Story on the news here the other day about an elderly woman who just lost her home after some mistake at the tax bureau left her owing less than 7 dollars on a property bill that she thought had been paid...
Get rid of the "Would you like a part of your tax to go for election funds?" box, make it mandatory, and that's split up among the candidates and they cannot spend any personal money.
That, and, as annoying as it would be, lifetime pensions and a ban on employment after leaving congress or the White House to prevent backroom deals for an elected official to benefit from after leaving office. Something would need to be in place to prevent their friends and family from benefiting as well, as that could circumvent the system.
Because thanks to camera phones, it's a lot more visible that a lot of cops are not "good cops" they are brutal thugs who even the good cops protect.
We have a corrupt government, bought and paid for by the rich, and a police force that often acts like they run a police state, and yet some are so blind or intellectually dishonest they actually wonder why people don't trust the police.
I hate golf and consider it a waste of space and/or "a good walk ruined" but this "everybody gets a trophy and deserves to feel good about themselves even if they can't accomplish the basics" attitude has started to infect the wealthy too?
>> Women make 4.6% of Fortune 500 CEOs despite being about 50% of the workforce.
The workforce in general makes less than 5% of what the 1%ers make, your point?
>> Women make up 20% of the Senate, despite being about 50% of the population. Women make up 18.9% of the House of Representatives despite being about 50% of the population.
Those are elected positions, so your point is meaningless. Women vote too, yet the numbers are the way they are, grow up and deal.
>> And don't get me started on race! Black men.. blah blah blah
Maybe they should commit fewer crimes and/or act less suspiciously
Just because you don't like reality doesn't make it wrong
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Elitism nothing, it's common sense
Story on the news here the other day about an elderly woman who just lost her home after some mistake at the tax bureau left her owing less than 7 dollars on a property bill that she thought had been paid...
Never stopped Mozart or Beethoven....
Concept of property...
hehehe, try not paying your property taxes and see how long you still own that "property".
Property is a fallacy in the modern world of IP and big government.
It gets split equally among all qualified candidates that meet the legal requirements for the positions they are running for.
No, it would be divided equally among all candidates. No outside money allowed.
Capital offense to even try.
Another reason for NO contributions at all.
Get rid of the "Would you like a part of your tax to go for election funds?" box, make it mandatory, and that's split up among the candidates and they cannot spend any personal money.
That, and, as annoying as it would be, lifetime pensions and a ban on employment after leaving congress or the White House to prevent backroom deals for an elected official to benefit from after leaving office. Something would need to be in place to prevent their friends and family from benefiting as well, as that could circumvent the system.
Ban political contributions altogther, beginning of solving the problem.
...strike where they are needed, like where the Koch brothers are....
Humans can't get a long with each other and are way too selfish and greedy.
We have more wealth than ever yet so many are living in poverty, starving, without even clean running water.
Humans don't deserve to survive or expand.
That should be considered a form of treason...
Because thanks to camera phones, it's a lot more visible that a lot of cops are not "good cops" they are brutal thugs who even the good cops protect.
We have a corrupt government, bought and paid for by the rich, and a police force that often acts like they run a police state, and yet some are so blind or intellectually dishonest they actually wonder why people don't trust the police.
So many sheep actually think the police can do no wrong....
Awwww.. you foe'd me, how cute; and I care so little about you I'll neither friend nor foe you, you are that meaningless...
Nor you yours.
See how that works, asshole? ;)
would be so proud....
You are fucking stupid. Fishing for food is gathering.
I refer to the fucking idiots who think of fishing as a "sport", especially since they tend to throw their catch back.
Fishing is fucking boring.
Wow, something even more boring and pointless than golf, I forgot all about fishing...
I hate golf and consider it a waste of space and/or "a good walk ruined" but this "everybody gets a trophy and deserves to feel good about themselves even if they can't accomplish the basics" attitude has started to infect the wealthy too?
The sky is up, water is wet, and it usually gets dark at night...
I think assuming that just because a person s black they are being profiled in every single situation is ignorant and intellectually dishonest.
I believe most of them are yes.
Thinking otherwise is just being gullible and stupid.
The weather tonight, Darl.
Continued mostly dark overnight with widely scattered light towards dawn...
America never was a Democracy, it was and is a Plutocracy disguised as a representative republic.
...should be considered a treasonous level of bribery.
>> Women make 4.6% of Fortune 500 CEOs despite being about 50% of the workforce.
The workforce in general makes less than 5% of what the 1%ers make, your point?
>> Women make up 20% of the Senate, despite being about 50% of the population. Women make up 18.9% of the House of Representatives despite being about 50% of the population.
Those are elected positions, so your point is meaningless. Women vote too, yet the numbers are the way they are, grow up and deal.
>> And don't get me started on race! Black men.. blah blah blah
Maybe they should commit fewer crimes and/or act less suspiciously
Just because you don't like reality doesn't make it wrong