The Lost Halo Syndicate

           I go in and out of political mode.  Some days I am very interested in what those overpaid retards have to say, since I will be footing the bill for their stupidity at some point.  And then other days I realize that they just don’t care. 

            I consider myself middle of the road on most things.  I am able to see both the liberal and conservative view point, am capable of taking in both viewpoints, and able to filter out enough of the bullshit from both ends to make a reasonable decision for myself.  I also consider myself open minded enough to listen any well-reasoned argument on any subject and will acknowledge the points of the argument, and on occasion maybe ever agree and start re-evaluating my own point of view.  I fear people that have immovable opinions.  The day I realized all that is the day I knew I could never go into politics.  But I will save that rant on what a bunch of unthinking weasels politicians are for the future.  I’ll delve further into other political topics in future rants (I know you are looking forward to it).  But let’s start with how TAXES! 

            One thing that I know for sure is that our tax system is fucked up.  It’s complicated and unreasonable and too easy to manipulate if you can afford a good lawyer or accountant.  I actually endorse an idea called the Fairtax.  It’s a tax based on consumption at the retail level, not a tax on income.  Read more at www.fairtax.org and make up your own mind.   Immediate downside (read this before you click on that link), and I say this in the interest of acknowledging the ‘whom’ that is pushing this; it’s mostly supported by extreme right-wingers!  Not “Sarah Palin is my new Jesus” right-wingers, but the “Let’s eliminate the government” right-wingers.  (Side note, my fucking god, if Sarah Palin’s rabid retards of the right don’t shut the fuck up, I am going to toss my own neck against a tipped over stool like Hillary Swank in Million Dollar Baby…she was reading her rhetoric off a note written in her left hand!  Middle school cheater style!  Have the fucking class to at least have some note cards if the standard GOP bullshit is too much to remember.  Allow me to help.  Gay marriage is bad cause an old book and some guy with bad hair said so.  Drill for more oil now, come up with alternatives later.  Ronald Reagan was the 2^nd coming of Christ.  That should cover it.)  But the Fairtax does have some merit, regardless of which extremist concocted it. 

            ANYWHO, I support the Fairtax for this reason.  Hookers would have pay taxes too!  My political stance is officially “Tax the Hookers!”  Since the Fairtax taxes what you buy, not what you make (legal income gets taxed by the 16th amendment of the constitution, illegal income does not get taxed).  I can think of no better reason to support this plan.  It’s been put forth to the House of Representatives as H.R. 25, in case you want to look it up.  Here, allow me to do the heavy lifting, http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.25 will take you to the Library of Congress site and the proposal before the House of Tards, I mean Representatives. 

            Will the Fairtax work?  Well enough, I think.  It’s simple for the person buying stuff, and any trip to Walmart will remind you of how important it is to keep things simple at the retail level.  Will it generate as much money for the government as the current tax system?  I have no idea, and I kind of fucking hope not.  They need to learn to budget this ponderous government within the means we provide, not beyond.  Maybe putting those fucks on a diet will be a good thing.  So take a look, be objective, tell me what you think!