This planet is in dire straits as you can probably figure
out. Military madness has engulfed the whole damn place. The economies of practically every nation on
Earth are all heading south. Wars, rumors of war, dissent and disgust in
America in the norm, how are we to get out of this disgusting hell we've
created for ourselves? There are solutions. I know I'm always pointing out the deceit
and wrongdoings of our government, but hey, someone's got to do it.
This time I'm going to take a different track. I'm not going
to dwell on what's wrong. We all know what's wrong. No, this time I'm going to share a vision with
all of you. It's a way out of this out-of-control train we are riding on. The
first thing we need to do is to have an immediate end to these on-going wars.
People are dying on both sides. Children are growing up, never knowing peace.
The boys grow up to be soldiers and the girls grow up to weep over them. Our
troops come back home in pieces, physically and mentally. We send our daughters
to be raped and nothing is done about it. What does that say about our society?
We need health coverage for all citizens, rich, poor, black,
white"everyone. Screw the Republicans, we need Medicare for everyone. We are
the only industrial nation without universal health coverage for our citizens.
Is this some kind of joke? For all of those Republicans that don't want the
government in their health care, let me say this: I'm 61 and I have Medicare
and Tri-Care (Army retirement benefit). Both are controlled by the Federal
Government. I have gone through cancer, two surgeries and radiation. I had a
double by-pass (emergency) courtesy of the Federal Government. Today I am
healthy, cancer free I have normal blood pressure. My prescriptions are covered
and I see my own doctor about once a month. Never, and I mean NEVER has the government
refused any type of medical treatment to either myself or my wife (who has had
problems of her own). Don't believe the Republican Right. They just want to
make corporations rich from your health care dollars.
Global Warming needs to be addressed. Every year the average
temperature goes up. Right now in June, the temperature in Greenville South
Carolina is about 100 degrees. Not only is it hot on the East Coast, but the
polar caps are melting, the sea level is rising and there is more carbon in the
air from greenhouse emissions than there has been for millions of years. We
need leadership in the White House, not vacillation. The future of the world
(or at we least human beings) is at stake. It's time everyone had a reality
check.
We need the budget balanced. Tax the rich. You heard me. Tax
the rich. Under President Eisenhower the rate was 91% for millionaires. He was
a Republican. You rich people have had
your "tax vacation". It's time for all of you to pay the piper. That goes
for corporations that are getting away with murder. I paid more in taxes than
GE. They didn't pay any. Funny how these things happen.
This War on Drugs is a farce. There are entire police squads
that pay their own salaries from the goods they confiscate from drug dealers.
Young men and women are doing hard time for possession of marijuana and other
drugs, their lives in the toilet, so to speak. We need to treat substance abuse
as a public health matter, not as a criminal justice matter. We need to stop incarcerating
people for non-violent crimes and stop using private corporations for incarceration.
They've made it into a business, and business is good. We have more
people incarcerated per capita than any country on Earth. So this is America? The
drug cartels are rich, and armed to the teeth. Take away their product and
watch them die. Tax the drugs and watch the deficit disappear. It will also
take the drugs out of reach for the younger Americans. Right now a ten year old
can buy heroin.
Put the Federal Reserve under the control of the Treasury
Department and Congress. No more Goldman-Sachs alumni printing money with no
transparency. No more private bankers who make up the privately-owned Federal Reserve
in control of our currency. Kick the Rothschild's and the Mellon's out. No more
paying 6% interest by the Federal Government for every Dollar printed. It's
ridiculous.
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