The President Speaks
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Comment from N.K. Wagner
A well written essay with chilling ideas. How do you get people to invest in businesses, which provide jobs, if you're taxing at 50%? In high cost places like NYC, Atalnta, Dallas, Chicago, L.A. you're talking about an average income on which state and local taxes eat up another 30% or more of income. Would I work hard for $20K or go on welfare? Hmmm. Well expressed, though. :) nancy
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2011
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A well written essay with chilling ideas. How do you get people to invest in businesses, which provide jobs, if you're taxing at 50%? In high cost places like NYC, Atalnta, Dallas, Chicago, L.A. you're talking about an average income on which state and local taxes eat up another 30% or more of income. Would I work hard for $20K or go on welfare? Hmmm. Well expressed, though. :) nancy
Comment Written 30-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2011
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Business tax is usually around 12%. Income tax is at a much higher rate.
well busines tax is usually around 10% and companies are set up as corporations for that very reason, including a lot of free lances, contract workers and commission agents. My percentages are not differentialted by federal and state tax, but as a total number. Then there are tax deductable pension contributions and personal exemptions, but my statement about the US is one of the lowest individual tax countries in the world is a fact. If you do some research you'll see just how fortunate US ctizens are in the tax dept.
Theere's a lot happening outside US borders in terms of economics that would shock citizens.
Comment from Carrie Smith
Hi SE, I really do think the President would do well to hire you as his speech writer. This is an out-front message that pretty well covers the gambit of the problems in the U.S. today. In my opinion we are in a total mess!! Very scary. Well written and well thought through. xxSusan
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Hi SE, I really do think the President would do well to hire you as his speech writer. This is an out-front message that pretty well covers the gambit of the problems in the U.S. today. In my opinion we are in a total mess!! Very scary. Well written and well thought through. xxSusan
Comment Written 30-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2011
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And presented with both respect and understanding how great the issues are. Thanks for your kind remarks.
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Yes, you most certainly did. Welcome, my friend...xxSusan
Comment from Cheryl Baker
I really enjoyed reading the President Speaks. You've touched on so many issues that are not only screaming loudly to Americans but also to other parts of the world. You're speaking from the point of view of the President of the USA, but your sentiments could just as easily have been written from the point of view of the Prime Minister of where I live, in Australia. Your story reads of identical concerns and hard economic times, when everyday people are struggling.
Your writing is so easily readable and presents a common-sense point of view. Well done.
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2011
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I really enjoyed reading the President Speaks. You've touched on so many issues that are not only screaming loudly to Americans but also to other parts of the world. You're speaking from the point of view of the President of the USA, but your sentiments could just as easily have been written from the point of view of the Prime Minister of where I live, in Australia. Your story reads of identical concerns and hard economic times, when everyday people are struggling.
Your writing is so easily readable and presents a common-sense point of view. Well done.
Comment Written 29-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2011
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I can tell you this as you have a similar government as mine. I'm not in the US, but Canada and the world gets more news about America, than the average American gets about it's neighbours. Yes, I totally believe in common sense. It's a huge country, the US and by virtue of the population size the problems are also big. I think they've got lost in the super power sydrome. Thanks for you very generous review.
Comment from elliejean
I LIKE YOUR PRAGMATIC APPROACH. I sometimes believe we are already a socialist country. We are just too afraid to say it aloud. I also believe in the idea of making us earn the right to be American.
reply by the author on 29-Sep-2011
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I LIKE YOUR PRAGMATIC APPROACH. I sometimes believe we are already a socialist country. We are just too afraid to say it aloud. I also believe in the idea of making us earn the right to be American.
Comment Written 29-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 29-Sep-2011
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And constantly prove allegiance to the people and ideals of the nation by paricipating in obligatory community service
Comment from Judian James
"For those of you who do not fully understand economics, let me be clear; China is the majority stockholder in America. We will never be able to repay our debt in my lifetime and unless we reclaim our country and begin to believe in ourselves, our children will have Mandarin as a required school subject." Bam!! To: "The people who are getting rich don't send their kids to Iraq. They are busy accumulating wealth so that their kids will never know what a callous feels like" Bam!! To:"Every American citizen will be obliged to do community service, forty hours annually in order to retain their citizenship. Being an American, by birth or choice is a privilege and every one of us will pay for our national pride by service to others." BAM!! Superb Ingrid. Superb
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2011
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"For those of you who do not fully understand economics, let me be clear; China is the majority stockholder in America. We will never be able to repay our debt in my lifetime and unless we reclaim our country and begin to believe in ourselves, our children will have Mandarin as a required school subject." Bam!! To: "The people who are getting rich don't send their kids to Iraq. They are busy accumulating wealth so that their kids will never know what a callous feels like" Bam!! To:"Every American citizen will be obliged to do community service, forty hours annually in order to retain their citizenship. Being an American, by birth or choice is a privilege and every one of us will pay for our national pride by service to others." BAM!! Superb Ingrid. Superb
Comment Written 28-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2011
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Wow, and you should see the othe one on the feature page by ZeeZEE....you'll want to give her a twelve!
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I saw that Zeez had posted. She used to be a regular before she retired. She's such a kick. Anyway, I'm off to read her now!
Your piece was superb with many good thoughts and plans. I thought the community service thing was especially brilliant!
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I just read Zee's and she too got a sixer. You two should run!!!
Comment from zeezeewriter
Written extremely well. Your voice is excellent. It is a grand speech and one I wish I could hear on the TV.
We live in troubled times. You are a thinker..of thoughts and a dreamer of dreams. Thanks for posting this. Zee Zee
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2011
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Written extremely well. Your voice is excellent. It is a grand speech and one I wish I could hear on the TV.
We live in troubled times. You are a thinker..of thoughts and a dreamer of dreams. Thanks for posting this. Zee Zee
Comment Written 28-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2011
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an altruist, for sure with a practical cynicism that really doesn't believe it would work, but yes, it's good to dream. Thanks.
Comment from Realist101
INGRID FOR PRESIDENT! Wow! Yes Ma'am! I love this, especially from a Canadian...you do know that SOMEDAY, your country, this one, and Mexico will be combined? So I hear. All kinds of things people think can never happen, sure will! I love your candor and bravery in this. I chickened out on the word of a negative review and deleted my political satire. I am a coward. AND the CIA does have files, ON YOU TOO! Anyone who is not a robot, is watched. ") Oh yes! xoxo...the paranoid, factoid filled, maniacal, .... S.
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2011
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INGRID FOR PRESIDENT! Wow! Yes Ma'am! I love this, especially from a Canadian...you do know that SOMEDAY, your country, this one, and Mexico will be combined? So I hear. All kinds of things people think can never happen, sure will! I love your candor and bravery in this. I chickened out on the word of a negative review and deleted my political satire. I am a coward. AND the CIA does have files, ON YOU TOO! Anyone who is not a robot, is watched. ") Oh yes! xoxo...the paranoid, factoid filled, maniacal, .... S.
Comment Written 28-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 28-Sep-2011
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See....I did make it to celebrity statuds in my lifetime!
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:)) LOL~! S.
Comment from forestport12
My, my. You certainly didn't shy from some hot button issues here. But if you are the President, maybe you shouldn't? It's bad here in the states when I'm wishing they would revive the old Popeye cartoon, where Olive Oil sings what she would do if she were President. It wouldn't hurt to have Olive Oil. Would it? I enjoyed it. The writ and the wit. Peace out. Stan
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2011
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My, my. You certainly didn't shy from some hot button issues here. But if you are the President, maybe you shouldn't? It's bad here in the states when I'm wishing they would revive the old Popeye cartoon, where Olive Oil sings what she would do if she were President. It wouldn't hurt to have Olive Oil. Would it? I enjoyed it. The writ and the wit. Peace out. Stan
Comment Written 27-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2011
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Well, you know Stan, I've always been a from the hip shooter and it doesn't seem to matter what the subject is.
Last week I watched a piece on ABC news about a clinic in a Boston hospital and they see 40 children a week for malnutrician. They give out food like a food bank and trace their deterioration. How sad is that?
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The families are given food, but then they come back in worse shape? I didn't catch that one. I'm always curious to see how others not in the states feel about the United states. I think it may not be long before we as a country are humbled by the red dragon of China. No more anglo saxon victories in the offing lately.
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The reality is that China IS a major creitor to the US debt.
You can't define from a short contest write the true depth of both respect and awe that a non-national has for the US. The country has major problems (as do many countries in the last decade but the population is so big that it is impossible to micro manage all the problems and address the true enemy that I believe is over-confidence. While you are an enlightened man, there are literlly millions who have no idea what is happening beyond US borders. To me the isolated patiotism is dangerous if a citizen of any country believes that a new government or a new leader will make things better and solve evryone's problems. It's time for people to rediscover their pioneer instincts and take up the flag of personal revolution.....but what do I know. As a Canadian, people expect me to keep my mouth shut. All this while the US is in every corner of the world.....very fuzzy to have a black and white opinion.
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Oh, and by the way, neither you or I can take claim to any anglo-saxon umbrella. Your Polish heritage and my Latvian ancestry disqualify us to claim that tag.
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I heard the neanderthal man may orginaly have marked his habitat in our neck of the woods. I could be a realtion?
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If you have to get daily medical care for braised knuckles, it's possible, but unlikely.
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Lol. I'm going to sleep soon. Good night America. I love the whole world and I wanted you to be the first to know.
Comment from rawahymis
What a satire, Spiritual Echo!
At times one wonders what prominent world leaders are up to. In our world of ultra fast, super clear communications and exposed media, the facts are there for all to see. No mystery, no illusions.
Is leadership, then, no more than a game of chess? Are citizens to be discounted as pests are?
An excellent write which I wish you'd send to some major newspaper or magazine to remove cataract from most politicians, and to unblock deafened ears.
Good luck and best wishes.
rawahy
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2011
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What a satire, Spiritual Echo!
At times one wonders what prominent world leaders are up to. In our world of ultra fast, super clear communications and exposed media, the facts are there for all to see. No mystery, no illusions.
Is leadership, then, no more than a game of chess? Are citizens to be discounted as pests are?
An excellent write which I wish you'd send to some major newspaper or magazine to remove cataract from most politicians, and to unblock deafened ears.
Good luck and best wishes.
rawahy
Comment Written 27-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2011
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Yes, well I'm already on the WhitHouse bast mail, don't think I want the CIA to have a file on me also...lol
Comment from stanishmichelle
The President's speech makers couldn't have written a better speech, and should hire you. It is far more interesting and held my attention with good pace. Spag- would be na@?1/2ve=naive. I enjoyed reading this very much.
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2011
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The President's speech makers couldn't have written a better speech, and should hire you. It is far more interesting and held my attention with good pace. Spag- would be na@?1/2ve=naive. I enjoyed reading this very much.
Comment Written 27-Sep-2011
reply by the author on 27-Sep-2011
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Wow, how did that get by me? I've made the correction and thank you for your keen eye.
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You're welcome.
