We should tax people based on consumption! Those who put more trash in the garbage dumps, use more water and resources, etc should be taxes more!
Those who use less of the infrastructure, who use their own well water and sanitary systems, grow their own gardens and “live off the grid” they should be taxed much much much less than the rest of us who cause all this mess!
Think about it!
The battlefield for the Republican presidential nomination has not yet established a clear winner. A few front-runners have been hailed by the usual talking heads of the conservative and mainstream media, however a few second-tier candidates continue to keep their stake in the game alive – at least until the primaries in New Hampshire and Iowa provide some real-world demographics.
Among these candidates you will find one Doctor Ron Paul, a congressman from Texas who is proudly toured by supporters as the “defender” of the Constitution.
Representative Paul’s has sent clear warnings regarding our nation’s fiscal, social, and international policy. He has attracted new crowds of supporters plus a respectable number of donors to his otherwise overlooked presidential campaign.
Today, November the 5th, Ron Paul raised over 4 million dollars in just 24 hours… that’s the new one-day fundraising record for any GOP candidate in the 2008 presidential election! …Not bad for a candidate who’s supporters are down-graded as those who purportedly wear tin-foil hats.
Unlike the typical politician, Ron Paul says what he means and he doesn’t resort to polls or focus groups to perfect his message to the people. Even if one disagrees with the extreme solutions offered by returning the Nation to the levels prescribed by the Constitution, one has to admire Paul and his supporters for their passion and dedication.
One can reasonably argue that the Ron Paul candidacy has done much good for the political dialogue within our nation. At minimum, Ron Paul has reminded the Republican Party that its roots are based on the concept of a limited-government. The other GOP candidates have adopted stronger positions, closer to this core belief only after Ron Paul’s performance.
However unlikely it may seem now, in relation to the huge challenges we will all be forced to face as a nation: the solutions offered by Dr. Ron Paul could someday be viewed by our children and grandchildren as the proper prescription if we truly wished to go forth with this form of government.
For now we are left to contemplate how the coming electoral decision shall affect an uncertain future. Whatever choice we decide, after following the campaign trail ahead, let it not be said we were not fully warned by one Dr. Ron Paul.
PREMEDITATED MERGER
Ex-Mexican prez: Yes, there will be an amero
Vicente Fox confirms long-term plan worked out with President Bush
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58052
Here are related issues which can accurately be called ‘elephants in the living room’ of our U.S. government; I believe that only Ron Paul has the correct approach required to tackle these issues of mounting importance… the US National Debt and the value of the dollar.
At 9 Trillion the US Debt is getting to the point where only massive inflation of the US dollar may correct the current course (IE: pay back the debt with dollars that are worth a lot less than the value at the time this money was borrowed). This is due in part to our voting record as citizens, and the spending habits of US politicians especially in the last decade. What does a central bank do to keep the nation’s Federal Government afloat? Print money, lots of money…
Speaking of printing presses… the falling U.S. dollar has seen a few headlines in the news recently, perhaps because the financial markets and Wall Street pay close attention to the value of the dollar. The recent downward trend of the dollar could be the tip of a very large iceberg, but you won’t read that in the newspapers.
The press seems reluctant to report on the minor Republican candidates like Ron Paul, and the long-term threats which could unravel our country’s economic system. The recent increase in the ceiling of the US Debt, for example… just type “9.815 trillion” in Google under the “news” listings … only 4 entries for the new US debt ceiling… I guess we in the US would rather hear about Britney Spears than issues which effect future generations?
Perhaps we don’t hear much about “debt monetization” outside of Macro Economic courses (or fringe-right circles) because we need a crisis to wake us up? These are issues we may want to pay attention to because they will definitely have a much larger impact than the recent “sub-prime financial crisis” that we’ve all heard so much about in the news recently. I hope I’m wrong however I’m a bit of a futurist so mark my words on this.
What will happen if (or when) China, Russia, and perhaps other countries abandon the dollar in favor of, say, the Euro? It’s like a financial ‘bomb’ that will shake our nation. (see http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57936 )
A good indicator of where we are headed financially is that one of the economic indicators is missing! The Federal Reserve has stopped publishing a “key economic indicator” of the total money supply, known as M3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply (I will write more on this later as I am taking one more Macro economics course in December).
Why would they (the Fed) desire to end the disclosure of M3 numbers? Likely it’s due to monetization of the debt, which increases the money supply reported in M3. If this is happening as many suspect, we will know because it will be followed by higher prices ( a symptom of inflation) http://www.gillespieresearch.com/cgi-bin/bgn/article/id=712
In doing research on the reasons for the Fed no longer collecting / reporting M3 data… I was pleased to find that Ron Paul has already been working on this same issue! He introduced H.R. 4892 [109th] Sunshine in Monetary Policy Act: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-4892the
What’s it going to take to get those who run the printing presses at the newspapers to roll out the real news? We the people need to elect a new type of leader – one who is equipped to handle these threats, and won’t back down, and won’t let our economy fall into disarray, we need Ron Paul.
