The Memoir of a Restless Mind

  I love the constitution for the rights it protects and the way it is beautifully written.  As I’ve gotten older I have realized how poorly we elect our leaders.  This nation’s priorities have been carefully fought over by people who don’t really care all that much about me or my way of life (or most of us for that matter).  The great fight for our wellbeing has been taken up by visionary people for the benefit of mankind as well as those who wish to shape our futures around their own limiting ideals.  People are never talk.  They never listen either.  The discourse has become a shouting match.  Why do all sorts of Americans wish to control each others lives, control the way we learn, love, or work for the benefit of the few over the many?  I feel that for a nation’s voice that calls out for a change is met by a sharp shooter who devotes their lives to rhetoric and bending everyone toward their wants.  Are people who wish to stop us all from bettering our lives good people?  If we dare to put a limit on human suffering does that make us bad Americans? I have been told that this is the way the world is and that I should get used to it.  I won’t.  I can’t.  I refuse to be the shithead they tell me I am supposed to be.  When someone tries to tell me how supporting ideas that do not promote free thought and the advancement of our species as a whole, I tell them to fuck themselves.  I have no tolerance for those who wish to oppress other people.  I love the idea of America, but that’s the problem.  On paper it is beautiful, but in motion there is an ugly majority, bereft of love and intelligence.  The only people worth a shit anymore are the one’s who are marginalized.  They are the thinkers.

There are certain people who will always say, “either lead, follow or get the hell out of the way.” And to those people I say “GO FUCK YOURSELVES!” Try thinking for yourself for a change and do some research of your own. And while you’re at it leave other people the fuck alone!

As it pertains to the necessity for the discontinuation of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility and the defense and faciliatation of Due Process in the trial of PFC Bradley Manning: 

As Americans we should all strive to extend our own rights and liberties to ALL individuals whom we deem suspect of guilt regardless of nationality or origin of birth.  We must be better than those who wish to surreptitiously divide humanity into the haves and the have nots through perversions of justice.  These artisans of inequity are homegrown enemies of democracy.  One must always be vigilant to remember that every war is fought on two fronts: on the battlefeild and in society.  It is as important to fight with courage in the face of adversity as it is to use that same courage in defending our hearts from cold indifference and amorality.  Our highest allegiance shall always be toward the defense and facilitation of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Rich people are not the job creators. Jobs are created to answer for a demand generated by the market. It ties in with the fundamental economic principle of supply and demand. The demand, in this case, would be a market/public that has the resources to seek products they need and desire. Providing incentives for the business owners to hire people without stoking the fire of market demand will leave you with minimal recovery. The only way to achieve this is to structure taxes and regulations to serve the advancement of the prosperity in the majority demographic of the American economy; the middle class.

It is precisely this economic principle that guides my advocacy of payroll tax cuts and increasing income tax rates on individuals making over $1 million per year. This tax rate will not concern assets and/or gross wealth, but specifically income generated within a given fiscal year. Insuring against the consolidation of wealth will serve as an integral part in preventing economic stagnation.