Morning, all.
Cat - I hope you can get some rest today. Feeling it for you. :-(
On taxes. Many years ago Steve Forbes proved that if every American paid 11% (at that time) of their actual earned income (no "adjusted" carp) into the system, the government would raise receipts (slightly) and it would greatly simplify everyone's lives. In addition, it would remove the power that the lobbyists had (and still do) in manipulating the system to their advantage, and also remove politicians' incentive to strike dirty deals in order to get elected.
The very party he was running with spun on him, turning him into a nut-job (which is absurd when you think about it), and he went from front-runner to also-ran in the blink of an eye.
Just recently, the exact same thing happened with Rick Perry. As soon as he proposed a flat-tax, he plummeted (by design of those who previously propped him up). Struck by the very hands that had helped raise him to front-runner status. And "we" never realized it was even happening.
That's the saddest part; that we the people eat it up. We buy into it, believe it totally, then feed the frenzy. In the process we totally lose sight of what's actually going on (a very intentional removal of a candidate), which is exactly what "they" want to happen.
We are blind to the realities and ignorant to the processes that surround our elective system (which is still the best in the world, but with fault-lines ever growing). I've got hundreds of current-day examples I could cite, where the blind have wrongly been led off a cliff (to the detriment of our country instead of their perceived benefit), but I'm going to end Sunday Soapbox now. There's no value to it and I don't want to start the day in a bad mood.
To Sunday! We rest. Especially you, Cat. Please.
That does not surprise me at all after seeing Obama elected to two terms. People don't vote on reality they vote in a dreamworld.
If Forbes or Perry would of kept quiet about it and fed the folks a line about the dream they wanted and then done as they want, and screw the people, like Obama did they would of been elected. People don't want to hear the facts they just want to hear some dream they have that is an impossibility.
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I had one only for a few months and traded it for a (my first) Provi.
. She has never smoked and doesn't inhale. I spent about an hour with her today showing her everything. She is hooked on those stupid red bull energy drinks, foo foo coffees, and everything else that is not very good for her and she has gained almost 30 flippin pounds since she went off to college. Then she comes home and crys me a river about it. I cannot begin to tell you how much time I have spent teaching that girl about nutrition and whatnot over the years. Geesh! She came into the vape shop last week and started trying some 0 nic flavors. She asked if I would get her the red bull and a melted chocolate flavor. So my eleaf mini's are now my daughter's
. She hasn't put the red bull flavored one down today. I hope she can find her way...Mom has done all she can at this point. She has to figure it out now.
