And one of the threads got into a discussion about politics when I had posted an op-ed piece that I liked and found amusing. As a spin off, I had started a thread based on a fantasy world where people are actually encouraged to take personal responsibility for their education, health, etc and had included other things that I believe. Here is what I said:
"I believe the Constitution needs to be followed. Not piece-mealed.
I believe that all children under the age of 18 should have access to affordable health care. Once they hit 18 and have graduated high school, then they need to find their own. (High school drop outs will be covered until their 18th birthday.) People with disabilities already have disability available to them.
SS needs to be done away with and allow people to control their own retirement.
18 either is or isn't the age of a legal adult. If it is, allow adults to make their own decisions about drinking. If it isn't, then 18 year olds who are obviously not competent enough to have a beer with his wife while on leave on a Saturday afternoon is not old enough to decide the future of this country or to fight and die for this country. You can't have it both ways.
CPMs will be legal in every state and it is up to the parents to decide where and how to give birth. Not major medical corporations.
Breastfeeding will be assumed unless the mother specifically requests otherwise in writing.
Full college scholarships will be guaranteed to anyone who maintains a 3.8 or better GPA through high school and stays out of trouble. (hooky, cow-tipping, drugs, drinking, etc.) Otherwise, find your own grants, scholarships, etc.
Formula advertisement will be banned. (It already is, but the laws will be enforced.)
Non-violent offenders will have rights reinstated upon release from probation. (Voting, firearms, etc.)
Businesses will be allowed to fail.
Banks will be allowed to fail.
Pot will be made legal and subject to the same laws/taxes as booze and cigarettes.
Instead of taxes on lottery winnings, tax the lottery itself. Pay a sales tax on the tickets. (I wonder if the states would make more money that way.)
No more tax on inheritance.
Flat tax rates for everyone. A flat percentage. It doesn't matter if you take home $500 a month or $50,000 a month. It will be the same percentage.
No more reimbursement for charity. If you generously give money, clothes, etc. you have given it. End of story. No "tax deduction" (reimbursement from the federal gov't) for it. Either you give or you don't. Don't force the gov't to do it by paying you back.
No more intersection cameras. George Orwell was a warning, not a how-to book.
The electoral college will be disbanned and presidents will be voted in by popular vote. Not by an electoral college. Twice in history, the electoral college did not match the popular vote and that is two times too many.
Complete overhaul of the VA healthcare system. My husband and other vets deserve better. Instead of centralized VA hospitals which are filthy at best, give them a card much like the CHAMPVA cards and let them choose their own healthcare provider and bill the VA/gov't like CHAMPVA."
Apparently, I ask too much. Or I'm too cold-hearted depending upon who replies. Oh, and I'm a hypocrite because we have CHAMPVA and my husband collects disability. (He served in the military and had his skull smashed into his brain!)
I do not want Universal Healthcare or Socialized Medicine or whatever label you want to slap on gov't run health care. But I also don't want to see children without medical care so that is why in my imaginary world, all children will have health coverage until their 18th birthday.
And now people are sniviling about the poor deprived drunks and meat eaters. Eating meat causes colon cancer you know. (snark)
What is wrong with expecting people to take personal responsibility? Asthma, cancer, diabetes, etc are all very valid concerns and I am not discounting them. People should be able to have healthcare. I am not discounting that. But the gov't does a poor enough job running the one healthcare system that they do have (the VA.) Do we really want them running the healthcare system of the whole country?
And my children who are supposed to be in bed are running around.
13 comments:
On thing I definitely agree with is that I do not believe that charity should be a tax-deductible thing. When you give, you give . . . period. Hopefully, you give from your heart as you reach into your wallet. Giving doesn't mean asking for something back from the government.
I also agree that I can't type . . . that first word was supposed to be "One".
Get a job.
Judge not, lest ye be judged. Wonder where I've heard that? Huh. The Christian bible. And yet you feel entitled to judge who should be receiving government benefits - when your family is the recipient of government benefits. Hypocrite.
He earned them. The bible also talks about judging a rightous judgement. Read the whole thing.
If you have time to judge, you are spending enough time applying the Bible to yourself.
If you have time to comment, you have time to leave your name.
If you have time blog all day, you have time to lose fifty pounds and feed your kids a decent meal.
Wow, what is our world coming to? Someone is trying to be more self reliant, a better mother and wife and she's told to get a job, lose fifty pounds and feed her kids a decent meal...hum...What in fact would you like her to feed them? Let me guess, McDonalds or some crap like that. Yes I allow my family to eat fast food, but I wish we could be better at eating like her family. By the way...she has a job. Don't be a hater, being a mother is one of the best, most fulfilling, time consuming, selfless and amazing jobs out there. Not only that..she runs a farm and a business. Did you not read the rest of her blog??? Stupid people say stupid things. Perhaps thoes who rant about someone trying to be a good person should take into account:
Proverbs 13:20 which reads...He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly.
Or
Proverbs 13:16
Everyone shrewd will act with knowledge, but the one that is stupid will spread abroad foolishness. She has a class once a week that she teaches for homeschool, perhaps you should get out your pens and paper and take notes, I'm sure that you'll learn something.
I'm sure that she also freely forgives just as God and Jesus did and continue to do. Maybe you all should read your bibles instead of commenting so harshly towards someone you don't know.
By the way, all those who don't know me, I am a Christian servent of Jehovah God, Mother, Wife and secular worker. I know how I walk with in life..and they aren't the stupid. Who are you going to walk with?
Wow! You've got several readers!
hee, hee.
Have a good time at conference. See you when you get back. I only sign as anonymous because I couldn't get the other thing to work.
Oh, and to whomever commented on the weight loss thing -- before long she will have lost that 50, she's already on her way there -- and her children eat very well!
Instead of leeching off your husbands disability for medical insurance for yourself, get off your fat behind and get a job. You don't deserve to have health insurance handed to you on a golden platter because of your HUSBAND SERVED IN THE WAR. You didn't earn it yourself, you need to pull yourself up by the bootstraps.
To the previous ann. commentor..again I quote from the most important book ever written, from God's word.
1 Tim 5:8 - Certainly if anyone does not provide for those who are his own, and especially for those who are members of his household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith.
A husband is suppose to provide for his wife, he is providing. He served this country and nearly died during his service. Perhaps you should try to go to a foreign country and defend your beliefs and see what they will do to you. It is better for a household to have a husband provide and a mother to care for the children, again if you read this blog you know that is how it is. She has every right to be cared for by her husband. It sounds a lot like jealousy on your part. Have you ever read Pro 14:30 - A calm heart is the life of the fleshy organism, but jealousy is rottenness to the bones. Perhaps you should let your "bootstraps" rest and read you bible for peace that you are obviously lacking.
K~ Nothing like the anniversary of the death of Jesus Christ to bring the hateful, rude, arrogant, ignorant and uncivil people out of the woodwork. Please don't let these fools bring you down. You are doing what is right, and you are completely entitled to your opinion on you own little piece of cyberspace.
Peace to you my friend.
Katy
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