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Originally posted by DeReK DaRkLy
reply to post by the owlbear
I disagree. THE PEOPLE are our only chance to steer this country toward liberty.
I think the answer is both... we need an honest leader like Ron, but unfortunately the elections are (obviously) rigged to favor chosen candidates.
We need to put the whole country ON STRIKE until Ron Paul is put into power.
It may sound impossible at first - An American Coup - but no true change of power comes without a real show of force from the people.
Originally posted by DeReK DaRkLy
reply to post by the owlbear
... I agree with Paul when it comes to personal freedom and abandoning the military industrial complex, but he is way off base when it comes to workplace rights.
Originally posted by robyn
Originally posted by DeReK DaRkLy
reply to post by the owlbear
... I agree with Paul when it comes to personal freedom and abandoning the military industrial complex, but he is way off base when it comes to workplace rights.
What about Dr. Paul's position or voting record do you disagree with regarding employee rights?
Originally posted by macman
reply to post by ontarff
Further more, if you read on Ron Paul, he does not want to abolish taxes. He wants to abolish the IRS (Unlawful anyways) and resort to a flat/fair tax. All will pay, all will pay the same percentage amount.
edit on 28-7-2011 by macman because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by the owlbear
Originally posted by macman
reply to post by ontarff
Further more, if you read on Ron Paul, he does not want to abolish taxes. He wants to abolish the IRS (Unlawful anyways) and resort to a flat/fair tax. All will pay, all will pay the same percentage amount.
edit on 28-7-2011 by macman because: (no reason given)
15% tax on a purchase of $100 is more of a pinch to a family that makes less than $100,000 than it is to a family that makes $10 million. Sounds fair to me.
The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.
Under the FairTax Plan, poor people pay no net FairTax at all up to the poverty level! Every household receives a rebate that is equal to the FairTax paid on essential goods and services, and wage earners are no longer subject to the most regressive and burdensome tax of all, the payroll tax. Those spending at twice the poverty level pay a tax of only 11.5 percent -- a rate much lower than the income and payroll tax burden they bear today.
In contrast, the FairTax dramatically improves economic growth and wage rates for all, but especially for lower-income families and individuals. In addition to receiving the monthly FairTax prebate, these taxpayers are freed from regressive payroll taxes, the federal income tax, and the compliance burdens associated with each. They pay no more business taxes hidden in the price of goods and services, and used goods are tax free.
Originally posted by robyn
Originally posted by the owlbear
Originally posted by macman
reply to post by ontarff
Further more, if you read on Ron Paul, he does not want to abolish taxes. He wants to abolish the IRS (Unlawful anyways) and resort to a flat/fair tax. All will pay, all will pay the same percentage amount.
edit on 28-7-2011 by macman because: (no reason given)
15% tax on a purchase of $100 is more of a pinch to a family that makes less than $100,000 than it is to a family that makes $10 million. Sounds fair to me.
There's way more to the Fair Tax Act than that.
www.fairtax.org...
The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.
How does the FairTax protect low-income and lower-middle-income families and individuals?
Under the FairTax Plan, poor people pay no net FairTax at all up to the poverty level! Every household receives a rebate that is equal to the FairTax paid on essential goods and services, and wage earners are no longer subject to the most regressive and burdensome tax of all, the payroll tax. Those spending at twice the poverty level pay a tax of only 11.5 percent -- a rate much lower than the income and payroll tax burden they bear today.
In contrast, the FairTax dramatically improves economic growth and wage rates for all, but especially for lower-income families and individuals. In addition to receiving the monthly FairTax prebate, these taxpayers are freed from regressive payroll taxes, the federal income tax, and the compliance burdens associated with each. They pay no more business taxes hidden in the price of goods and services, and used goods are tax free.
Originally posted by AGWskeptic
I want nothing more than to see Ron Paul in the Oval Office, but I fear that the corporations won't let that happen. They'll flood the campaign with money, enough to make Obama's 1.2 billion look small by comparison. Or they'll just exclude him from the debates, won't be the first time a viable candidate was denied his place by the media masters.
There is no way they want the gravy train derailed, they're making way too much money.
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Farmer Dane Sanders, 30, who grows cotton and wheat in the northern Texas Panhandle town of Floydada, said any regulation that might require farmers to get commercial driver's licenses to operate their equipment would raise his costs.
We would have to hire additional employees just so we could abide by the amount of hours" that limit how long commercial drivers can work, he said. During peak harvesting season, farm employees often work long hours.
Originally posted by macman
reply to post by ontarff
Further more, if you read on Ron Paul, he does not want to abolish taxes. He wants to abolish the IRS (Unlawful anyways) and resort to a flat/fair tax. All will pay, all will pay the same percentage amount.
edit on 28-7-2011 by macman because: (no reason given)
On November 20, 2008 Ron Paul said in a New York Times / Freakonomics interview:
“I want to abolish the income tax, but I don’t want to replace it with anything. About 45 percent of all federal revenue comes from the personal income tax. That means that about 55 percent — over half of all revenue — comes from other sources, like excise taxes, fees, and corporate taxes.
We could eliminate the income tax, replace it with nothing, and still fund the same level of big government we had in the late 1990s. We don’t need to “replace” the income tax at all. I see a consumption tax as being a little better than the personal income tax, and I would vote for the Fair-Tax if it came up in the House of Representatives, but it is not my goal. We can do better.” www.ronpaul.com...