Rant on Taxes, Change, and what these things really mean to me: I'm fired up: be warned.

I wrote this blog on facebook because I saw an ad that made me furious on tv. I wanted to share it here too:

 Original blog:

 I just have to say that although Obama is not planning on raising taxes for people who make under $250,000 a year (do YOU make that much???), EVEN IF HE WAS going to raise them for everyone- you all do realize that those taxes are not for his personal shopping trips, right? That money goes back into the country and YOU get it back, whether it be in roads, better healthcare, better protection...I can say completely honestly that I would be willing to pay higher taxes (and I am dirt poor) because taxes are necessary to get the country's debt under control. The key here is electing someone who will reform the way the government works. Yes, this may mean money. Money is usually involved in paying back debt.
John McCain has a commercial running about Obama raising taxes (nevermind that it says nothing about people making more or less than $250,000 a year...) where a man says, "So Barack Obama wants my sweat to pay for his trillion dollars in new spending?" THIS MONEY IS NOT FOR HIS PERSONAL USE. IT IS USED TO PAY FOR NECESSARY IMPROVEMENT AND UPKEEP OF THE COUNTRY. Personally, I realize that we all need to help out if we all want to keep the beautiful country that we have been so lucky to have in the past. We all must pitch in. Do not complain about the problems this country faces if you are unwilling to help fix them. The government does not just create more money when it needs money for improvements and upkeep and new organizations- it does not drop from the sky. We ALL are responsible for contributing. I can say completely and surely, I am a Real American and I recognize that taxes are a necessary part of the economy. We will ALL be helped in some way at some point using the taxes we all pay. Not only are they for the improvement our our nation, but they're to help get us out of debt that the last 8 years has gotten us into. If people don't want to pay taxes then they shouldn't be allowed to drive on roads, receive medicare, or send their kids to public schools. Doing things, anything mostly, requires money. I agree that it should be spent wisely, but money does in fact need to be spent to improve and maintain what we've all worked so hard to accomplish in America. As a real American (not only because I'm from a small town, but also because I was born in America) I'm willing to pay taxes to help this nation succeed. Now THAT is American. Not only that, but if you don't want to pay taxes then maybe the US military shouldn't protect you (if we are talking who is a real American and who’s not). Your tax money goes towards funding the military. I'd MUCH rather fund that then fund the Palin kid's plane trips to places they weren't invited.

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I just felt that these things seem to be simple principles to me and I don’t understand how the RNC gets away with putting these ideas in people’s heads that simply make no sense. If I can do anything, I just want to give people a different opinion without trying to scare them. I think it is so important to defend one’s own candidate as opposed to putting down the opposite. THIS is why the tax plans hold up. THIS is the change I want. For those who say that we cannot articulate the change we want...I want: education that stands up against the levels of other countries, help for the middle class, reform of programs that are outdated, NO AMENDMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE, unity, better and more affordable healthcare that includes preventative care, stopping the handouts for big oil, money invested in alternative energy that doesn’t involve fossil fuels.....is this enough for those that say I can’t tell you what change means? It means this- I. Want. A. President. Who. Cares. About. Me.

That’s all.