We the living all know we are on the Titanic and sooner or later we are going down and fading into obscurity. Such is life. But now, it’s not only ourselves that are on the Titanic -it’s the entire human species as well. The young feel this most. It’s wrong. It’s terribly sad. And it’s avoidable.
The other day I read where Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are seriously considering getting off the planet and living their lives in outer space. Why is it that these two wealthy, worldly men are entertaining an escape from the planet plan? It’s certainly not because they see mankind on a path to paradise.
Science Demands Separation of Church and State
It’s going to take science and a unified planet to get ourselves off the route to oblivion as a species. And that brings me to the founder’s wisdom on separation of church and state. We have strayed from that principle. So let me address MAGA people first. To those who believe birth control used by others is their business, the question I have is: when you have been sick before did you go to a doctor?
if you did, you knew that doctors are scientists. They didn’t give you leeches or practice the medicine that was used 5000 years ago, did they? You relied on them for their science when you were in need. So what makes you think that people who are not scientists should be relied upon to create laws for things like, pandemic response, climate change, pollution regulation, healthcare for our citizens, and birth control, etc?
Our bibles were written 2000 to 5000 years ago when very few even read. Why are biblical decrees even considered when looking for the science we need to survive as a species? I believe that those who choose to believe in the philosophies of 2000 and 5000 years ago, must leave those philosophies home when they come to work in our government.
And I know this is not PC to say, but that goes for all. The Evangelists and Ilhan Omar with her “never take it off” hijab too. Don’t get me wrong. It’s fine with me for her to wear her hijab at home or at mosque, or any time she is not at work in our government. But what does the hijab say when she is working in the House? It says one thing. It says there is part of her that has a loyalty to something larger than working for the American people. It also says there is part of her that is not scientific at all.
It’s touching and beautiful to see Joe Biden cross himself at moments when he is inner praying. But he’s not wearing a large visible cross that says “Christ first, then the American people”. Biden has not subjugated himself that way. How can Omar negate the Evangelists desire to protect the unborn fetuses of unwanted babies, which they say is part of their religion, if she will not set aside her visible subjugation to a power that is not the US Constitution or our commonwealth -even for one moment? Have you ever seen a photo of Ilhan without a hijab? I have not. It’s as wrong as Evangelists saying they want to end abortion. I don’t want to dwell on this. I know it’s not PC to air this. But we have a serious “church vs. state” impasse and we need to deal with it on both sides if we expect to trend towards logic.
Are Trump’s Tax Cuts For the Rich Staying or Going Away?
I do want to ask Joe Biden if he will be revoking Trump’s tax cuts for the rich anytime soon. I get that it has to wait for the Covid relief bill to pass. But after that, I can think of nothing that is working harder to widen the wealth gap than tax cuts for the rich. If Joe ignores this, the more progressive amongst the Dems will begin to think this is the old Dem party again, more like Bill Clinton’s than Bernie’s “tax the billionaires” party – which is the right idea of course.
It is estimated that President Trump’s tax handout will cost $1.9 trillion between 2018 and 2027, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). As a result of the law, large corporations are receiving a massive tax cuts—even bigger than what was originally expected. And while the law is still actively running up federal deficits, it is having little or no positive effect on the U.S. economy, according to new research from the Congressional Research Service. (from the Center For American Progress. ) This 1.9 trillion is ironically the exact amount of Joe Biden’s Covid relief bill. It could have been paid for by the richest among us without even taxing the general public. The GOP cries of we can’t afford it makes no sense until those tax cuts are reversed – especially because the GOP created the tax cuts for the rich. And yes, we all know down deep they found a way to get paid off for those cuts –pay for play corruption.
It is obscene that any one man is allowed to attain wealth like 100 billion dollars, without having been taxed so heavily that his wealth only attained 10 billion. One billion is hard to spend over a lifetime. And even if it can be spent, all its says is greedy people should be allowed to be as gluttonous as they want and take as much as they can from society without giving back. Don’t we realize that these ideas were the spirit behind the slavery institution for thousands of years? Why pay people enough to live happily when we can force them to work for little or nothing to further our agendas? That’s what drove racism, and it still does. If there was no profit in slavery, it never would have gotten its historical legs.
It’s no wonder the two richest people on earth want to take the wealth we have afforded them and get off the planet.
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