snyps said:
richardhutnik said:
snyps said:
@richardhutnik: Your right I was totally unclear. Let me be more specific if I can.
To your first question. How to bell the cat? Any person(s) that wants to stop paying taxes must vote for candidates with records of ending taxation in some form agreeable to them. All the while still obeying the tax code. I know this will not guarantee a bell on the cat but it is all I can do. Spread an Idea. If ppl don't take to it then they certainly deserve the government they have.
To your concern over absolute freedom I say; “Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.”
So what I advocate is that police and sheriffs volunteer. With paid expenses paid for with the smallest tax possible. That goes for all govt employees. Im willing to serve in the state senate without pay ( and I have a BS degree). I believe a government of volunteers would attract public servants with an interest in public good. Not bureaucrats. But again. I fail to find a solution to accomplish this outside of simply voting for candidates that refuse pay/pensions/benefits. There are others like me and we are growing. The Idea is out there and it's spreading :D
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Belling the cat is an expression saying that an idea sounds awesome, but no one has an answer for. If you can come up with a solution, that is great. Pretty much here, sure get mass people to do it, but individually, it isn't going to happen. If most people don't object to paying taxes, or end up getting benefits and need government (see social security), then it isn't going to happen. If you feel that strongly about this issue, then run for government and be the candidate who believes there should be no taxes. See how far you can get. Unless you can show the way to it, it isn't going to happen. Or go find one of those candidates and work on the campaign. The issue is that congress people get elected based on the pork they bring back to their districts. And the issue ends up being a shiny object people say they will vote for rhetorically, but the reality is that people live on the pork from Washington. Almost nothing in Washington, unless is is manpower overhead, is not spending of some sort to address some concerns of some individuals or interest group. In short, it meets a demand.
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i just wanted to say i agree with you. it meets a demand. “The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified.” I have run for a position in my county party. And I intend to run for state assembly or senate next election. I've only been aware of the founders true intent for about a year.
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In human nature there is this destructionist bent that believes, somehow, if you tear something down, then magically everything will be put back together. Occupy wanted to tear down the economic and political system, and not sure what to replace it with. I speak from I believe anyone who wants to have things better, needs to go out there and do it. On that note, I see very few that do. I know I have a lot of issues and fail to see anyone stepping up.
All I can say is good luck with it. So long as people are dependent, they won't vote their masters out, if they need them.
