence asset for a rival nation.
But threaten their cash flow, and the feds will move heaven and earth to destroy you.
Singling out is what the government does best..... they have all your data and will raid you Rodger stone style.... It would have to be millions stopped working.... money is meaningless its just a way to extract work for nothing....
Our taxes don't even cover the interest on the debt on anymore. The only reason they are necessary is to promote dependency via impoverishment.
Federal tax revenue is ~$3.5 trillion per year. Interest payments are ~$360 billion. Just over 10%. Interest rates are lower than GDP growth; It's stupid not to borrow.
Repeal 16a! Convention of states.
Jail. Jail is the reason.
Bernie beat Hillary; Trump beat Biden. Both sides got fucked.
Ditch the dollar
It's not just half the country, it's the half of the country that actually pays the taxes.
If the 3rd party candidates were at least semi-relavent Trump would have won and Biden's votes would have been split
ive been thinking this for a long time