I work in a rather large business. Many of the women who work there are single mothers. Most of them tell me that they married the father of their children, but then got divorced because he turned out to be a jerk. The reasons are many, drugs, alcohol, violence, philandery, etc.
The point I want to make is that there are lots of good women looking for a good man and that there are not enough good men to available.
I am sure that many women, especially those stuck being single mothers would happily enter into a loving polygamous marriage to ease their economic and child raising burden with a husband and one or more other wives.
Which is better? A woman having burden of raising and supporting children on her own and requiring government assistance or her joining a polygamous marriage that is economically and emotionally self sufficient?
Government officials and the clergy want single mothers, because single mothers come to them for help. They don't want self sufficient family units.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Barney Frank is a Socialist
U.S. House of Representatives member Barney Frank is a Socialist. I saw him on television say that we should increase the inheritance tax on big estates becasue people don't deserve to inherit large amounts of money just because they have rich parents. He, also, said that it isn't fair for them to do it.
Like all socialists he uses the word fair. What does fair mean? Who determines what is fair? I am sure according to Frank and his ilk, elected public officials determine what is fair and they, of course, do it based on what it takes to get elected at the moment. For example, progressive tax brackets go up and down according to what politicians beleive that the voters feel the fair amount is at the time of an election.
Like all socialists he misses the point of inheritance. The point of it is to keep the investments and businesses going.
If you do the opposite and tax away the inheritance, then the government gets so much money that quite often the busiensses fail. It is very common for children not to have enough cash to pay for the tax bill of their parents estate, so they have to borrow large amounts of money to pay the bill. By government forcing the large scale borrowing with the investments and businesses as collateral you weaken those investmens and businesses and make it easier for them to fail. Family businesses, especially, are often ruined by the large debt that was created to pay the estate tax bill of the parents.
The more businesses fail, the more socialist politicians can say that capitalism has failed and what our country needs is socialism.
Like all socialists he uses the word fair. What does fair mean? Who determines what is fair? I am sure according to Frank and his ilk, elected public officials determine what is fair and they, of course, do it based on what it takes to get elected at the moment. For example, progressive tax brackets go up and down according to what politicians beleive that the voters feel the fair amount is at the time of an election.
Like all socialists he misses the point of inheritance. The point of it is to keep the investments and businesses going.
If you do the opposite and tax away the inheritance, then the government gets so much money that quite often the busiensses fail. It is very common for children not to have enough cash to pay for the tax bill of their parents estate, so they have to borrow large amounts of money to pay the bill. By government forcing the large scale borrowing with the investments and businesses as collateral you weaken those investmens and businesses and make it easier for them to fail. Family businesses, especially, are often ruined by the large debt that was created to pay the estate tax bill of the parents.
The more businesses fail, the more socialist politicians can say that capitalism has failed and what our country needs is socialism.
Men Want Sex
Advice to all women,
Men want sex.
If you believe God created us, then that is how He created us and that is reality. Deal with it.
If you believe in evolution, then that is how we evolved and that is reatlity. Deal with it.
If you deny reality, then you are the problem.
Men want sex.
If you believe God created us, then that is how He created us and that is reality. Deal with it.
If you believe in evolution, then that is how we evolved and that is reatlity. Deal with it.
If you deny reality, then you are the problem.
Politics and Gun Barrels
My wife and I had some fun Saturday night. We went out to dinner with friends. One couple, like us, were center to center right in our political points of view. The third couple was die hard liberal Bush haters. My friend, Sandy, started off the conversation by saying that he loves President Bush, and then he gave his reasons. The third couple had a look of shock and horror on their faces, then they started giving reasons why they didn't like Bush.
They started out with the economy. They claimed that they economy was terrible. My wife and I interrupted them and we started talking at the same time about how great the economy is. Federal, State and local government revenues are the highest ever. The total number of people working is the highest ever. The unemployment rate is very low. Inflation is low. We kept going on and on.
They complained about the Bush tax cuts. We countered that they stimulated the economy and made it grow. They complained about the war in Iraq; we said kill the terrorists on the streets of Baghdad or on the streets of New York.
What ever they said, we countered.
I am sure we lost two friends.
The important thing is that we had completely different points of view, and no matter how much we discussed politics, no matter how honestly we tried to present our points of view and back them up with facts, they couldn't change our opinions and we couldn't change theirs.
If friends who are U.S. citizens can't get each other to change their opinions in an honest and open discussion, how could the Palestinians and the Israels ever agree on anything? How could the Shiites and the Sunnis, who have hated each other for hundreds of years, maybe over one thousand years, settle anything by diplomacy?
Mao Zedong (also transliterated Mao Tse Tung) said in in 1954, “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” I despair that we haven't learned anything since then.
They started out with the economy. They claimed that they economy was terrible. My wife and I interrupted them and we started talking at the same time about how great the economy is. Federal, State and local government revenues are the highest ever. The total number of people working is the highest ever. The unemployment rate is very low. Inflation is low. We kept going on and on.
They complained about the Bush tax cuts. We countered that they stimulated the economy and made it grow. They complained about the war in Iraq; we said kill the terrorists on the streets of Baghdad or on the streets of New York.
What ever they said, we countered.
I am sure we lost two friends.
The important thing is that we had completely different points of view, and no matter how much we discussed politics, no matter how honestly we tried to present our points of view and back them up with facts, they couldn't change our opinions and we couldn't change theirs.
If friends who are U.S. citizens can't get each other to change their opinions in an honest and open discussion, how could the Palestinians and the Israels ever agree on anything? How could the Shiites and the Sunnis, who have hated each other for hundreds of years, maybe over one thousand years, settle anything by diplomacy?
Mao Zedong (also transliterated Mao Tse Tung) said in in 1954, “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” I despair that we haven't learned anything since then.
The Right to Vote
Why are liberals the only people who have the ability exaggerate things to their political advantage. Take for example, the recent Bill in the House of Representatives that would take away from workers the right to vote in an election about whether or not they want a union to represent them.
Why didn't any conservative columnists take that awful concept and run with it? Why didn't conservative write:
"Today Speaker Pelosi and her Democrat party want to take away from workers the right to vote in an election about whether or not to have a union represent them. What is next?
Tomorrow they recind the voting rights act and take away the right of Afro-Americans to vote.
Then they recind women's suffrage and take the right to vote away from women.
After that they take away the right to vote from people who don't own property.
When will it end?"
Again, liberal columnists, writers, and reporters exaggerate all the time. Why don't conservatives?
Why didn't any conservative columnists take that awful concept and run with it? Why didn't conservative write:
"Today Speaker Pelosi and her Democrat party want to take away from workers the right to vote in an election about whether or not to have a union represent them. What is next?
Tomorrow they recind the voting rights act and take away the right of Afro-Americans to vote.
Then they recind women's suffrage and take the right to vote away from women.
After that they take away the right to vote from people who don't own property.
When will it end?"
Again, liberal columnists, writers, and reporters exaggerate all the time. Why don't conservatives?
The war is not lost.
Senator Harry Reid recently said that the war in Iraq is lost. The truth is that he doesn't care whether the war is won or lost. All he cares about is making statements that convince the 10% of his constituency who are the activists, the people who actually vote in a primary, that he agrees with them and that he is on their side. This is the wrong thing to do for two reasons.
First, leaders should lead. By only expressing the opinions that opinion polls tell him his constituents want to hear right now, Reid is abdicating any roll as a leader.
Leaders should lead. They should not just follow what the small number of people who actually participate in opinion polls say they want to hear. Only about 10% of the voters actually vote in primaries. They are the extreme activists. He should not only listen to them and the people polled.
First, leaders should lead. By only expressing the opinions that opinion polls tell him his constituents want to hear right now, Reid is abdicating any roll as a leader.
Leaders should lead. They should not just follow what the small number of people who actually participate in opinion polls say they want to hear. Only about 10% of the voters actually vote in primaries. They are the extreme activists. He should not only listen to them and the people polled.
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