Re: [acb-chat] A conservative/libertarian/republican holiday

Interesting thought, Clifford. I chuckled at the $2,500 maximum,
thinking to myself that I don't know many folks who have $2,500 extra
to spend in a year, let alone in one weekend.
Whether the woman in the story was wealthy or poor, she certainly had
no business sense. When my wife's printer quit the other day, we did
not wait for some special deal. We went out, after pricing printers,
and bought one. The total price is the figure we entered in our
expense file. Part of the total was tax. Why should I balk at paying
the tax? I certainly don't demand to see the actual manufacturing
cost, or the percentage that went toward advertising, or the part that
was profit, or any of a multitude of costs applied to the final price.
But that's human nature. We focus on the single aspect that makes our
case, while ignoring all the rest. This goes for those "free
services", too. Most of us feel that our taxes should cover police
protection, fire protection and trash removal, among other basic
services, like K through 12 education.
So when we hear "Free Education:, we know instantly that we are
talking about college. We accept the fact that our taxes will cover
education through grade 12, despite some efforts to privatize it, even
though a high school education barely qualifies a graduate for most
entry level jobs. But we balk at paying for "higher education",
college or trade school, which is what it takes to prepare for decent
employment and future advances. We place the burden on the backs of
the student, or the student's families, as the cost of becoming a
contributing participant in our nation. So we provide some "free" tax
supported services, but the very future strength of our nation, our
economic and personal well being, we leave up to the students or their
families. A double tax! Students, our children, are paying a double
tax for their education. Not only is their personal life impacted
through the payment of taxes, but they become prey to the Bankster
Predators. It's interesting that folks say, "Free Education", rather
than talking about their children being held for ransom.
Some years back, I attended a community meeting where the main speaker
was one of Seattle's "movers and shakers". Among other concerns, he
told us that he believed that throwing money at public schools was
never going to solve the problems faced by public education.
I asked him if he had children, and where they went to school. He did
have children, and they attended a private school on the shores of
Lake Washington. I suggested that he actually was supporting my
belief that we needed to invest in building a school system for all
children, that was on a par with the school his children were enrolled
in. He told me that I did not understand the difference, and said,
"any other questions?" But as I returned to my seat, the folks
attending the meeting rose up and gave me a round of applause.
Still, I shake my head over this insanity of ours. We pay the
builders of weapons and bombs far more than we spend on building the
minds of the children who will become our future leaders.


Cordially,
Carl Jarvis

On 8/18/19, clifford via acb-chat <acb-chat@acblists.org> wrote:
> And why is it that you think this woman was a conservative or right wing
> person? There are a large group of liberals promising free college
> education and on and on and on.
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> Subject: [acb-chat] A conservative/libertarian/republican holiday
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> Today is day 2 of the right wing holiday here in Massachusetts. It is the
> sales tax free weekend. This is the weekend that all of the right-wingers
> that don't believe in personal responsibility go shopping. On one of the
> local channels a reporter was at one of the home improvement big box stores
> interviewing a lady who sounded like she was in her late 50s or early 60s.
> The per-person limit on tax free purchases this weekend is $2500. She was
> telling the reporter that the way she was gaming the system and getting
> around the limit was buying her major appliances in multiple transactions.
> The reporter asked her what she would do if her house caught fire. She said
> she would call 911. Even though the folks around her didn't have microphones
> on them you could hear the laughter and snickers when she said that. I
> wonder if she ever realized how stupid she sounded. Goes to show that the
> right-wing doesn't know or care anything about personal responsibility.
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