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Maybe We Should |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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Maybe We Should Maybe We Should - Have ourselves an "adjustment" And let the fat cats feel the pain To bring our economy in line And not let, this happen again. Maybe We Should - Get rid of the Federal Reserve Which is illegal, anyway President Kennedy gave a decree (I) And said, they should go away. Maybe We Should - Make sure all the people know We all pay interest on our money Which is printed/owned by the banks (II) For them, a bottomless, jar of honey. Maybe We Should - End the unlawful income tax And charge a flat tax on all spent (III) Except for food and such things And house payments, and rent. Maybe We Should - Vote every incumbent out Forget our political persuasion Vote in new folks who really care About the future, of our Nation. Maybe We Should - Get rid of the electoral vote And the flawed voting machines Make everybody's vote count So, they can't win, by any, means. Maybe We Should - End foreign aid to unfriendly nations Spend that money, here at home Quit bankrolling those foreigners And start, to take care of our own. Maybe We Should - Stop all subsidies for companies (IV) (V) And tax breaks for all the wealthy Spend that money, on other programs That teach kids, and keep us safe and healthy. Maybe We Should - Make companies who go bust And those invested in that kind Suffer the consequence of their acts Along with CEOs who rob them blind.(VI) Maybe We Should - Quit turning a blind eye to those Who commit, white-collar crime Make them pay back the piper And make them all, do the time. Maybe We Should - End our dependence on oil And go for the alternatives Like wind power and solar With no charge, for what it gives. Maybe We Should - Get out of groups like the WTO (VII) Where we buy more than we can sell When we complain about poisoned stuff And they just tell us, "Go to hell!" Maybe We Should - Have someone that we can trust To find products, which make us ill Not, protecting those who sell them Who don't care, who they may kill. Maybe We Should - Make it against our Nation's law To send our jobs, overseas And, when we make a phone call That, "Press one, for English, please." Maybe We Should - Let no one be, above the Law From our President, on down As long as we let them get away True Justice, never will be found. Maybe We Should - Fire those inept, prosecutors Who put our Border Guards in prison We can thank, those like Johnny Sutton For how, border violence has risen. Maybe We Should - Realize, we do have a problem With our World's global warning The worsening of our storms Is, Mother Nature's warning. Maybe We Should - Quit trying to change the World And, forcing our Democracy In places it will never work First, make it work for you and me. Maybe We Should - End the spying on our people It's against our Constitution And loss of habeas corpus Is surely wrong, and no solution. Maybe We Should - Bring our Troops back home And, have them guard our border Stop all illegals coming in And enforce our Law and Order. Maybe We Should - Stop going to War on a whim For propaganda, lies, and fear (VIII ) For, every time we do it Our apocalypse, draws nearer. Maybe We Should - Learn about the New World Order (IX) (Some say, there is nothing to fear) When, the rich will have all the power Though maybe, that time's already here! Maybe We Should – Quit buying things that we don’t need And try to live within our means Even when those crooked lenders say “We’re the answer to your dreams!” Maybe We Should - Get our own house in order And try, to take care of our own Then, we might again be thought of The greatest, this World has known. Del "Abe" Jones 09.23.2008 Please educate yourself and read references > I http://www.john-f-kennedy.net/executiveorder11110.htm II http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/money.htm III http://youdebate.com/DEBATES/TAX_NATIONAL_SALES.HTM IV http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/03/small-retailers-being-force d-out-by-government-subsidies-to-big-chains/ V http://environment.about.com/od/environmentallawpolicy/a/end_oil_subsidy.htm VI http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/12/lead_07ceos_CEO-Compensation_CompTotDisp.html VII http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/wto/OpposeWTO.html VIII http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpADlCpSspY IX http://educate-yourself.org/nwo/ Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. copyright 1984 [This message has been edited by Abe (09-24-2008 11:19 AM).] |
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WTBAKELAR
since 2008-09-09
Posts 1089Utah, USA |
Abe the Patriot. Very well said, thought out and presented. Please see if you can get a copy to the Presidential campaigns. The biggest problem I see with trying to change the laws in this country is in trying to change the lawmakers. We need to start by taking away the entitlements that go to them only, But the only way to do that is to have them change the law that gives it to them.. That will never happen until there is a revolution in this country. |
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steavenr Member Elite
since 2003-11-17
Posts 4058 |
Dear Abe, there is a simple flaw in your well-defined plan...to send a good man/woman to Washington will only serve to ruin him/her your work was well worth the read |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Some nice thoughts here... We've gone past Howdy Doody Time...it Tar and Feather Time...in 2008 a crook is still a crook and need to face some public shame....James |
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amusemi Senior Member
since 2001-12-08
Posts 1262A State of Disarray |
My sentiments exactly...perfect read! Up to the top you go! |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
You tell 'em, Del! As I have previously stated, I am glad that a fine few still have 'right stuff' to do these timely, hard-hitting "social impact/conscience" writes! [Unfortunately, I burned out pursuant to doing these back about (now archived) 'open' forum # 39] My ancestors would be appalled at what has become of their 'revolutionary' dream [the devolving of 'democracy' into an unconscionably cruel corporate 'mediocracy'...an economic caste system of ever-more-ruthless, greedy, and self referential 'haves' versus their slave labor 'have-nots' (manipulated masses)] |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Abe, You have some good ideas. I don't know about a flat tax. I think that would make Swiss banks too happy. In my opinion, an income tax of incomes above fifty thousand dollars a year with no loop holes would be better for our nations well being. Bobby |
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