No one is saying (or few are saying) tax the rich to solve ALL the problems, just that raising taxes is PART of any sensible solution to the deficit And most support a reasonably progressive tax system for good reason. Of course, our extreme right republican party has mostly signed pledges refusing to raise taxes, which prevents them from using common sense. <div>
<br></div><div>As for RI, it is horrible what has happened here under single party rule. Massachusetts is a liberal state, but one that is more balanced in how it deals with businesses, and it is booming, absolutely booming. I wish the national republican party would interpret the cautionary tale of Rhode Island as meaning that they need to come back towards the center a bit to be sure they remain a viable alternative to the democrats. </div>
<div><br></div><div>If the republican party keeps neglecting the poor and working class, there will be a backlash, and our nation will truly be at risk for communism.</div><div><br></div><div>For what it's worth, I love the new bins. My recycling takes up much more space than my trash. I was up to 3 little bins, beat up and with no covers, for recycling. Everything is so much neater now and people's recycling won't blow all over the street on windy trash days. Waste Management also runs a tight ship. They're whole pickup schedule was disrupted by the storm and they still delivered the new bins. Not bad.</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Art Norwalk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:art@norwalkcom.com" target="_blank">art@norwalkcom.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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We could tax the rich until they were all poor and it wouldn't solve
petty crime or any of the other problems facing the country -- there
simply aren't enough rich folks wallowing in gold to bail us
out.<br><br>
However, restoring the Clinton-era tax rates on high income earners
could, imo, make the rest of us feel that the burden was being more
fairly distributed. This symbolic easing of class warfare could lead, in
turn, to greater willingness on the part of the middle class to support
some sensible combination of reduced expenditures and increased
taxes.<br><br>
Goodness, we've come a long way from a simple car break-in...<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>
-- Art</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br><br>
At 08:44 PM 11/4/2012, Emlyn Addison wrote:<br><br>
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<dd>Instead of solving our own problems with a crime watch or other
suggestions, blaming the rich is totally ridiculous. Guess we
should tell those evil rich to stop teasing those wanna be thieves with
expensive property. Seem like blaming a women for how she dresses
when she gets assaulted!<br><br>
</dd></dl><br>
As much as I seek to be self-sufficient and to work at my own solutions,
your perspective does not take into account how this problem became
"our problem". The problem is, in fact, massively systemic, and
with many parents. Trace the line from petty neighborhood property crime
back to its root causes: among others, a gross, increasingly untenable
disparity in the distribution of wealth and a pathetic excuse for public
health services. Those graphs really aren't lying.<br><br>
(And I'm always amused when Republicans insist that we are all God's
creatures and that life, thus, is to be cherished, yet won't agree to
fund even a rudimentary public health system. A happy, healthy population
is a productive one--why can't they get this first grade concept through
their crania?)<br><br>
Property crime isn't always just a bunch of kids looking for an easy
score.<br><br>
Emlyn<br><br></div></div><div class="im">
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