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home to my crazy political ideas. Anyone who has fresh political thought, that is not the dribble from someone they saw on TV may ad their own ideas.

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frskniam Vote Clinton? 0 Feb 7 2008, 3:37 AM EST by frskniam
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frskniam Impeachment already 0 Feb 7 2008, 2:32 AM EST by frskniam
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So I was reading an article http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/opinion/07thu2.html and I can't believe it.

How can our representitives from either side of the aisle let GWB get away with this garbage. The American People have the right to know what's going on in our government. I know that we will have a new administration in less than a year, but we must impeach in order to find out the full scope and depth of the treason being committed by the Bushes
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frskniam Necessary Depression 0 Feb 6 2008, 8:20 PM EST by frskniam
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Although we tend to think of the thought of a economic depression to be a horror and the worst possible event of our lives, it is not. In fact after years like the roaring 20’s and now the late 90’s and 00’s, with massive spending, that a depression is needed to keep ourselves from total destruction.

See these words like recession and depression are always seen in bad light, in fact they are just words dealing with the state of an economy. Now if you are among the billionaires in this world you will see these terms in a bad light normally, for the average person the effects don’t have to be so grim.

I was reading today on MSNBC how many people in conservative as well as liberal states are cutting back on their spending and following the new three R’s: reduce, reuse, and recycle. They are using cloth bags for their groceries, they are buying produce that is locally in season, preferring not to consume products that have been trucked in from everywhere. That there is starting to be a consciousness about conserving and being carbon neutral. The article in question was from the standpoint that these things although nice were detrimental to our economy…

My question is why is our economy really so important?

I’m not saying that it is nothing to be concerned about, but when it comes down to it, it is far less important that the world survives 2050 than the growth of any countries economy. Although we think that the economy is directly related to our quality of life, one look at the wonderful healthcare in Cuba compared to their GDP throws that assumption into question.

So I assert that not only is a depression in America a good thing, it might help us re-evaluate the more important issues. After all, even without any economy we can feed, cloth, and care for every citizen in the nation. We don’t need plasma TV’s and Ipods.
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frskniam Taxation 0 Feb 6 2008, 7:35 PM EST by frskniam
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Friends and I debate about income tax vs. sales tax. For the most part I seem to be on the loosing side of this argument as the pro-sales tax opinion.

My arguments are as follows though.

Income tax is a slave tax. It forces us to be taxed, and without working we cannot be taxed, so the state must make us work, even if it is not in our best interests at that point in time to be working. This plays out in both how we qualify for health care, and the massive cost of education and the debt that makes sure we will continue to work for the next 10 years.

Sales tax helps people save money/pay off debt. If your dollar goes farther by paying off debt verses buying more because you will not be taxed, then you will be more likely to pay down the credit card debt than to be taxed by making new purchases. This isn't a perfect science but does and will occur.

Sales tax also takes the most that take the most. We tax petroleum completely on a pay by use system and the same should be the same on all products.

Sales tax can be more precisely focused to relieve the basic needs of people, while discouraging the spending of welfare and social security dollars on luxuries, which is not the intent of those dollars.

Feel free to add more, or bring up counter arguments.
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