You just won my vote, IRRebel for president X 3.
Now can you do something about the tax situation ? 
Here's my idea on that Jeff........it will NEVER fly for obvious reasons unless myself or someone who thinks like me is elected to the white house.
But here's what I propose. The tax rate will obviously rise as the median income falls in this economy. We can't have the politicians giving up any of their lifestyle now can we.........
But here's the solution. Countless jobs, businesses, and whole vocations have been moved to Mexico, China, Tiawan, Idonesia, India and Pakistan because why? It makes for a better bottom line for the elite few. The elite few, who, paid for the elections of the very officials that made it happen. Our vote doesn't mean crap folks.........it's their compensation system that needs revamping.......who else can vote themselves a raise?
1% of the people in this country have over 80% of the wealth............Greed is NOT capitalism..........
Soooooo My solution......an amendment to the Constitution (Hell they did it for prohibition). We are, first and foremost, supposed to be a "government of the people, by the people and for the people". Read that somewhere when I was a kid.......should sound familiar.......
This amendment simply states that "all representatives in all levels of government shall earn no more, and no less, than the average median income of their constituancy ".
Whats that gonna do? Well, lemme tell you! Jo Blow from 3rd district Arkansas is gonna fight like hell to block efforts to allow a bill to pass allowing China to bring in shit free that will effectively close 3 plants in his district. Affects his pay plan when 3000 people lose their jobs! His US senator is going to do the same, as are his counterparts in both the state and US house of Representatives. Their counterparts in Ohio are going to back them up from the steel and rubber manufacturing industries, the rest of the country for their own interests will band behind them as well. You got my back I got yours. THIS is what America was founded on!
The ones elected to the "fake money mills" say NY (Wall Street, as an example) will be simply outvoted, and had better be on their A game, because the competition in those high income areas during election time will be fierce!!! Career politicians will be lining up for a crack at THOSE positions (Kinda like (WAYYYY BACK) when I was at the end of a long list of people wanting the chance to manage one of the Radio Shack stores in Hawaii........)
The surplus of money from what we used to pay these focks will go towards the deficit, and inside of 20 years, deficit gone, industry BACK in this country, people working, and taxpayers pay the same amount they are paying right now............problem solved.
This is going to limit the number of people actually running because, guess what? Not a gravy 7 figure job no more, and is also going to attract a lot of creative thinkers who actually care and not career politicians........... The big guns, like LA and NY will still be grossly overpaid, but what it WILL do is limit their power. No more plant closings due to China, NAFTA or any of that BS........
Think about it gang. It's a solid Idea!
Ray
