First I would like to thank you for taking the time to share your views and leaving your comments. That is what we are here for. This is a place for people to come to share their views and let their views be heard, whether we agree or not. And we will not always agree. The important thing is to keep an open dialogue.
The first site you provided me to check out (politifact.com) was very interesting. It gave facts and quotes on what important figures said and whether they were true or false. For argument sake I will only cover some of the ones I found that cover our topic today:
*Mostly True Comments
"Wisconisn state and local Government workers pay $500, $600 or in some cases, $1000 per year in union dues. -Gov. Scott Walker(R-WI)
"Under Gov. Soctt Walker's proposals, "Money is being taken away from workers, and the tax breaks given to major corporations." -Progressive Change Campaign Committee
The site you provided to show your minimum wage argument (plantingdollars.com) showed if you live with roomates than yes you can live on minimum wage. Not all Americans live or want to live with roomates. Hence, the fact you can not survive alone on minimum wage without help from a roommate, spouse, or another income coming into the household. It is nearly impossible unless you live in Section 8 housing or some other type of housing that goes by our income alone.
*Example of a Average Minimum Wage Budget
(7.25hr 40hrs week after taxes $940 if you claim 0 on tax returns as most Americans do)
Rent: 450
Electric: 150
Natural Gas Bill: $150-300(winter mths)
Car/Maintainace: $200
Car Insurance: $100-150
Student Loans: $100
Food/Peronal Items: $150-$400(depending on if you have a child or children)
Cable/Internet: $30-120
Phone Bill: $100-180
*This does not include other bills such as child support, credit cards, or medical costs.
As you can see it is impossible for a single peson or even a person who is a single parent to live alone on minimum wage.
"Keep government out of PBS and you can keep your Sesame Street," you said. I would agree. However, it was the House that voted to make cuts to Public BroadCasting not me. I just report it and give my opinion. Like you, I too believe that the government has no place in this area, but it seems they do. And until we speak up and say something, they will continue to make votes regarding issues that they have no place in.
You are also right about America being a Constitutional Republic. Yet it prides itself on its democratic values. So a single voice may not speak for a movement, but it does however keep a open dialogue and allow voices that may have in no other country have a voice to be heard.
Both if not all past and present administrations have made their fair share of bad decision making. It is the American way and right of passage for the American President it seems. This in no means do I agree with any of it. I think I made that very clear. I believe I made it very clear I dont take sides one way or the other. In fact I have very strong opinions when it comes to all of the past and present administration policys. If I did not make myself clear before let me make myself clear now. I am neither a Democrat or Republican. I vote for who I believe will do the best job and at times leave the ballot blank.
As for Cash for Clunkers. Cash for Clunkers began in the Clinton Era and was removed by the Obama administration. Yes for a brief time in his early administration it was a tool to help revamp the car industry. Now everyone seems to have a new car. Some folks did not have a great experience with this program from what I understand. I personally did not partake in it. However, since around 2003 I believe the program no longer exsist so it really is a mute point.
As for Social Programs, as Americans most sof these programs you do not have to participate in them. Despite that if you do your research, you as an American have been paying for these earmarks for years and have not even know about most of them. This is why so many congressmen and women are fighting to eliminate them all together. However, if you do this it is a catch 22. A lot of helpful programs that benefit others such as programs for special needs children, programs for the elderly, and also the most controversal planned parenthood could and would be eliminated.
There would be more abuses of the poor, sick, disabled, and many states would suffer greater than they do now because funding just would not be available.
So you can not just eliminate the Government all together. That is just absurd to suggest. My issue is the abuse wiithin the sytem. That many of our tax dollars don't go to what they say they go to, but instead go into big corportions.
"You and others complain about the republican's stance lowering tax on the rich. But that is revenue taken from them, which in turn keeps the company from being able to expand, to create more jobs that could go out to an American."
The Unions in Wisconsin is not the reason the state is going broke. It may be part of the problem but not the full reason. Gov. Scott Walker made it clear on many interviews he gave that this was his agenda "to make history" and not necessarily to cut his $3.6million dollar deficit.
Maybe the Unions should be more flexible. They did attempt to work out an agreement with the governor and even agreed to his term. The Governor then made it clear he had no desire to compromise. It was all or nothing. It was his way or the highway. This was one of the main reasons people were so upset.
To take away the rights of collective-bargaining is wrong. What will be the next thing the next right they will take away? I believe that the way they handled this in Wisconsin was not the answer.
As for Charlie Sheen...If people did not care what has been going on with him, he would not be on every news station everyday, being tweeted about, or received over 10,000 hit within minutes of airing his Internet broadcast.
If you would have read my blog about him more carefully, you would have seen that I was discussing mental illness more so than Mr. Sheen. But I appreciate the fact you may not care, though others do.
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