The end of the Republican party
I was not always a one-party man. When I was first able to vote, and extremely proud to have the privilege to do so, I was willing to review all the political candidates to determine which one I felt was most appropriate to what I believed was in the best interest of both myself and my country… not necessarily in that order. Alas, within a few years, as I became more and more informed, I began to see a trend regarding political parties, especially with regards to the consequences of what the parties stood for, and how the long-term implications would begin to affect me.
Within this presidential race the United States is viewing today, It is with heavy heart that I no longer look to my political party of choice and see any difference in beliefs, intent, or rhetoric between my choice of party and the ‘other’ primary party. I can honestly and truly say that the Republican party is officially dead… at least to me!
Regardless of the political battle taking place between Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, the competition to those two, has already ‘decided’ that John McCain is the nominee for the Republican party. This in itself is the one and only reason for my comment concerning this party’s demise.
Take a few moments to listen to the beliefs and intents of all three political candidates, and you will be hard pressed to either see or hear any differences; essentially killing off what has become the conservative movement altogether.
Prove to me that those currently running for president are neither ‘elitist’, ‘self-promoting’, ‘power-hungry’ people who cannot describe, let alone understand how America became the super-power it has become. Between the idea that taxing the rich is a good thing because someone has less than them, to the concept of a bonus program to CEO’s, to the idea that taking six years to help a country achieve democratic process is too long. Let’s take a look at some facts shall we…
• Taxing the rich is a good thing (media & presidential candidates) – Review the following IRS information excel spreadsheet will point out that more than 86% of all income tax is paid by the top 25% of current wage earners today… Seems to me they are already supporting the lazy people out there already… why are we punishing the wealthy? ((The IRS: Individual Income Tax Returns Each Tax Year 1985 - 2003)). Another argument within this context is the idea that we need to feel threatened by those who actually succeed…. Since when should motivation and achievement be punished?... Keep it up and any motivation to succeed will die with this concept.
• The money paid to CEO’s is too much – Many CEO’s are hired on as leaders within their respective industry. Their duties include the ability to bring the organization to a future point in time. Combined with that goal or vision, is that many of these CEO’s are not paid the amount that most people believe during this process. When stocks and market conditions provide evidence of their ‘supposed’ achievements, then pay is justified. Regardless of what you believe the US economy is doing; good or bad, low unemployment rates and continued increases in consumer spending are signs of a healthy economy
• We need to force the Iraq’s to move faster toward their own decision making ability (political and militarily) – From the signing of the declaration of independence, America’s revolutionary war lasted from 1775 to 1783 (for those of you mathematically challenged… that’s 8 years)
• Too many soldiers have died in the Iraqi war… We need to withdraw now! – When we review the murder rate of the U.S. versus the war in Iraq… we really need to pull out the entire civilian populous of our major cities since there were more DEATHS here that we had in Iraq… In any war that the United States has been a part of, this is perhaps the one that has the least amount of casualties. (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004615.html)
Next time you hear the self-proclaimed new sources, OR the political parties tell you that something is wrong with the way something is going, thereby we need to elect so-and-so to correct it… look a little closer to the facts. Next time you wish for a political party to help in your decision… look a little closer at the things they say and determine if what they are saying is actually something good for the country as a whole, or only a select few!
To bring full circle my title to this post… All three candidates (in the democratic and republican parties only) are saying the same thing, and are proposing similar things… increase government because those not in government obviously don’t know what we’re doing, thereby elect me to fix it for you. Wake up everyone… keep growing government the rate we currently do, and any non-political voice won’t matter… Today it does: Elect someone other than a big government lackey… someone outside of the democrat and republican parties!
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