We need to pay for the services we need or want from the government. Two main ways of taxing for this are the income tax, and property taxes. Which is the most fair? If one tax is lowered, we have to raise the other to cover the expenses. With income tax, if I make a bundle, I’ll pay a lot in taxe...

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I had a discussion with a woman about abortion. She stated something to the effect that it’s better to abort baby than to bring it into the world unwanted.  I wonder how many times parents have found out they’re expecting and don’t want to have a baby at first, only later on, not be willi...

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What does it mean to be a community? According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, the definition of community is, “a unified body of individuals.”  What does this mean to us? It means that individually we are just one, but together we make up our community.   Dig in your pocket right n...

There seems to be a lot of misinformation about who pays taxes and who doesn’t.  According to the Taxpayers Union, in 2009, the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 38 percent of the total federal personal income tax, the top 10 percent paid 70 percent and the bottom 50 percent paid about 3 percen...

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A government shutdown is imminent. And why? Our leaders in the parties are insisting their way is the only way, and that the other party is totally wrong. Compromise is not a tool for them. Oh yes, they throw that word around but they don’t use it — all hammer, no nail. Every single person sitti...

Every day we are told that the only way to have progress is to do everything we can to support “our betters,” those who have most of the wealth and power in this country and who pretty much run things. We are told we must take away governmental support of anything that might benefit those below ...