The other day in a campaign speech for his wife, Bill honestly blurted out that our country must correct the tragic directions it has taken over the past 8 years. In this truthful observation, he was totally correct! Realizing he was to promote a Democratic platform, he then tried to bury the truth by adding that the trickle-down policies of the advocates for free enterprise had caused the 2008 financial crisis. In this “cover-up” attempt to hide the…..
The dictionary defines “hypocrisy” as pretending to have beliefs one does not possess. President Obama’s recent speech that appointments to the Supreme Court should not be “political”, as the Constitution requires the Court to not promote its own beliefs but simply to interpret the “law” as it was created, is the height of hypocrisy. His prior two appointments, one of whom had a direct conflict of interest and should have abstained from voting, enabled the Court to unconstitutionally change…..
How revealing, that many who profess freedom of speech, assembly, and the right to petition to Government for a redress of grievances, wish to violate those same rights of others who hold different views. The angry, confrontational riots staged to disrupt/prevent a Donald Trump from passionately sharing his views, on how to “fix” America, sadly demonstrate the tragic departure from our Founders’ values set forth in the US Constitution. The issue should be the truthfulness of the message, not the…..
A much better “real fix” would be for all politicians to concentrate on reaffirming and repromoting the founding principles which created and grew WWII America, that future…..
While the present IRS codes are extremely complicated, which incidentally provides much private sector employment, they insure graduated higher tax rates for higher income earners, and encourage support for churches, hospitals, universities, etc. and for business expansion in areas necessary to America’s continued economic growth. Ronald Reagan’s slashing of the top tax rate from 70% to 28%, contrary to all current day critics of tax deductions, significantly “increased” tax payments from the very wealthy. In 1979, the top 1% paid…..