Buying their vote – don't be too smug | Eastern North Carolina Now

   Many (including myself) have often accused the Democrats of buying votes by giving away money.  But if you examine the political landscape closely you will see that both Democrats and Republicans do the same thing in an effort to influence voters.

   Magicians will often use diversion to keep your attention away from their tricks.  Politicians have honed this skill to a finer point by keeping the public involved in minor point of concern or trying to focus the discussion on the other party while doing the very same thing they accuse others of doing.

   Here are several examples of buying votes:

  •          Welfare
  •          Tax Breaks for home interest mortgage
  •          Property tax breaks for senior citizens
  •          Depreciation incentives for Capital goods.
  •          Food Stamp subsidies
  •          Rent subsidies
  •          Free Cell Phones
  •          Free internet connection
  •          Free college tuition
  •          Special tax holidays for school supplies
  •          Tax deductions for Charitable contributions
  •          Low Income Credit 
  •         VA benefits for non service connected medical conditions.
  •         Tax Complexity is a tax subsidy to those smart enough to take advantage of it.
     

     Lastly my favorite entitlement:  Social Security retirement income    ( I know you paid into the system but the money is not waiting for you to take out, it has already been spent on the items above and more and there is nothing more than non-negotiable IOU's from the government in the fictitious trust fund. Think of like there was a giant spending fire and all the money paid in burnt up.   See here for a complete description of how much you paid in versus how much you may get back on Social Security.  How much will I get back?)

How crazy is it that the government pays you Social Security from money it does not have and then makes you pay  taxes on the money it paid you.  Why not just pay you less.


      If I have not hit your hot button yet, it is because I am too lazy to read the IRS tax code which has ballooned to an unmanageable document.

   "As they rush to file their taxes by April 18 next year, Americans are rightfully frustrated with the complexity of the 74,608-page-long federal tax code. Size of IRS Tax Code

NOW, LET US GET SERIOUS!  JUST HOW IN THE HELL DID WE EVER GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE LET THE FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT SAY HOW WE SPEND OUR OWN MONEY?

WHAT PRICE DO YOU PUT ON YOUR VOTE?

   Maybe it is because they offer everybody some FREE STUFF and always point to the other guy who is getting a break.

Is it a safety net or a government tit?

   Are you laughing or crying or did you even get this far?



poll#96
Considering that Hillary Clinton, from the recently concluded email investigation, is charged with gross negligence, dereliction of duty, was recommended that she lose her security clearance, while pathologically lying to congress, the press and the American People; and even though she was not referred for indictment because she is a Clinton: Will you?
12.84%   Vote for Hillary
76.65%   Vote for The Donald
10.51%   Vote for none of the above
257 total vote(s)     Voting has Ended!


And now for your additional voting pleasure:

poll#95
What should be the priority of the Federal Government after the "Pulse" massacre: Should we turn our attention toward destroying, earadicating ISIS as Candidate Trump suggests, or, as Democrats' President Obama suggests, broaden our efforts to effect stricter Gun Control laws to limit "Gun Violence?"
83.78%   After many years of trying to degrade and contain the murderous ISIS, we should make it the nation's policy to destroy ISIS immediately.
6.08%   Gun Violence in America can be eliminated by limiting access to guns for all American citizens.
10.14%   I don't care either way; I just live here.
148 total vote(s)     Voting has Ended!


poll#94
Should Americans be thankful for North Carolinians setting precedent in taking a stand for their state's right to manage the safety of their public facilities, where separation of the sexes remains, or should they follow Bruce Springsteen's lead and boycott the state as bigots since they will not allow grown Transgender men to use the same bathrooms /locker rooms as pre-pubescent girls?
  North Carolina is right to control the separation of the sexes as a matter of decorum and safety.
  North Carolina is a bigoted state to not require that children of opposite sexes share the same public facilities with adults of the opposite sex, although misidentified - the Transgender.
  I generally prefer the natural environs of the vacant, although rather public, large tree.
253 total vote(s)     What's your Opinion?

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