1 Timothy 5:1-2
3 John
1 John 2:18-29
What crazies look like.
What David Petraeus Did Right.
Sometimes it is difficult to keep things in a proper perspective.
He was a great general but obviously a flawed man, and I wish his family the best.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Word Up.
1 Timothy 5:1-2
3 John
1 John 2:18-29
What crazies look like.
What David Petraeus Did Right.
Sometimes it is difficult to keep things in a proper perspective.
He was a great general but obviously a flawed man, and I wish his family the best.
Friday, November 2, 2012
The "Platform"
This is how I feel.
How do we jump-start the economy, create jobs, and just plain make things better for the average person?
Not much has changed.
Reforming the tax code is a big step. Hiking taxes on the wealthy isn’t going to do anything to create jobs. By eliminating most loopholes and deductions (making sure everyone pays their fair share, and replacing the mortgage interest deduction with the Remortgage America Plan), and having a flatter, fairer system in which there are lower marginal rates for everyone, and raises revenue in the process, there will be job growth. Especially when you put money into working people’s pockets like the Remortgage America Plan does. Pumping demand into the private economy will indeed create jobs with lower taxes. Corporate taxes need to come down by at least 10 percent, and preferably more. We need to mitigate the bleeding of our jobs going overseas.
Oil subsidies should be shifted over toward only the safe development of domestic natural gas resources.
What is the panic over climate change if not much time is left?
Our debt can be eliminated, banking can be fair, and our dollar can be strong with legislation like the Monetary Reform Act. We can even save at *around $250 billion dollars in interest payments annually on the debt that we currently shoulder. It would also help to see that wealth would be more evenly distributed throughout society, and less concentrated in the hands of wealthy financiers. No more quantitative easing, or printing money out of thin air to “prime the economy,” which does very little more than debase our currency and make the average man poorer. Some people actually make money off of this process. The amount of money in circulation should increase proportionately with the increase of the US population.
The better mousetrap has been around for almost two decades.
Why not take it out of the packaging?
The big banks need to be broken up, for the stability of the banking system, and Glass-Steagall (or an updated version) needs to be re-instated.
Derivatives need to be regulated, as Dodd-Frank attempted to tackle, but it made it more difficult for small banks to make loans.
I support an Infrastructure Bank, which would operate on a public/private partnership basis, to get work done on our crumbling infrastructure. Projects that need cheap long-term loans or loan guarantees to get off of the ground, but that would end up with dedicated revenue streams to severely defray the cost of the operations.
As far as college education is concerned, I’ll just say this:
If you want to be a History teacher, Psychologist, or Political Science major, there is no reason why difficulty with Algebra or advanced mathematics should hold you back from reaching that goal.
The purpose of college is to prepare you for your career after graduation.
Part of the reason college costs so much is because too often we are forced to buy courses that have absolutely no relevance to our chosen field of expertise.
Does anyone have a logical explanation for this?
One of my childhood friends has been saying it for years, and I will quote his words here.
“College is a scam.”
Or let me amend, “College is broken.”
The Citizens United case was devastating, and stated that people with money have more speech than people who don’t, and can even drown them out. Unlimited funds from anonymous donors will flood the airwaves with misleading and even false claims about candidates. In other words, if you have money, you can pretty much say whatever you want. The donors may even be from overseas. The influence of big money in our politics is developing into a monster. Sooner or later we are not going to have elections; we are going to have auctions. It’s a dire threat to our republic.
I changed my mind on abortion because I found it not to be scriptural, but even though I found that to be the case, that doesn't mean that my opinion backs a calling for an outright ban on the practice. There is a historical reason for this. The most effective way right now to decrease the number of abortions is to change hearts and minds on the topic with a powerful message. I feel it is just if a woman's life is in jeopardy, but I do not feel comfortable making the decision for someone else.
I also do not back a total stripping of funding for Planned Parenthood, but Mr. Romney and I disagree on this topic. (Clarification: Things like life-saving cancer screenings are different than free contraception. Contraception should be included in people's personal health plans, and not paid for by people who do not approve of their personal choices.)
I back a full and total repeal and replacement of President Obama's health care legislation.
I do not support an individual mandate in any shape, form, or fashion.
If I change my mind on a topic, there tends to be a good reason.
I back legislation mandating equal pay for women.
I encourage a spirit philanthropy and benevolence amongst the wealthy..
I believe Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are the best choice for the future of this country.
How do we jump-start the economy, create jobs, and just plain make things better for the average person?
Not much has changed.
Reforming the tax code is a big step. Hiking taxes on the wealthy isn’t going to do anything to create jobs. By eliminating most loopholes and deductions (making sure everyone pays their fair share, and replacing the mortgage interest deduction with the Remortgage America Plan), and having a flatter, fairer system in which there are lower marginal rates for everyone, and raises revenue in the process, there will be job growth. Especially when you put money into working people’s pockets like the Remortgage America Plan does. Pumping demand into the private economy will indeed create jobs with lower taxes. Corporate taxes need to come down by at least 10 percent, and preferably more. We need to mitigate the bleeding of our jobs going overseas.
Oil subsidies should be shifted over toward only the safe development of domestic natural gas resources.
What is the panic over climate change if not much time is left?
Our debt can be eliminated, banking can be fair, and our dollar can be strong with legislation like the Monetary Reform Act. We can even save at *around $250 billion dollars in interest payments annually on the debt that we currently shoulder. It would also help to see that wealth would be more evenly distributed throughout society, and less concentrated in the hands of wealthy financiers. No more quantitative easing, or printing money out of thin air to “prime the economy,” which does very little more than debase our currency and make the average man poorer. Some people actually make money off of this process. The amount of money in circulation should increase proportionately with the increase of the US population.
The better mousetrap has been around for almost two decades.
Why not take it out of the packaging?
The big banks need to be broken up, for the stability of the banking system, and Glass-Steagall (or an updated version) needs to be re-instated.
Derivatives need to be regulated, as Dodd-Frank attempted to tackle, but it made it more difficult for small banks to make loans.
I support an Infrastructure Bank, which would operate on a public/private partnership basis, to get work done on our crumbling infrastructure. Projects that need cheap long-term loans or loan guarantees to get off of the ground, but that would end up with dedicated revenue streams to severely defray the cost of the operations.
As far as college education is concerned, I’ll just say this:
If you want to be a History teacher, Psychologist, or Political Science major, there is no reason why difficulty with Algebra or advanced mathematics should hold you back from reaching that goal.
The purpose of college is to prepare you for your career after graduation.
Part of the reason college costs so much is because too often we are forced to buy courses that have absolutely no relevance to our chosen field of expertise.
Does anyone have a logical explanation for this?
One of my childhood friends has been saying it for years, and I will quote his words here.
“College is a scam.”
Or let me amend, “College is broken.”
The Citizens United case was devastating, and stated that people with money have more speech than people who don’t, and can even drown them out. Unlimited funds from anonymous donors will flood the airwaves with misleading and even false claims about candidates. In other words, if you have money, you can pretty much say whatever you want. The donors may even be from overseas. The influence of big money in our politics is developing into a monster. Sooner or later we are not going to have elections; we are going to have auctions. It’s a dire threat to our republic.
I changed my mind on abortion because I found it not to be scriptural, but even though I found that to be the case, that doesn't mean that my opinion backs a calling for an outright ban on the practice. There is a historical reason for this. The most effective way right now to decrease the number of abortions is to change hearts and minds on the topic with a powerful message. I feel it is just if a woman's life is in jeopardy, but I do not feel comfortable making the decision for someone else.
I also do not back a total stripping of funding for Planned Parenthood, but Mr. Romney and I disagree on this topic. (Clarification: Things like life-saving cancer screenings are different than free contraception. Contraception should be included in people's personal health plans, and not paid for by people who do not approve of their personal choices.)
I back a full and total repeal and replacement of President Obama's health care legislation.
I do not support an individual mandate in any shape, form, or fashion.
If I change my mind on a topic, there tends to be a good reason.
I back legislation mandating equal pay for women.
I encourage a spirit philanthropy and benevolence amongst the wealthy..
I believe Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are the best choice for the future of this country.
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