Quote from omegapoint:
You wouldn't want to take away our Freedoms would you!![]()
Quote from omegapoint:
Thing is, you can have all the regulation in the world but if it isn't enforced then its all for show. Thats what appeals courts are for.
Again, freedom.
Quote from OPTIONAL777:
If we look to the major problems in America since 1990, I find only a natural disaster like Katrina to be not have been preventable.
Who was fired following 9/11 for not doing their jobs to prevent a 9/11?
It is really pathetic that Americans don't have pride in their country such that they do their jobs properly.
Had Americans done their job properly, we would not have had 9/11, the housing bubble, General Motors BK, BP, etc., etc., etc.
When greed is elevated to virtue the way America has done in the past few decades, the consequence is rampant corruption and sloth.
It is epidemic, and no one really cares. No politicians blame the people of America...the blame always goes to "government" "the terrorists" this party, that party...
Genuinely a revolting situation...
I have no doubt that the founders of this country would be sickened at all of our institutions at this time...because of the level of individual corruption in every institution...
Quote from pspr:
It's unconstitutional. If the state had tax power over churches it would be tantamount to controlling religious freedom through manipulation. Surely, you have heard of the "separation of church and state".
Quote from Lucrum:
...or the national endowment for the arts or the IRS (sales or flat tax) or the dept. of energy (created to reduce our dependence on foreign oil) or the dept. of education (should be handled locally) or the African Development Foundation or donations to the UN or foreign aid to countries that hate our fucking guts or the Commission on International Religious Freedom or HUD or the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (HA!) or the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Office of National Drug Control Policy or the Office of Thrift Supervision or the USPS or Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
Great list and it only scratches the surface. I fully understand that all of these together don;t make a dent in the dficit, but you have tos tart somewhere. If you can't get rid of this low hanging fruit, what chance do we have?