Politically, 2010 will stand as one of the most confusing years in the history of our nation. The hallmark of this year is the level to which political message has risen above real political action and governance. This is the year where the transformation of political parties has come to fruition. Once instruments that supported and nurtured a set of principles, Democrats and Republicans have outgrown their simple and honest purpose. Principles are defined and crafted to suit the ambitions of the parties.
Archive for December 2010
The Flat Tax Miracle
Everyone pays taxes…the only things certain in this life, Franklin said, are death and taxes. In these United States, the majority of the taxes we the people pay fall into the conservative definition of a fair tax. With one notable exception, all of the institutions financed by these universal and absolutely flat taxes are in fiscal trouble.
The Great Vick Controversy of 2010
We the people should be asking what this story is really about. What does this say about our views of crime and punishment? Are we, as a society, still able to practice forgiveness and encourage redemption? Does this story, as Fox News asked, say anything about ours or the Eagles’ collective approach to reemploying felons (i.e. if Vick wasn’t a phenomenal talent, would he have received the same opportunity)? Many of these questions are being explored in candid and forceful conversations throughout the web and on networks like Facebook. Why are those conversations not being reflected in the mass media?
The Retirement Blues
We live at a time where the war on the working class has brought pensions squarely into the cross-hairs of politicians and pundits looking for scapegoats and an easy fix. In the past, it was the working poor and jobless who bore the brunt of the economic blame that so often circulates during tough times. Today, working class Americans with careers in industry, law enforcement, fire protection, the military, education, and state and municipal services are being attacked because they earn decent wages and benefits that include retirement security. This malevolent scrutiny is added to the cynical attacks mounted by Wall Street interests on Social Security. The promise of dignified retirement that is so critical to the American way of life is under dire threat.
Security Schizophrenia
Some nine years after the attacks, we the people are picking an odd time to wake up to our lost freedoms; an odd time and an odd target for our national frustration. At a time when international security forces, the U.S. military, NATO, and others have pushed terrorists networks to their breaking point, the ability of those networks to deliver weapons against U.S. domestic targets is greatly diminished. As a result, those networks have resorted to difficult and unreliable delivery systems; you may have heard about them, underwear and shoes. Like all of the other times that intelligence has caught on to a new way of killing Americans, our security has adopted new ways of stopping those methods.
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