2011-03-11, 07:16 PM
DustBunny Wrote:I'm curious on how you arrived on that deduction. Now you're saying were getting closer to democracy but I can't disagree more, the voice of the people if anything is lost in terms of our government. Sure we get to vote, but how much of a voice is that when all of our reps are corrupt? Funny thing about the requirements, integrity and honesty isn't on there. The country has changed, the circumstances have changed, the constuition should change. The general bill of rights should be kept, but things like the internet, illegal immigration, hell our own government should be reevaulated. The tax system has only been around since ww1 and it's already corrupt and misused.
I do believe that my last statement was that under Obama we have inched closer to socialism. Prior to Obama, we were on a path taking us closer to democracy. As for the corrupt part, yes I do agree that many of our representatives fit that descrition. The president, at the start of his term, takes an oath of office which is supposed to prevent him from doing wrong as far as the constitution goes. However we can all agree that unless our reps are held accountable then nothing can be done to stop the corruption.
Has the country changed? Yes. Does that mean that the constitution should change? Not completely. That is why we have the ability to amend it. The only restriction to an amendment is that the core beliefs can not be changed and those core beliefs are universal and timeless.
The internet, that is part of free enterprise. It is a business.
Illegal immigration, the fact on this issue is that the states have the rights to deal with this issue on their own. They dont need the federal government to intercede.
As for the tax system. That has been in place right from the nations founding with one exception. Income tax is the exception. Income tax has a storied past. Most notably is the fact that in 1895 the supreme court deemed that income taxation was unconstitutional and thus never to be used. That all changed in 1913 when the federal reserve bank was created and they took over the printing of our money. This next part is off topic but needs to be said. As for WWI and WWII for that matter, the funding of those wars was done by banks who were funding both sides of the conflict. You will have do a lot of research to find all of the pieces to that puzzle. So yes I also agree that the tax system is corrupt and misused as well, even more so if Obama care is fully implemented.