Pay your Taxes

So many people I talk to are so anti-Republican. Within a couple years we are going from a nation with total Republican control to total Democratic control. Remember Bush and Carter had the same thing. This complete swing may not last long. Who was the last Democratic President to get reelected when a Democratic congress was in place? Wow it has been a while. I honestly was surprised when Bush was reelected. I think the only reason he was reelected was because of Kerry. 70% of Americans are against gay marriage and gay civil unions. Yet with Clinton or Obama and a Democratic congress this will likely exist 4 years from now.

My father thinks that Democrats are Socialists. I think some of there policies are and government controlled health care is a big issue. Many Canadians come to the US for medical procedures due to the lack of wait time in Canada. How are homeless people going to be mandated to pay for health care? They will pay because of an increase in taxes. The tax increase will be on everyone. Those that make 100K to 500K will get the lowest percentage increase. Not those making 50K.

What many people do not realize is that the market is becoming a world market. All the complaint about free trade surrounds outsourcing. Actually it revolves around commodities. The run up in prices is more due to a world supply and demand free market. The US has lost more price control. Americans are upset about gas costs, but Europeans have been paying it for many years. Americans lost track of public transportation and became to luxurious in the 90's. Time to get real and conserve. Conservation is the issue. Bush shouldn't be blamed for the run up in oil and food. Some of it is due to a war that 80% of Americans polled wanted. If it is wanted politicians will do it. How quick many Democrats who voted for the war blame Bush. They allowed it and now want to distance themselves from it.

McCain, Clinton, and Obama. Yuck. I am not happy with any of them. I will probably vote for McCain at this point just to try to gridlock Washington as much as possible. By the way our budget would be balanced if all Americans honestly did their taxes. Those that cheat the government are cheating future generations.

My son is on an All Star team. Playing good baseball. My other two are still playing music. They haven't practiced much, but that should change over the summer. We are getting a bigger house. Each kid with their own room. This is something that should have been done years ago. We lived cramped for years so we could pay medical bills. Hopefully I no longer have too many of them.