Hairytic
DP Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 22, 2012
- Messages
- 1,592
- Reaction score
- 286
- Location
- Mississippi
- Gender
- Female
- Political Leaning
- Progressive
First off, I don't believe that another Stimulus or Job Bill is actually going to create any new jobs. Even if they do, they are going to be using MY money (via taxes) to force it, rather than the actual NEED in the economy. Like those new cops and firefighters we get every couple of years who disappear from the payroll the moment the Feds stop providing the money for their salaries. Most of us who PAY taxes are going to get raped (again) for this without really seeing any more help from it than we have from the prior Stimulus and Jobs plans.
I already have a decent job. I'm not looking for a new one. I will see a reduction in my take-home pay when the taxes go up to pay for these new programs and expansions of existing programs. It's literally that simple.
I go into Union negotiations starting in January. When Obama is re-elected, I can almost guarantee that the company proposals for the new contract will include a massive reduction or elimination of our healthcare benefit because of the availability of Obamacare starting in 2014. Since I WILL NOT accept any government healthcare, there is a reasonable possibility that I will not have any healthcare coverage starting in 2014.
Because real AMERICANS don't give a **** what anyone outside of the US thinks of us. Generally when I find that we've done something that foreigners LIKE, I find that it's something I disagree with in every way possible.
Rebuilding the infrustructure, which needs to be done, will create more jobs and create more tax payers. This will reduce your tax burden because it will pay for itself. If you make over 250K, everything over that amount will see a slight tax increase back to the Clinton era tax rates. The jobs bill will also pay for itself in that there will be fewer people needing food stamps and public aid. Once more people have jobs, demand will increase, thus creating more jobs and more tax payers and less demand for public aid. It's a win win. The need in the economy is for jobs. If your employer decides to stop providing health coverage for you, why whouldn't you get your own health care coverage? Most employers provide cheaper healthcare coverage, but you still pay the premium. Why wouldn't you get your own health care plan if your company stops providing group coverage? Isn't the conservative mantra all about taking personal responsibility? It seems strange hearing a conservative say they want their company to provide health care coverage but would not be willing to provide it for themselves.
Real Americans, in my opinion, don't want other Americans living or working abroad to be put in harms way. Having a bad reputation around the world only endangers our troops and foreign workers more.