Selfishness can often masquerade as care for others. With the end of the “10 Values We Can Agree on For America”, I talk about root causes of today’s societal breakdown and bring a few ideas on how to deal with it.
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We Can’t Save “Our Democracy”
Why? Because we don’t have one and were never meant to. The tenth of the “Ten Values We Can Agree on For America” is “We are a Constituional Representative Republic”
Who Does Wealth Belong To?
First, an admission that I came to the conclusion that the title of the current series should be “Ten Values We Can Agree On For America”. I had been saying “things” instead of “values” and I think Values is much more descriptive.
So, who does wealth belong to? My proposal is that it belongs to those who generate it. Whether it’s a five-figure income or a million-dollar inheritance, I think that it’s not up to the government to divide that money equally.
Let me know what you think.
Links for this week:
https://www.ntu.org/foundation/tax-page/who-pays-income-taxes
Bureaucrats are going to Bureaucrat…
Customer service is not a strong suit for our Government Employees. Who do they serve…or what. That’s the topic on this week’s Quiz the Diz Podcast
Who Needs a Constitution? We do!!!
This may be the most surprising thing about our current government in the US: it seems that the Constitution is only followed when convenient or expedient. Our Constitution and why we need it this week on Quiz the Diz Podcast. Part of the “The Things We Can Agree On for America”
All People are Created Equal
Equality and equity are two different things. This week on the podcast, I talk about how equality is something Americans are born with in our founding documents, but equity is an unattainable ideology that ignores human nature. This is the 6th of the “Ten Things We Can Agree On for America” series.
Debt is Soul Crushing
Overspending now means our legacy will be one of crushing debt and not abundance. One of the “Ten Things We Can Agree On for America” is living within our means as a country.
What Good is Being a Citizen of the United States?
One of the Ten Things We Can Agree on for America is “Citizens are the Supreme Inhabitants of this Nation”. If we are not, what good is citizenship? That’s this week’s discussion and it focuses on the massive problem our country has with illegal immigration.
We are A Nation of Laws, not Men…
It’s appalling how out of control the justice system seems these days. One of the things in my list of Ten Things We Can Agree on as Americans is what John Adams said about our fledling government, “We are a Government of Laws, not Men.” A truly free and prosperous country cannot have the disparity we see in our legal system and survive.
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?!?
I had some interesting responses to my podcast last week. One person said that “I’m not so sure all Americans can – or will – agree on any of them.” referring to the “Ten Things We Can Agree On For America”. series I have started. The main point of my exercise here has been to say we need something that we can aspire to rather than someone we can despise.