i grow

more and more disgusted with each passing day over the whole political/governmental system we live under.

i know it's been said many times over that: "Our system is the best in the world. i wouldn't want to live in any other country."

i would not want to live in any other country...that's true...but i do believe our system could be purged and "tuned up" to be more "user friendly".

in other words: get rid of all incumbents and start over.

right now, we live under a system that goes something like this:

if you do all that they say and tell you to do...you'll be OK...maybe.

run afoul of the system and woe be unto you. whether it's intentional or not. the system is not meant to be forgiving or understanding. all it's for it to penalize. and heaven help you if you are correct in your side of the issue.

you have to prove you are correct then you're penalized for being correct and having the gall to say you are. you'll have a dickens of a time proving your innocence even within the system. the system is NOT designed to be fair and "justice" is for those who can afford to pay for it.

it has also been said many times that one "cannot fight city hall" and win. that's true to some extent. but...it's also true that in the end we will win as the system will ALWAYS, in the end, melt down...the systems ALWAYS get so greedy they defeat themselves. they reach a point where taxes are more than the average wage earner makes; we're nearing that point.

don't believe it?

sit down and figure out the visible taxes you see taken from your paycheck: federal income tax, state income tax, FICA then start on the hidden taxes, fees and surcharges...gasoline taxes, sales taxes, luxury taxes, property taxes, users 'fees' and taxes...it's staggering at how many taxes we're subjected to. both hidden and visible.

where it's got of of control is the folk that are elected by the taxpayers end up adding taxes without the consent of the taxpayer at an UNFAIR amount. in my opinion, and rationality says that making one pay taxes according to "how much they make" is NOT fair. why should one pay more simply because they make more?

doesn't it make sense to assess income taxes by a flat tax instead of a "progressive" (i call this system "excessive") system?

as it stands now, the more your income, the higher the taxes percentage wise.

within that spectrum, the bible calls for a 10% tithe be given back to God.

with that in mind, NO ONE should pay more than 10% of their personal income no matter how much they make.

i recently witnessed one of our congressmen, Weiner, from New York, say that 55% of an inheritance tax for 5 million and over is fair...WHAT??? what gives him the right to even think about that??? and what was really stunning was his comment: "what makes you think anyone deserves to inherit that much?"...well...in truth, IT AIN'T NONE OF HIS BUSINESS, NOR SHOULD IT BE THE BUSINESS OF THE GOVERNMENT(S) HOW MUCH A PERSON INHERITS...PERIOD! it's elected official like he and Charles Rangel, to name just two, that cause our problems they're put into positions of power and immediately abuse that power.

answer me another question: why should the taxpayers foot the bill for pensions for governmental workers who've imposed such burdensome taxes on us? we shouldn't.

it's becoming more apparent at what a burden elected officials pensions are on the budgets...BILLIONS yearly go to pay pensions and health care for those that have served only ONE term and yet get lifetime pensions and fully funded health care benefits. that could be changed, it SHOULD be changed. why should the taxpayer foot the bill for someone like John Kerry's health care after they leave the congress? he's worth BILLIONS. he can afford his own health care. add up the number of those that have served in governmental levels and it's absolutely staggering...

folks...we need to get a grip! these folks are NOT our friends.