http://www.davidjmiller.org/2008/proud-to-pay-my-share/ Recording Bits and Pieces of Heaven in Theory and Practice Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.davidjmiller.org/2008/proud-to-pay-my-share/comment-page-1/#comment-7564 David Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:13:32 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/proud-to-pay-my-share/#comment-7564 Sad but true. There are plenty of Republicans asking what their country can do for them - specifically they want it to give their taxes back while micromanaging their local school system. These same Republicans deride those Democrats who honestly believe that what they can do for their country is find a way to afford a universal health care system. While I don't believe that can or should be done I can still recognize the difference between those who want something for nothing and those who are really trying to make the best use of our resources. (I think that might be part of the problem - we talk about "our resources" rather than "my resources and your resources.") Sad but true. There are plenty of Republicans asking what their country can do for them – specifically they want it to give their taxes back while micromanaging their local school system. These same Republicans deride those Democrats who honestly believe that what they can do for their country is find a way to afford a universal health care system. While I don’t believe that can or should be done I can still recognize the difference between those who want something for nothing and those who are really trying to make the best use of our resources. (I think that might be part of the problem – we talk about “our resources” rather than “my resources and your resources.”)

]]> http://www.davidjmiller.org/2008/proud-to-pay-my-share/comment-page-1/#comment-7563 Reach Upward Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:01:30 +0000 http://www.davidjmiller.org/proud-to-pay-my-share/#comment-7563 I loved Chad's post. But in today's society, it seems that Americans have generally turned JFK's statement on its head. Only a few ask what they can do for their country. Most ask what their country can do for them. And many buy into the class warfare slop, expecting the "rich" to pay an even greater share of their resources, so that these folks can ask their country to do even more for them. (Heck, the rich can afford it, they think. Never mind that government puts these reources to less efficient uses than the private sector, meaning less jobs and opportunity.) And I'm just talking about Republicans! I loved Chad’s post. But in today’s society, it seems that Americans have generally turned JFK’s statement on its head. Only a few ask what they can do for their country. Most ask what their country can do for them. And many buy into the class warfare slop, expecting the “rich” to pay an even greater share of their resources, so that these folks can ask their country to do even more for them. (Heck, the rich can afford it, they think. Never mind that government puts these reources to less efficient uses than the private sector, meaning less jobs and opportunity.) And I’m just talking about Republicans!

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