Sunday, April 13, 2008

Welcome to the Machine

From an email I sent to a buddy today:

What I'm seeing more and more is that most of us are enslaved to the system in one way or another and usually in many ways. For example, I work for the government, but at the same time I'm taxed in various ways to the extent that most of the money I make goes back to the government, so... If you don't work for the government directly, your business or your employer is taxed and "fee"-ed exorbitantly. If you work for a non-profit agency, your operating expenses to a huge degree come from government grants that have all kinds of controlling conditions attached to them. If you are a 'non-producer' who collects government assistance, you are paid a pittance that is enough to keep you alive but so little that it is totally demoralizing. That too has a million controlling conditions attached to it. The people that are policy-setters and in the administration part of government must sell their souls in order to have such a privilege, so they too pay a heavy price.

Let me ask you, do you see anything about our current way of doing things that advocates for its continuance? Where do you lean politically? I probably already sent you this link and it's a little dated now as many of these candidates have quit running, but it does a good job of matching you up with various candidates' forums and breaks it down as to which things match and which dont:
http://www.dehp.net/candidate/index.php

The link to the site where the graphic was found is at:
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/3876.jpg

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