The 20% club

[Hamlette]

Ross Perot was the most successful third party candidate in at least 100 years. He was nutty and wouldn't have made a good prez (in my opinion) but he hit a cord. He was concerned about the national debt. So am I.

We should be talking about it but I don't think Americans get it. How it affects their lives.

20% of every federal income tax dollar goes to pay the interest on the debt. If we want to lower taxes we could pay off the debt and all take home that 20%.

I want to wear a pin that says 20%. When anyone asks me what it means I will say "that's how much of my tax money goes to pay off interest on the national debt. I want to pay off the debt and keep all that money for myself."

It might be a way to get people talking about it. Instead of an American Flag pin if we all wore a pin that said 20% it would be hard to ignore.

Where could I get some pins made up?

Would you wear one?

After we get everyone talking about the debt (how tax cuts to the rich and this horrid war is not helping) we could get pins made up that said: "compassion, freedom, tolerance". When people asked why we were wearing that pin we could say "those are the American values I hold most dear." We could begin a discussion on what "moral values" really mean.