Posted on 09/03/2006 5:23:24 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
"Only little people pay taxes." Leona Helmsley said, didn't she? Well, that statement represents reality more than people realize. No, it's not just the taxes that are the issue. The overriding issue making so many people angry these days is the LACK of uniform justice in this country (and the world for that matter). Law after law is passed and who follows those laws?
The honest people try. The little people have to. I personally know that in almost all workplaces, people are chafing under oppressive management which sets attendance rules, policy, etc. that the employees are expected to follow to a tee or be terminated. Retail managers must follow explicit rules about markdowns, product placement, marketing (pro-gay quite often), dress code, etc.; teachers have to modify homework and tests for "special students", be VERY careful about what they say; no pocket knives (because the students can't have one); etc., bank employees have to change the way they deal with customers who deposit or handle large amounts of cash almost every day because the government is trying to track every $; police must handle lawbreakers with TLC and that is the tip of the iceberg for what they face and lawyers are standing over everyone's shoulder waiting to make a dollar on the slightest misstep anyone might make. Life is definitely unfair.
The irony of it all is that rule after rule is made and law-abiding citizens trying to hold on to a vestige of honesty are suffering under massive oppression. The very wealthy and the criminals, though, often enjoy loophole after loophole not available to the "little" people. As a matter of fact, criminals quite often don't follow ANY rule if no one is standing over them watching. It doesn't matter what regulation government passes, a criminal is not going to notice that a store is already closed before entering, the light is red, it is illegal to enter the nation without documentation, you're not allowed to sell that drug without a prescription, you're not supposed to sell THAT drug at all, girls under 18 are not suitable for sexual relations generally, sex with a woman without her consent is not generally allowed (Depends on the culture, doesn't it?), sex between men and boys is largely not tolerated, you're not supposed to take money from people by pointing a gun in their faces, you really shouldn't kill people from whom you've taken money if they give it up and plead for their lives, blah, blah, blah.
Where are we getting all of this? Well, moral collapse is the root cause -- people do not wish to turn to the source of good, that is God and His Word. But I digress. Lawyers have en masse contributed to all of this. They have come to see themselves as gods. They believe they can decide who should see justice and who should be exonerated. And, if it suits their purposes or the accused has enough money -- Presto! You receive your "Get out of Jail" card! Well, the nation slides down the slope as this continues and worsens daily.
We go to work. We are reprimanded for minor offenses. We watch the news. We see illegal aliens running the Mexican flag to the top of the pole on U.S. Federal property (Post Office) and nothing being done about it whereas if we, the citizen, were to vandalize one inch of Postal Property we would be arrested immediately. I wanted to argue about having been let go from the Postal Service for being too slow years ago when I worked for them and was told by the postmaster that if I showed up on the property again -- I would be arrested (and he couldn't even be nice when he said it). We see people chewed out and fired for policy violations at work while politicians hold huge sums of illicit cash right in their congressional offices. Homeowners would be reamed out by the codes officer if they let too many cars park in their yard while illegal aliens seem to have exclusive rights to neighborhood parking lots on their front lawns. I could go on forever listing the inequities and expect those reading this to add a few. The lack of justice IS one of the biggest problems facing the United States.
We have had to follow the rules for our entire lives. Now, we have classes of people who not only don't follow the rules, they're robbing, raping and killing us as they go along. I don't know what the overall solution is going to be but something's going to have to change. This simply can NOT continue. We have a vacuum of leadership and it will eventually be filled -- probably with a despot. I've said my piece and that will be it for a while. I suffer patiently remembering that God is not partial and has clearly stated that "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people."
Well. You could always just grow up...
and be an adult.
and stop this idiocy.
This is Life.
This is not a rehearsel.
The facts, please. I like tripe, but can't eat Libertarian tripe.
I don't have much of a beef with what you wrote.
"I'm Bob and my other brother is Bob."
I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl.
The first lumbar puncture I did was on an achondroplastic dwarf who was one of the Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz.
Yes, and I could grow up politically and start a revolt. In class the other day, I pointed out to my students that education and encouraging one another to be educated was a key to survival. I told them that if we end up with ignorant masses, a dictator will rise up blaming the "rich" and urging them to allow him (the dictator) to "make things right". I raised my voice and pointed up at the corner of the room and began to rant against the rich and said loudly, "We're not going to stand for this, are we?" Quite a few students emphatically nodded their heads yes. I then pointed out that it was a fake example and to look around and observe that so many had begun to respond in favor. The students were wide-eyed and in shock. Point made. Someone had better begin moving this nation back toward what is right or someone evil is going to move it in the wrong direction.
Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin
We don't have to watch, all we need to do is OPEN OUR EYES and we see everything you mention all around us.
What do you have against property rights?
Isn't one party selling a service and the other party buying it?
Is it the notion of trading you find gibberish?
Is it simply the notion of rights that you find to be gibberish?
Is it the idea that socialism leads to death camps that you find to be gibberish?
No, surely not suggesting that people...you couldn't be, could you?
I agree with what you're saying. I feel like a "little person" myself most times anymore. I see lots of people get away with things I can't, because the other person is either, rich... famous...connected to someone influential...a politician...a member of an "oppressed" group...mistreated during their childhood...has an ACLU lawyer...a pedophile...a member of the "religion of peace"...and on & on.
I'm watching The Revolution on the History channel right now & wondering if would have the balls to fight for our freedom again.
I somehow don't think a platform of "No More Community Service for B-List Celebrities" is going to bring new leadership to power.
I think a LOT of people are sharing that thought with you right now.
#1...just how do you know that?
#2...what's wrong with management setting attendance rules, policy?
#3...Get a grip.
Some years ago I received a form letter from my US Rep., inviting me to offer a suggestion for a new law, which he would try to get enacted.
I wrote to him and opined that we already had enough laws, and that the only thing that more laws would accomplish would be to make lawbreakers out of every one of us.
I received another form letter reply, thanking me for my suggestion and pledging his utmost diligence to get it enacted.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could get away with the same stupidity when our dealings are inquired of by the tax man.
Piffle back!
A tautology is a fact of sorts.
As a matter of fact, criminals quite often don't follow ANY rule if no one is standing over them watching. It doesn't matter what regulation government passes, a criminal is not going to notice that a store is already closed before entering, the light is red, it is illegal to enter the nation without documentation, you're not allowed to sell that drug without a prescription, you're not supposed to sell THAT drug at all, girls under 18 are not suitable for sexual relations generally, sex with a woman without her consent is not generally allowed (Depends on the culture, doesn't it?), sex between men and boys is largely not tolerated, you're not supposed to take money from people by pointing a gun in their faces, you really shouldn't kill people from whom you've taken money if they give it up and plead for their lives, blah, blah, blah.
IOW, "criminals is criminals,, because they doesn't follow the law.
Might be the only fact, but a fact nonetheless.
'Course, the rest is drivel, not piffle. LOL LOL LOL
"Hey Jose you got a PhD in Statics? I'll give you $6.50 an hour to do a demographic study, of population changes. No Meals, no travel, I will give you a computer, you look up the info, two weeks tops, you pay for the paper! OK?"
The tyrants are those that feel they must concieve new, more restrictive, laws every day, and spend your money as if it was theirs.
A vast majority of them are attorneys, who don't understand, or abide by, the rules that they impose upon us miscreants.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.