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Feeling political
Oct. 14th, 2003 01:57 pmI realize life is not fair. But I think laws should be.
I think we should take care of widows and orphans, aid the outcast and show hospitality to the stranger in our gates. Love and cling to the wives (or husbands) of our youth. Is that not what the Bible that 85% of Americans claim they believe teaches? How can even extreme conservatives, who claim most of the Christian high-ground, argue? How can they cut the aid to the poor, stone the outcast and lock the stranger out for jackels to eat?
Bush lost me when he cut veterans' benefits and service personnel pay in the middle of a war.
I believe we should help the less-fortunate, and not line corporation pockets where the CEO makes over a thousand times what his workers do. I believe in free enterprise, and own stock in a number of companies. I was even a direct capitalist (manufacturing, producing and selling my own work) for a time. But one doesn't lay off 10,000 people so the Board can have their bonuses.
I think a basic education is every child's right, regardless of where they live, and that a national curriculum is the logical solution in our highly mobile society. (this would also standardize teacher training throughout the country) I think public college should be funded as an extension of high school. A BA is the basic hoop needed to enter the middle class anymore. Why should there be a huge obstacle to getting it? I think credentialism is rampant, and more kids should be urged into manual trades. We can always use plumbers and builders and nurses. Too many English majors and not enough electricians. Think Golgafrinchian Ark 2.
I think the money a family makes is made to support the family. I think taxes are a public trust and should be used for the good of the public: roads, schools, fire and police protection, and not poured out on boondoggles like Air bases that will be obsolete before they're used or studies to find why eggplants mate to Mantovani and not Mancini. Flat taxes are regressive, and VAT taxes (esp. on food and medicine) moreso.
I support recycling. I support reducing consumption, buying second hand, repairing and turning worn clothing into other things. I like gardening and think the organic produce from my garden is healthier than the highly waxed perfect stuff from Wal-Mart.
I think clean air and clean water are necessities. I don't think any corporation's profits should come before that.
Not sure where that puts me on the spectrum.
I think we should take care of widows and orphans, aid the outcast and show hospitality to the stranger in our gates. Love and cling to the wives (or husbands) of our youth. Is that not what the Bible that 85% of Americans claim they believe teaches? How can even extreme conservatives, who claim most of the Christian high-ground, argue? How can they cut the aid to the poor, stone the outcast and lock the stranger out for jackels to eat?
Bush lost me when he cut veterans' benefits and service personnel pay in the middle of a war.
I believe we should help the less-fortunate, and not line corporation pockets where the CEO makes over a thousand times what his workers do. I believe in free enterprise, and own stock in a number of companies. I was even a direct capitalist (manufacturing, producing and selling my own work) for a time. But one doesn't lay off 10,000 people so the Board can have their bonuses.
I think a basic education is every child's right, regardless of where they live, and that a national curriculum is the logical solution in our highly mobile society. (this would also standardize teacher training throughout the country) I think public college should be funded as an extension of high school. A BA is the basic hoop needed to enter the middle class anymore. Why should there be a huge obstacle to getting it? I think credentialism is rampant, and more kids should be urged into manual trades. We can always use plumbers and builders and nurses. Too many English majors and not enough electricians. Think Golgafrinchian Ark 2.
I think the money a family makes is made to support the family. I think taxes are a public trust and should be used for the good of the public: roads, schools, fire and police protection, and not poured out on boondoggles like Air bases that will be obsolete before they're used or studies to find why eggplants mate to Mantovani and not Mancini. Flat taxes are regressive, and VAT taxes (esp. on food and medicine) moreso.
I support recycling. I support reducing consumption, buying second hand, repairing and turning worn clothing into other things. I like gardening and think the organic produce from my garden is healthier than the highly waxed perfect stuff from Wal-Mart.
I think clean air and clean water are necessities. I don't think any corporation's profits should come before that.
Not sure where that puts me on the spectrum.
