Well, it’s tax time again. Everybody pays taxes; if not federal or state income tax, Social Security and Medicare, then sales, excise, capital gains or property taxes, for starters. As Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said, “I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization.” Taxes are your contribution to the “common good” of America.
The corporate mandate is maximum monetary return to the shareholders. This is their bottom line. Mitt Romney said, “Corporations are people, my friend.” These “people,” with their one goal, are uncivilized, non-patriotic, greedy, immoral and generally sociopathic. Last year, Boeing, just as one example, made $6 billion profit, paid $0 taxes and got an $82 million tax refund.
Are they just lucky “people” that magically get massive tax breaks? Corporations don’t vote, they buy politicians with their campaign donations to control our government. They are not acting for the “common good” of America, they are only beholden to their bottom line: maximum profit for their shareholders.
As Americans, we vote. It’s our duty to our country. Remember when America was #1 in so many good things? Now we’re #1 in prison population and #43 in life expectancy. Two thirds of us didn’t vote in the last midterms. The coming election is important for our future. Educate yourself, vote like America depends on you. IT DOES.