political rant/debate

[silver]

good god it took an hour to read all this...i'll try and tackle the issues.

first off saying that sexuality is impressionable is quite a claim. so my understanding is that if it were cool to be homosexual, more people would be? um...you don't become homosexual. you are born homosexual. it may take time for the person to understand there feelings, but there isn't a "when did you become gay" moment. its growing because its becoming more accepted, so people who were in the closet before are now comfortable with coming out. and someone must have a lot of time on their hands if they are going to propose a consitutional amendment regarding marriage.

the tax cuts are bullshit. how are capital gains tax cuts going to help the low income population? the tax cuts are once again for the higher income people of the country, why don't we eliminate taxes for the people at the poverty level and keep the taxes the same for the rich instead of cutting them? that would give the lower income population the ability to spend money on goods that they will need such as food and basic necessities. that will increase the productivity of the manufacturing and agriculture markets, plus alleviate their need for federal and state aid, of which seems so strongly opposed by republicans. i have no problem with taxes as long as they are being used for the betterment of people. you wanna raise my taxes? go ahead, just do something with them. people making under 18,000 a year are having a hard enough time making ends as opposed to the people who are getting a tax cut on their stock portfolios. domestic investing will not lead to a growth in the private small business sector(which by the way receives oodles of money from the small business administration of the fed gov) but rather into established corporations who are trying to cut costs by moving jobs overseas and are also putting smaller businesses out. the miniscule tax cut for the lower and middle class that equates to a couple hundred bucks isn't going to do anything, people will either pay off some credit card debt or put it in the back, taking it out of the financial cycle. putting money into government work programs much like the mid 30's will promote economic growth and also give jobs back to the people. and what moron cuts taxes when we have the largest deficit in the history of the country? that just seems illogical to me. and how low are we going to let the dollar fall? our economic policies are screwing up the world economy and the other major players in the world are getting pissed.

social programs are the backbone of our society. how would like to have been that kid in elementary school who couldn't get lunch because you didn't have a dollar for everyday? unemployment insurance, medicare, social security, all these programs are what make our country so great. there are european countries that have even more extensive health programs and what not, but for what the tax payers pay here, it is a very good return. anyone can sit and say how its up to the individual to take care of their own stuff, what about people who can't? for some reason or another that are at a disadvantage to you and i? yes there are many people in this country who abuse the system, and reform to weed out those people would possibly save millions, even billions annually. but these programs are safety nets and u never know if one day you may find yourself using them. after school programs, inner city basketball leagues. these help keep kids out of gangs and away from the dangers of drugs, which in turns helps them create a future for themselves that they may not have been able to forge by themselves and would maybe have ended up in jail, costing the taxpayers much more annually than an afterschool or midnight basketball league. plus many republican politicians, like gov. jeb bush for example, have no problem funding religous programs for the education of people in a "determined" faith, where's the separation there?

our foreign policy is bullshit. we're pissing off the world and anyone who isn't with us is against us? what kind of diplomatic message is that? we feel is is our responsibility to initiate regime changes? we have a hard enough time getting our own administration elected here. we have a president who has no tact and very little experience in the foreign arena, luckily for us we have colin powell or else we'd probably be at war or have icy relations with many more countries because our president sticks his foot in his mouth too often. axis of evil...you gotta be kidding me. why is the economy bad? 9-11. why is the enviroment going to crap? 9-11. why can we spy on your email? 9-11. why are we in the middle east? 9-11? we can't we ever leave the mid east now? bush.

the no child left behind act is bullshit...dumbest thing i've ever heard. taking so much money away from schools that are badly in need of it. school vouchers will cause great problems with the quality of teachers in public schools, if you think they're bad now, wait till 4 years pass.

i've got plenty more but that's all i have time for.