Post by itsmyopinion on Jun 19, 2009 22:58:38 GMT -5
The Paperboy | by Christopher Blackburn
www.hesperianbeacon.com/
I wonder what else is on the radar of lawmakers in Washington?
The U.S. Government is getting sticky fingers and one would think we are helpless to stop it.
As Congress considers taxing soft drinks such as Coca-Cola , Dr Pepper, Sprite, etc., I'm wandering what will be next.
If you drink alcohol or smoke, chew or dip, you are well aware of the taxes on those products.
The "sin" taxes placed on these products have been around and growing for years. Now soft drinks may soon join them.
Will candy be next? Perhaps Twinkies. Maybe cupcake mix and chocolate milk will follow.
Why stop there? Throw in lemonade, sweet tea and anything fried.
Perhaps putting a huge tax on sugar and cooking oil is the route we're headed down.
Ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard and relish had better watch out. Along with the patty and
cheese, all could be taxed at the rate the federal government is growing ... err, I mean going.
Let's take it further. When will the government cross over from taxing smokers, drinkers and
obese people to taxing people buying "outdoor" items like four-wheelers and golf clubs. I suppose
they could say since the sun causes skin cancer, they need to tax everything used out in the sun.
It's not just taxes on things. It's the whole idea that government is the answer for everything.
Where is the opposition? Where is the organization needed to get a message out that we are not
all sheep. Some of us are paying attention to a government, growing by the day, and headed down the wrong path on many issues.
Is the Republican Party so inept that they can't even get a simple message out? Or are they simply done?
Americans are going to wake up soon and when they do, the entire landscape of this country
will be covered with those with their hands out. No more American Dream.
We were once told "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your
country," by President John F. Kennedy.
We are headed down the opposite road. We are headed down a dark road where people are
expecting the government to do it all - cradle to grave.That is not America!
America is supposed to be a place where a teenager can dream of owing their own business or being a rock star.
America is supposed to be a place where little boys and little girls who work hard, make good
grades and conduct themselves well, should have the opportunity to reach for the stars.
We're now told if you do reach the stars, you are going to be punished. If you make a lot of
money, regardless of how generous you are, you are a bad person.
Those in power and in the media would have you believe the wealthy in this country, the
people who have built our economy through hard work - the ones who provide millions of jobs, are the bad guys.
Yes Oprah, the very man you touted for president now has a pay Czar. You and every other
American paying taxes are now paying the salary of a guy whose job it is to control executive pay.
I wonder if Oprah would have been able to reach the stars had she faced the class warfare being
perpetrated by the Obama Administration.
You know, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe having a couple of hundred million people under the iron fist of the government will fix everything.
Maybe having the auto industry, airline and aircraft industries, banking industry, housing
industry, insurance industry and so on under the guidance of a bunch of people who can't balance a checkbook is a great idea.
Just maybe having no American Dream is the new American Dream.
The Democrats in charge of this country are moving us too far to the left and much to fast. I
certainly hope I'm wrong, but I have yet to see anything to convince me otherwise.
It worries me. Where we'll be in the coming months and years. How many pies will Uncle Sam have his fingers in before we realize nothing can stop it outside a revolution?
New York and California will probably let us know. Both sates are hopelessly mired in the
same trends engulfing Washington. We'll be able to see America's fate by keeping an eye on these two states.
The recession revealed how fragile California and New York's huge economies were because
in less than a year, both states went from problematic outlooks to near-disaster.
Both also responded to their respective messes by making things worse through tax hikes, spending and borrowing. Sound like Washington to you?
Like the majority of you, I don't need or want the government to hold my hand. But that message is being lost in Washington. They're convinced we can't do it without them and it's wrong.
Again from Kennedy: "And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought
are still at issue around the globe - the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of
the state, but from the hand of God."
If you don't like those, how about three from Ronald Reagan:
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our
children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets."
"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."
www.hesperianbeacon.com/
I wonder what else is on the radar of lawmakers in Washington?
The U.S. Government is getting sticky fingers and one would think we are helpless to stop it.
As Congress considers taxing soft drinks such as Coca-Cola , Dr Pepper, Sprite, etc., I'm wandering what will be next.
If you drink alcohol or smoke, chew or dip, you are well aware of the taxes on those products.
The "sin" taxes placed on these products have been around and growing for years. Now soft drinks may soon join them.
Will candy be next? Perhaps Twinkies. Maybe cupcake mix and chocolate milk will follow.
Why stop there? Throw in lemonade, sweet tea and anything fried.
Perhaps putting a huge tax on sugar and cooking oil is the route we're headed down.
Ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard and relish had better watch out. Along with the patty and
cheese, all could be taxed at the rate the federal government is growing ... err, I mean going.
Let's take it further. When will the government cross over from taxing smokers, drinkers and
obese people to taxing people buying "outdoor" items like four-wheelers and golf clubs. I suppose
they could say since the sun causes skin cancer, they need to tax everything used out in the sun.
It's not just taxes on things. It's the whole idea that government is the answer for everything.
Where is the opposition? Where is the organization needed to get a message out that we are not
all sheep. Some of us are paying attention to a government, growing by the day, and headed down the wrong path on many issues.
Is the Republican Party so inept that they can't even get a simple message out? Or are they simply done?
Americans are going to wake up soon and when they do, the entire landscape of this country
will be covered with those with their hands out. No more American Dream.
We were once told "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your
country," by President John F. Kennedy.
We are headed down the opposite road. We are headed down a dark road where people are
expecting the government to do it all - cradle to grave.That is not America!
America is supposed to be a place where a teenager can dream of owing their own business or being a rock star.
America is supposed to be a place where little boys and little girls who work hard, make good
grades and conduct themselves well, should have the opportunity to reach for the stars.
We're now told if you do reach the stars, you are going to be punished. If you make a lot of
money, regardless of how generous you are, you are a bad person.
Those in power and in the media would have you believe the wealthy in this country, the
people who have built our economy through hard work - the ones who provide millions of jobs, are the bad guys.
Yes Oprah, the very man you touted for president now has a pay Czar. You and every other
American paying taxes are now paying the salary of a guy whose job it is to control executive pay.
I wonder if Oprah would have been able to reach the stars had she faced the class warfare being
perpetrated by the Obama Administration.
You know, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe having a couple of hundred million people under the iron fist of the government will fix everything.
Maybe having the auto industry, airline and aircraft industries, banking industry, housing
industry, insurance industry and so on under the guidance of a bunch of people who can't balance a checkbook is a great idea.
Just maybe having no American Dream is the new American Dream.
The Democrats in charge of this country are moving us too far to the left and much to fast. I
certainly hope I'm wrong, but I have yet to see anything to convince me otherwise.
It worries me. Where we'll be in the coming months and years. How many pies will Uncle Sam have his fingers in before we realize nothing can stop it outside a revolution?
New York and California will probably let us know. Both sates are hopelessly mired in the
same trends engulfing Washington. We'll be able to see America's fate by keeping an eye on these two states.
The recession revealed how fragile California and New York's huge economies were because
in less than a year, both states went from problematic outlooks to near-disaster.
Both also responded to their respective messes by making things worse through tax hikes, spending and borrowing. Sound like Washington to you?
Like the majority of you, I don't need or want the government to hold my hand. But that message is being lost in Washington. They're convinced we can't do it without them and it's wrong.
Again from Kennedy: "And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought
are still at issue around the globe - the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of
the state, but from the hand of God."
If you don't like those, how about three from Ronald Reagan:
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our
children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
"Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets."
"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."