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Re: I was taken in handcuffs for photography at the Freeman St Station on the 2 |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Feb 17 12:13:51 2009, in response to Re: I was taken in handcuffs for photography at the Freeman St Station on the 2, posted by Nilet on Tue Feb 17 11:18:47 2009. Ahem...As part of my duties as a (volunteer) EMT, I have been in the home of an addicted screwed up welfare woman who can in no way earn a dime. She lives in a subsidized apartment, receives welfare (more cash than I'll ever see), she has color TV, a computer, an automobile (she cannot drive it...no license), and several telephones. There is food in her fridge and if she could just keep off the booze and drugs she would be a wonderful woman. She is a very nice woman as it is. So there is no need to tell me that I am so well off. But you are welcome to come and visit us and see for yourself. The economy in North Dakota is NOT falling apart, but then we are still skating on the high energy prices, new wells are being drilled, and new wind farms being erected. We have ethanol plants, (struggling a bit at the moment with low fuel prices--but that will change of course), but the ethanol plants have driven up farm prices which were far too low. Now farmers are falling all over themselves trying to get their land out of the conservation programs and back into production again. But if this recession thing continues it will affect us. Some manufacturing plants were on furlough during the winter, Bobcat is just starting up again after a two month "vacation". But you are way off base when you paint me with the "Republican" brush. Very few of those critters are doing things that I think should be done. I am a conservative, and this means that I *am* for people, their rights, their dignity, and for the succor of those who have not. I am not particular in favor what the Democrats offer. All they are doing is giving people money (buying votes) with out providing any real help. People need dignity, the need a hand up not a hand out. I do not believe in "Trickle Down" economics. Money does not trickle down. It FLOWS and it happens to flow UPWARD. Thus money given to the poor in the form of welfare flows UP to the grocer and his employees, the supplier and his employees, the producer and his employees, the grower and his employees. If you build a new subway line, it employs workers, contractors, engineers, construction equipment makers, and all of these are Americans. Their money goes back to the grocer, the baker and the candlestick maker. Tax rebates do not move the economy all that well: the $600 that Bush gave us went to buy a digital camera made in China and that was that. The $13. / week gift that Obama is doing has a better chance of staying in this country (back to the grocery store) but it hardly stimulates the ekonomy. LION has always thought that infrastructure was the way to go. And it is appropriate for the cost of infrastructure to be spread out over 20 or 30 years. Daily expenses of people, companies or governments must NEVER be mortgaged to the future. Taxes MUST be simple, fair and uniform. They must raise the money that is to be spent, but not more. Taxes must NEVER be used to instigate social or environmental programs. You need a social or environmental fix, you pass a law and enforce it. Just that and nothing more. Methinks we are actually closer than you think on such things, but I am not much of an explainer. I think the Democrats are bad, but then I never thought the Republicans were much good either. ROAR |
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