"Martin, that's what leaders are elected to do: care for all the citizens of a country."

I couldn't agree more with that statement. But what does the word "care" actually insinuate?

To provide opportunities so that these people have ways of pulling themselves out of the situation that they're in or to just keep throwing money at them in hopes that they will somehow be motivated to get up and start making lives better for themselves.

If we decide to raise taxes and just give them the money then nothing will be accomplished. They will just be complacent to sit on their butts and wait for the check to come in each month.

If taxes need to be raised, which I don't believe they need to be, then let's invest the money corporately so that the country's businesses will invest them in a way to increase the labor needs and provide even more high paying jobs than what's already available right now.

The fact that the piece in the news yesterday that according to spending statistics people are spending more than they're making is just telling me that even though consumer confidence is high, many people are living beyond their means.

If people are making the conscience choice of living beyond their means because Billy wants a new game system or Sally wants to stay with the current fashion, then why raise my taxes because of the bad spending decisions that another family decides to make for themselves?

If we need to raise taxes then let's not only invest it corporately but let's use part of it for education to teach Economics 101 to the masses that are currently living beyond their means. Evidently, they weren't listening on the day they taught that if you don't have it then you can't spend it.

Let's stop throwing good money after bad and if it needs to happen then let's invest it wisely instead of just increasing a monthly welfare check.

We would insulting them far more by doing that instead of continuing to provide opportunities for them to better themselves.


Hubby