I’m sorry but I do not believe for one second
that the walking blister bag in this photo just walked over 1,000 miles from Honduras
in the last few weeks.
Today’s JG Rant
There’s so much wrong with James Silver’s letter, “Pension exemption by-the-book GOP scam” of Dec 13, 2018 it is little wonder the alert editors at JG chose to run it at the top of the letters section.
There’s so much wrong with James Silver’s letter, “Pension exemption by-the-book GOP scam” of Dec 13, 2018 it is little wonder the alert editors at JG chose to run it at the top of the letters section.
Mr. Silver, the 60s called and want their
Democrat talking points back. The Democrat party is now the party of the “ultra-rich.” Steyer, Soros, Moonves, Gates, Eisner, Dorsey,
et al, 99% of Hollywood and entertainment glitterati, all of Silicon Valley, 98%
of the well-healed mainstream media, the 6 and 7 figure salaried administrators in education, and an overwhelming majority of super-rich,
know-nothing but none-the-less loud-mouthed professional athletes among others are all
firmly in the Democrat camp.
PDJT won in 2016 primarily because the Democrat
Party fixed its primary in order to insure the nomination of the most
flawed, ineffective, out-of-touch and lazy candidate in the history of politics. Democrats insisted on running perhaps the
ONLY nominee that candidate Trump could actually beat, and he did. PDJT won not
by appealing to the “super-rich” but rather by appealing to working class and coal,
steel and auto union households in MI, WI, IN, OH, and PA.
It’s nice to know that sourpusses like Silver
think border security, lower taxes and patriotism are “scams” rather than sane
and popular policy positions. I
encourage all Democrat politicians to run on the Silver platform.
The military pension system is primarily a
recruiting and retention tool rather than a reward for being shot at. Military members go where they told and do
the job they are assigned. It’s that simple.
As long as they do that honorably and serve the requisite number of years,
they are eligible for the pension they contracted for when volunteering.
To that point, it’s an all-volunteer force. Contrary Silver’s contention, Republican
voters volunteer for military service in far greater numbers than Democrat
voters.
Gov. Holcomb’s idea of providing a tax exemption
for military pensions will be a great draw for retired military members to
settle their families in Indiana. That’s probably a good thing.
Silver’s attack on Holcomb’s naval service is
silly and petty. He did his job. Also, Silver seems to be unfamiliar with the
first rule of naval service: Never cuss another sailor’s good deal.
Pension exemption
by-the-book GOP scam
Republican Party
policies generally benefit the ultra-rich, their primary source of campaign
funds, and hurt ordinary citizens. They cut taxes on the upper class and give
them loopholes you could sail a yacht through while raising sales and gasoline
taxes, taxing our pensions, and now, under Donald Trump, imposing tariffs
citizens pay whenever we buy a cellphone, computer or any product containing
imported steel or aluminum.
Now, you might say
that a party that advocated these policies would never get elected. You would
be right. That's why Republicans depend on scams.
On the national level,
the biggest scam is telling us we should be afraid of Immigrants or people who
speak another language or have a different skin color.
Another favorite is
the trickle-down theory: Give big tax cuts to the rich and they'll invest that
money to create great-paying jobs for the rest of us.
Then there's the
rally-round-the-flag-support-the-military scam, even though many prominent
Republicans avoided military service like a plague.
This is the scam Eric
Holcomb is employing now, proposing to exempt military pensions from Indiana
income tax.
There is no rational
argument for treating military pensions any differently than other pensions or
IRA withdrawals. Eighty percent of military retirees never served in a combat
role. Even though he's likely not eligible for a pension, Holcomb is a prime
example of a typical military career: He served his six years in the Navy in
Jacksonville, Florida, and Lisbon, Portugal.
People who worked in
schools, hospitals, factories, grocery stores and gas stations did just as much
for our country as someone such as Holcomb, who occupied comfortable desks in
congenial climates throughout his naval career. If they pay taxes on their
pensions, so should everyone else.
James Silver
Fort Wayne
1 comment:
People arguing in support of existing tax codes begin already half-wrapped around the axle. Then get fully wrapped around the axle.The feds pay military pensioners and social security recipents, ...then tax it. And most states do to. The feds confiscate through FICA taxes, pays back through social security checks, then requires recipents to pay taxes back on it. The self licking ice cream cone. When a pensioner recieves additional income then tax that income. Not the pension. How about a flat tax on earned income? It sounds so common sense yet is viewed by some as radical. Eliminate taxing pensions. The voluminous tax codes are scams. And Mr. Silver appears to support them.
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