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Date Posted: 11:04:52 07/27/05 Wed
Author: Matthew Villani
Subject: Re: The Political Spectrum
In reply to: QUITTNER 's message, "The Political Spectrum" on 10:13:24 07/26/05 Tue

>1) Some people want more equality, help those who are
>at, or near, the bottom of the social scale without it
>being their own doing. But this would cost a lot of
>money, almost(?) something like a "bottomless pit".
>Who will pay for that?

Right now the government is throwing taxpayers' money into the aforementioned pit, and has been for the past 40 years, while obviously these people, when handed free money, tend to spend it on flashy items, and not on bettering themselves.

>They say "the rich" will pay,
>but "the rich" will just take their money and go
>somewhere else where the taxes are lower. Who will be
>stuck with the bills? The taxpayers who will, if in a
>democracy, at the next election throw out of office
>the current government.

Generally the top 0.5% doesn't seem to be strongly affected to the extent that the middle class (those who make $30,000-$2,000,000 a year) are.

>
>2) Some other people blame the poor and disabled for
>their own (mis?)fortune, because they don't want a job

I'd say more often than not, it's true, about 75% of the time.

>(Truth: they can't get one because they are not
>qualified for the available jobs).

Not true, they're more than qualified in many cases for the jobs that the illegal aliens are hired or.

>They resent the
>large(?) deductions and heavy(?) taxes that are
>(mis?)used for welfare and other goodies to pay the
>many people who deserve no such handouts.

In the past, there was no welfare state, because the families almost always cared for those who truly couldn't work, and those who could, were strongly encouraged to get a job of some sort.

>Also
>governments' other mis(?)handling of taxpayers' funds
>are blamed for the much too high(?) taxation; even
>graft and corruption, possibly sometimes leading to
>scandals if the cover-ups don't work.

Generally, these are to pay for government programs that are utter failures.

>3) There many other views/schemes about what is the
>"best" kind of government, but will it work in
>practice?

In practice, a small-to-medium sized central government that advocated traditional values and morality has been what's worked. Immorality doesn't work, as we've seen in ancient Greece and Rome, which both fell.

>4) Some don't want any government at all. Let chaos(?)
>reign! Evewry person for him/herself, just as the
>animals in the forest.

These people usually are militant and believe in terrorism to achieve their goals.

>Throw away the lessons of
>centuries how best to deal with a lot of people with
>so many different views.

I would say as a general rule, the majority want a certain way in general.

>5) Etc. etc. What is YOUR solution to the many
>problems related to "The Political Spectrum"?

My solution was mostly outlined through this post. I think the best move would be for the government to be small-to-medium in size. One of the bad moves of the past was institutionalized federal government run schools, because of that, we no longer focus on the arts, the sciences, math, literature, now those take a back seat to things like "tolerance, diversity, etc". Because of that we have to import people from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East who were well-trained in those fields. Schools should be run on an individual basis or by local governments. Other solutions are reducing the taxes, scrapping a lot of government programs, and to repeal any type of Orwellian law that has been passed over the last century.

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Re: The Political Spectrum -- Adriana, 21:14:32 09/21/05 Wed