I don’t understand why governments don’t plan for a rainy day. Are they like normal people in thinking that the good times will always roll and that they won’t ever be held accountable for spending more than they have? I am sure it is hard to say no to good causes, but there is going to be a penalty and it’s not fair to the taxpayers who are entitled to their tax refund and the government can’t pay it back. I liked that part in President Obama’s inaugral speech when he said that governments should be accountable for how they use the taxpayers money. We give almost a quarter of our earnings to the government. Surely they can be smarter with it and really be prepared to help us out when we need it most.
Ah ha! Obama’s Tax Plan October 25, 2008
Obama is saying that he’s happy to provide services to all people (but mostly underprivileged people) while having the top 5% income earners pay for them. How is that fair? How is it fair to have other people pay for a service? Is that how the rest of the economy works? No, but he’s happy to do it. I wish he would just be honest with people and say, “Look (as he always does), I’m happy to provide you the services, but you need to pay for them.” That’s how life works! Make it clear! Draw the connection for people. Don’t be willing to hide it, to obfuscate it. Why are rich people paying for something poor people receive? Spell it out for us. Don’t just go on about how you’re doing us a favor by not taxing 95% of people.
So many thoughts, so little time! August 9, 2008
So, I will try my best to get out all of my thoughts:
1. A lot of people have blogs! A lot of them seem to be personal i.e. about themselves and their family. I love reading them! I think that I won’t be able to get there though, maybe one day, but not now.
2. I woke up wanting to watch the Olympics, but they weren’t on! The Olympics are so cool, and I am so determined to watch them as much as possible because the last few (SLC, Athens, Sydney) I haven’t been able to watch at all.
3. Remember how, after September 2001, the airlines all went bankrupt because people were afraid to fly? And understandably so. I was thinking about how we take flying
4. The Olympics are on now! So I need to hurry and do this:)
Back to 3. As I was saying…I was thinking about how I take traveling for granted now, and I wondered when that happened in the few years since September 11th. But I was thinking how significant it is that we have come back to that point, that point of taking our traveling safety for granted. Why is that? It’s because we haven’t had any more terrorist attacks since then. I know people don’t like President Bush, but I think this can be attributed to his administration. We have lived without any terrorist attacks since that day. And I want it to stay that way. I hope whoever our next president is as committed to anti-terrorism as Bush is and has been.
On to 5. Does anyone know how I can find out information about small business taxes? I am beginning to think small businesses are taxed a lot, but it must be small in comparison to large business, right? But still, I think it is ridiculous! I hate taxes, and I hate it that our government is constantly increasing in size.
6. I think that’s it for now.
