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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat do the racists (teaparty/gop/militia/kkk/skinheads) types value the most?
They say "freedom".."their" country..low (no) taxes
yet
they consistently send to congress people who value money and inaction.
There HAS to start being a COST to the side effects of their legislation (or lack thereof)
These folks all parade in and out of Fox & all the hate speech venues using their coded lingo and spout thinly veiled hate speech against "free loaders".."double dippers".."Takers".. you name it..they've said it.
They send out messages , knowing full-well that some people will use the force that they cannot (they want to stay elected).
When white-power types injure or kill Black/Sikh/Arabic/Indian/Pakistani/Mexican or any other visually ambiguous persons..for whatever lame "excuse" our media deems relevant, there needs to be a government sponsored fund for the family that gets left behind.
Every one of those people killed (with the possible exception for the 87 yr old woman) had a financial responsibility that will no longer be met.
This fund could/would pay out immediately EVERY TIME...let's say 5 MILLION dollars tax free.
It may be crass to tie a dollar amount to someone's life, but perhaps a financial cost coming out of "their" taxes might just be a way of awakening their mostly dead consciences.
In Iraq & Afghanistan, when we kill locals, pallets of money starts getting handed out.
No amount of money will bring anyone back, but a $5M government payment to the family, could at least prevent them from falling further down the hole, and might allow them to breathe a little easier. and it might send home the message that when you ignore that "weird" loner kid who loves his guns and who is racist, perhaps you should intervene BEFORE he kills someone and costs you (indirectly through taxes) money..
Dawson Leery
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Johnson would have no problem enforcing/disciplining those who gave him trouble.
Example, Hillary wins in a landslide against an unattainable candidate in 2016 and she pulls both houses of congress with her, what will we do?
First off, make Tom Cotton's people pay, especially those who come from his congressional district in rural Arkansas. What does that district need? What can we deny them? LBJ would have no problem using the power of the purse to put this ignorant bigots in their place.
Second, eliminate farm subsidies. These subsidies benefit rural economies. We will be fine without farm subsidies. Australian, New Zealand, and South Africa are fine without them.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)And a government that does all it can to avoid providing any sorts of social benefits to people of colour.
That's the basis of 'their' country.