Is today’s “American Political Ideology” about USA Inc. or how it effects the REST OF US?

I really had hoped for a Government Shutdown. Not because I want services lost for those of us that have been effected by the Recession but so government employees who have so far been spared the effects could TASTE a bit of what the REST OF US have felt.

Some things I think are worth considering.

• The likelihood that the Fed would shut down the Fed is a bit ludicrous. Why in the world would they stop their own paychecks? Shutting down the Fed was not about the “REST OF US” potentially losing services, it was about the Fed losing a paycheck. Heaven forbid them finding out what is has been like for the REST OF US.
• When you hear about Budget Cuts and Deficit Spending you need to think about things the Fed will not discuss…

1. Are the cuts about reducing or getting rid of services for John Q Public or do we continue to get services and the cuts effect Federal workers jobs or salaries? I assure you they will NEVER reduce their own paychecks or number of jobs. They will just reduce or kill the services the REST OF US get.

2. Who gained from the over spending? Two groups – The Fed and the Super Rich. Middle Class and Lower Class America, also referred to as the REST OF US, did not benefit from these increases in the deficit so we should not be the ones asked to pay it back.

• Early on in the President’s term I blogged a post commending him as one of the best CEO’s of USA Inc in a long time. The President of the USA is first and foremost the CEO of the largest Corporation in the USA, USA Inc. He cannot represent the interests of the REST OF US, because Congress does not represent us so they are not designing legislation for the REST OF US. You may not realize it but the President does not have to go through Congress for many of the things he does as the CEO of the Federal Workforce. The Federal Worker is far better off today than they were when he came to office. If you love politics, research what he has done for them while the rest of us wait for Congress to come up with things that help the REST OF US. This is one of those times I can say “dont hold your breath.”
• Several news agencies are touting articles asking us to check the labels on products we buy to see where they are made. I might recommend that the next time a politician trys to sell you their ideology you ask them how this ideology will effect the REST OF US and how it will effect the Federal Worker, aka USA Inc. If you care, WHICH YOU SHOULD, I think you will find a lot of back pedaling. Reason of course is that you are supposed to accept your elected officials comments because John Q Public cant possibly understand what happens in DC but they do. This is called ramming it down your throats.

“Wake up America!” at least Wake Up the REST OF US!

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Make the Wealthy Pay their Fair Share

With or without a government shutdown, Republicans have already won the debate on our nation’s budget. Why? Because the corporate media is on their side.

Make the wealthy pay their fair share.

A budget shouldn’t just focus on spending cuts directed at the poor and middle-class – it should also include revenue raisers like closing corporate loopholes and asking millionaires and billionaires to cough up a few extra bucks a year. Let’s cut some wasteful spending, but let’s also raise a few taxes. But this common sense narrative has been lost inside the main stream corporate media – where there’s only one question that’s being asked today, and that is “how much spending needs to be cut?”

Not, “why aren’t some of the most profitable corporations in the history of the world skating by paying zero taxes?”

Not, “why are the wealthiest Americans enjoying historically low tax rates during a historically high budget deficit?” 

Did you know Corporate taxes used to account for roughly 30% of revenue collected by the government and today that number is only 7%?  Probably not, because the corporate media, which would prefer not to pay its taxes and only wants us to focus on just how much Republicans and Democrats can cut out of the budget? 

So why is the media ignoring these calls?

It’s simple – corporate owned media outlets won’t call for tax hikes on corporations, and rich TV personalities won’t call for tax hikes on the rich. The topic of tax hikes just doesn’t exist in our now-consolidated media. Which is really a shame because the Republicans who seem to have already won the debate have a bad idea – a really, really bad idea.

Let’s take their road – let’s cut all the programs for poor people in America – let’s throw every middle-class family under the bus – let’s tell poor and sick Americans who rely on the government for health care assistance to, “walk it off.” Let’s do ALL these things that Republicans want to do – and you know what – we’d still have a massive budget deficit. Why? Because our government really doesn’t spend all that much money  helping poor people – but we do hand off trillions to corporations and their millionaire and billionaire CEOs for buying everything from bombs to fighter jets to Chertof Porno Scanners for our airports.

So if we let the Republicans win this budget fight – as the corporate media seems more than willing to let happen – then a few years from now we’ll be asking these same questions about what to do with the soaring budget deficit – and at the same time wondering why the middle-class seems to have completely disappeared.

The solutions to our budget problems are simple – you wouldn’t BELIEVE how simple they are. I can tell you the solution using only 6 words…ROLL – BACK – THE – REAGAN – TAX – CUTS. Heck – roll back the Bush tax cuts – go back to Clinton levels where the wealthiest Americans paid an extra 3% – just 3% – three measly percentage points – and we’d take a huge chunk out of our deficit just like that.
Remember how the Clinton budget – passed without a single Republican vote in the House – gave us not only a balanced budget but a surplus? And if we rolled back the Reagan tax cuts – and made billionaires pay at least 74% like they did for more than half of the 20th century when our nation prospered and the middle class grew – then we’d have a budget SURPLUS!

A budget surplus? Can you imagine how different life in America would be with a budget surplus?! We’d be paying down our debt year-to-year. And we’d be able to use that extra cash to do things that our nation hasn’t done in generations since Reagan started “starving the beast.”

We’d build new roads and bridges – new schools – build new science programs like NASA from scratch – renovate our national energy grid – invest in clean energy like Denmark did where 19% of their energy now comes from windmills – or like Germany did by putting solar panels on people’s roofs – and now after 10 years solar power is generating more electricity in Germany – the second cloudiest country in Europe behind the UK – making more power than 8 nuclear power plants. This is what America could be doing today – putting people to work – rebuilding the middle-class – and reclaiming the top spot in the world economy.

We need to change the debate in America today.

Unlike the Republican budget proposal passed a few months back that’s nearly 200 pages of draconian cuts – after all, we know Republicans hate bills more than a few pages – unlike their budget bill – mine is just 1 page – in fact – it’s just 1 sentence. It simply says one thing – Restore the top income tax rate of 74% – as it was the year before Ronald Reagan took office in 1980 and we had no debt crisis. If we can get this bill passed – or even just get it debated – we can fix America’s problems today.

So call your congressman and tell him to vote for the simple solution, the right solution and roll back the Reagan tax cuts

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