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Date Posted: 13:13:41 10/01/07 Mon
Author: EJetson
Subject: Re: Getting out the vote...for the lazy among us.
In reply to: Deep Diction 's message, "Re: Getting out the vote...for the lazy among us." on 12:46:45 10/01/07 Mon

>>Just an FYI for those of you who hate me (and all
>>Republicans) because we have differing opinions.
>>
>>Taxes - Permanent - I'm ALWAYS in favor of tax cuts.
>>There's WAY, WAY, WAY too much government wasted
>>spending. Actually, I'm a proponent of the flat tax.
>>15% across the board, with no deductions, tax breaks,
>>etc. - Very important
>
>I'm very opposed to the flat tax for the simple reason
>that it's basically a redistribution of the existing
>money in the economy from the poor toward the wealthy.
> There's already a great enough disparity between the
>poor and the wealthy as it is.


I disagree. I shouldn't have to pay a higher percentage of my income in taxes because I took steps in my life to be able to earn more money.





>
>>Universal Health Care - Opposed. I don't think it
>>would work well here. It would become even more
>>difficult to get an appointment with a doctor than it
>>is now. - Somewhat important
>
>So your opposition to everyone having health care is
>that you'd have to wait longer for a doctor's
>appointment? Also I think you underestimate the
>effect that poor people suddenly having regular
>checkups available to them will have on preventing
>future doctor visits for more serious issues.
>

No, I haven't been to a doctor other than a dentist more than twice since college. This, and abortion, are far and away the least important of the issues to me. However, it will end up costing me more in taxes to pay for this.



>>Partial Privatization of Social Security - Favor.
>>Government shouldn't be responsible for my retirement.
>> I should. - Important
>
>This is basically just the government borrowing money
>from us. If Social Security were privatized, they'd
>just raise the federal income tax to make up for the
>lost revenue. As it stands, it's a way for people who
>can't afford to invest privately to avoid dying in the
>streets once they're too old to work.
>

Thus, the term "partial" privatization. Give people an option to either contribute to the government run retirement fund or to invest privately (or both if they so choose). I, and no Republican that I've ever heard, has favored complete cancellation of the entire Social Security program.




>>Line Item Veto - Favor. I don't understand why ANYONE
>>would oppose this. Too many of the wasteful spending
>>bills get passed by attaching them to something with
>>overwhelming support. - Important
>
>This would give far, far, far too much power to the
>executive branch. If there's a line item veto, one
>single nutjob President can screw up our entire
>legislative system by crossing all the parts he
>doesn't like out of bills. There are much better ways
>to get rid of wasteful spending, such as eliminating
>the ability for legislators to attach earmarks
>anonymously.



Maybe "line item" isn't the proper terminology, then. Earmark item veto is what I'm referring to.



It's sad that both sides disagree on only 5% or so of issues, but that those 5% can cause such extreme dislike of the other side.

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