Please humor me while I finish some thoughts that I started on these posts. My replies have not appeared so I am placing them here...
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RB,
It seems that both parties are very interested in "social issues". Be it pro-life vs pro-abortion, traditional marriage vs free marriage, property rights vs wealth transfer, etc. I really don't think one could say that one is worse than the other in this arena.
Chris,
Good idea, however I think the troops in Germany and Japan are there for our benefit, not theirs. Meaning that those sites give us forward staging bases.
Now South Korea is a place where I think we could pull troops from without impacting global operations. Thoughts?
Todd,
It seems to me that folks are much divided on ACA/Obamacare than you reported. Please provide your source.
Annie,
Your link does not work.
Pat,
You are assuming I was incorrect. Maybe you also should stop assuming...
Jonathan,
Do you happily encourage folks to budge in line... Even if it means you don't get to attend that very very important event...
And yes I do agree that the GOP alienates people just like the DFL does. I mean how many fundamentalist Christians do you think the DFL has alienated with their views. In essence saying that their beliefs are meaningless or worse.
If you believed that stopping the beating of a human heart was murder. What would you do to prevent it from happening?
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RB,
With defense contracting, privatized prisons, and other expenditures the government gives the money to a business or other group to purchase a service or product.
In the case of ACA, the money is being taken from one person via taxes, and given to another person via taxes. The government is not buying a service or product, they are just picking one pocket and slipping it into someone else's. Definitely pure wealth transfer / socialistic behavior.
As always, thoughts encouraged on any of the above topics...
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In the case of ACA, the money is being taken from one person via taxes, and given to another person via taxes.
Don't all taxes work this way? Would you prefer a system by which government taxes people and just keeps the money? Or invests it in Euros?
==Hiram
I am thinking that government mandated direct cash wealth transfer between citizens is pretty rare in America. Thank heavens.
Unfortunately it does seem to be becoming more common as as we move from right to further left.
Per the President's own words...
"And we hear all the time about how government is the problem. Well, it turns out we rely on it in a whole lot of ways. Not only does it keep us strong through our military and our law enforcement, it plays a vital role in caring for our seniors and our veterans, educating our kids, making sure our workers are trained for the jobs that are being created, arming our businesses with the best science and technology so they can compete with companies from other countries. It plays a key role in keeping our food and our toys and our workplaces safe. It helps folks rebuild after a storm. It conserves our natural resources. It finances startups. It helps to sell our products overseas. It provides security to our diplomats abroad."
I keep looking and I just don't see transferring money from Peter to Paul as a key role of government... Maybe he just overlooked it...
I am thinking that government mandated direct cash wealth transfer between citizens is pretty rare in America.
How can there not be a wealth transfer? The government must do something with the money.
--Hiram
Thankfully most government transactions are exchanges.
Funds traded for a product or service. (Ie something value)
Giving people funds just because they are unlucky/unsuccessful is altogether different.
I think I need a few days break from your blog. After listening to my students all day your comments read like high pitched whining to me and are giving me a headache. Maybe I just need another glass of wine.
Have you ever thought about retiring to a country more that us more purely capitalistic? I can't think of what that would be. Probably a better idea is just total up all your taxes paid towards wealth transfer and congratulate yourself on being so generous.
Laurie,
Now you know why I drink too much. I am sure it is like me listening to the Liberals whining about:
"they have too much money... we should have the government seize more of it... and distribute it to the rest of us... they really should pay more... 2 to 3 times my effective tax rate isn't their fair share... they should pay 5 or 10 times my effective tax rate since they are "RICH"... man I wish I was rich..."
It definitely does get repetitive...
So I'll ask it different way, what percentage of the USA GDP do you think should be routed through the Government before we go too far to the Left. You may want to look at the Continuum, I think you were L1...
Curious if any of the conservatives on here are re-thinking the Paul Ryan Medicare reform model?
Do you mean this?
Forbes: Paul Ryan Improved Plan
Yep. The Medicare plan is essentially ACA with a public option.
Still have not read it, however the starting point matters...
Medicare is a public "earned benefit" that will soon become "part earned / part wealth transfer".
Before ACA, the American health care system was very "Capitalistic", except for Medicaid and the State sponsored low income programs. Each citizen bought or chose not to by insurance, or pay their healthcare bills.
Ryan's proposal can still be to the "Capitalistic" side of the current Medicare program. While being to the "Socialistic" side of our pre-ACA healthcare system.
Meaning an ACA type change may be better to deal with caring for our retired elderly, while being worse for dealing with the issues of people during their prime earning / working years.
Remember: Republicans are happy to support and help the truly disabled and old, they are just against helping others who could and should be caring for themselves.
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