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Toward the abolition of taxation
The question is, “What should we do about the income taxes?” If we approach this issue with a rational code of ethics, the answer is clear: abolish them. Not only the income taxes, but our nation’s entire system of coercive taxation ought to be replaced with one of voluntary government funding if we are to ever truly live in a moral society.
My (re)turn from liberalism
At 19, I had found myself presiding over the KSU College Republicans, serving on the state board of the Georgia Association of College Republicans, being appointed a member of the Cherokee County Republican Party executive board, and traveling to D.C. for the first time to attend the College Republican National Convention.
Then I quit.
My (brief) analysis of the Ames debate – Plus Poll
So, I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t watch the whole debate. I will add updates to the post if I watch the previous segments.
I tuned in during the last hour when every candidate (except Paul) was trying to out-hawk the other on foreign policy. It was a little disgusting.
August 2011 Poll of the Month – Death and Taxes
July 2011 Poll of the Month RESULTS!
So, it seems that Congress has struck a deal about the debt ceiling. Of course, we’re no where close to fixing our deficit or national debt, but hey, we’ll probably never be. Just one short term extension after another until default and bankruptcy. Fun times.
How did our readers feel about raising the debt ceiling?
Proceed cautiously through Philadelphia
In the current national debt debate, there has been quite a bit of ruckus about amending the Constitution to add a Balanced Budget Amendment. Amendments to the Constitution can originate in either house of Congress, receive two-thirds approval by both houses, and must be approved by three-fourths of state legislatures.
Who’s holding the gun?
Many progressives are upset that social services are on the chopping block while we are “giving” billions in tax breaks to the wealthy. At the recent twitter town hall event, President Obama said, “The debt ceiling should not be something that is used as a gun against the heads of the American people to extract tax breaks for corporate jet owners or oil and gas companies that are making billions of dollars because the price of gasoline has gone up so high.”
This month, we’ll be doing 2 polls about hot button issues:
Should more states, like New York, legalize gay marriage? Should we raise the debt ceiling?
Feel free to leave comments under the post if you want to expand on your answer!
June 2011 Poll of the Month – Straw Poll Results
“In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That’s not to pick on homosexuality. It’s not, you know, man on child, man on dog, or whatever the case may be.”
