Government Rant

Insanity · Power User (Posts: 324)

If the government wasn't doing things to piss off other countries - and people would find a little common sense and stop doing all the weird things that are making other countries hate us, then people would stop attacking us.

Kllrnohj · ☢ PH34R |\/|3 (Posts: 8196)

Don't judge the system by the current president. Twas a mere 6 years ago that SS was loaded, no war, gas prices were fine, there was a large surplus of money, and the govt. was actually making money rather than losing it. Hell, the most newsworthy thing was that the pres was horny, not that he was doing a bad job....

something1990 · Supreme Commander of the Asgard Fleet (Posts: 1144)

If the government wasn't doing things to piss off other countries - and people would find a little common sense and stop doing all the weird things that are making other countries hate us, then people would stop attacking us.

Sage Orator · Advanced Member (Posts: 185)

Ever read the 16th Amendment?

Passed by Congress July 2, 1909. Ratified February 3, 1913.

Note: Article I, section 9, of the Constitution was modified by amendment 16.

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

Anyway, there certainly are a lot of ways that taxes are being wasted that should be changed. Until then it's useless to complain except for the sake of complaining, which is fine. Taxes are a must and some people find that difficult to understand, not anybody on here from what I can see but some people prefer helping themselves instead of the community.

Getting others to stop attacking us isn't as simple, or maybe it is, as that. Getting people to stop the quirkiness as well as hundreds of other things that make up the things about America that terrorists hate would be impossible. You make stopping ourselves from annoying other countries sound so simple, though there are many policies that other governments don't agree with. It's impossible to satisfy them all, you just have to try to go about it in the best way. The government currently is not doing that and instead is probably doing it in the worst way.

Kuro · Numerophile (Posts: 1207)

That would imply that stupid people or people without any common sense are to blame for terrorist attacks. Am I reading that correctly?

jpez · Underboss of Cemetech (Posts: 2778)

Ever read the 16th Amendment?

Passed by Congress July 2, 1909. Ratified February 3, 1913.

Note: Article I, section 9, of the Constitution was modified by amendment 16.

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.