HOW LONG WILL WE SLEEP?

July 14, 2007 Blog

Wake up New Jersians!

How long will we sit back and tolerate crooks that rob us blind?
How long will we continue griping and complaining, yet do nothing?
New Jersey is the most densely populated state, yet has the highest taxes, insurance rates and cost of living.

New Jersey also has a high budget deficit.

New Jersey casinos were opened back in 1978. Politicians promised this would lower taxes, but taxes continued to increase.
One Governor after another has promised to cut excessive spending, eliminate corruption and cut taxation.
So they got elected and promptly did the opposite of what they promised.
They know of only one way to balance the budget and that is by raising taxes.

Most citizens of NJ sigh and say, “Another election is coming.”
The next elected government will be no different.
That is not the answer.
Many have left NJ or are planning to leave in order to escape the high taxes, corrupt politics and red tape.
That is not a solution.

Don’t leave New Jersey, LOVE IT!

POLY= many
TICKS= blood sucking insects
POLITICS= A bunch of blood-sucking parasites!

We need competent leaders, not greedy leeches!

We must put intense pressure on the administration now in power to do what it promised.
We can do it too! How? Here a few suggestions from me, but there are enough intelligent and inventive people in this state who can think of other ways to apply pressure on our politicians.

1. Do all our buying and selling on the Internet or in Delaware, where there is no sales tax, but a balanced budget and surplus.
2. We need to put detectives on the tails of politicians and document every false move they make.
3. We must set up websites that publicize the corruption scandals and wasted money.
4. We can write letters to newspapers, and if they refuse to publish them or twist the content, we can print our own newspaper.
5. We need to come to the aid of those who are victims of government injustices and make their cases public.
6. We can flood the mail boxes of politicians with protests.

My suggestions for solving problems in American society.

Uninsured motorists:
In Western Europe, insurance companies are required to report lapsed insurance policies to the police, who pick up the plates. If the car can not be found, it is placed on a list that is distributed to all police officers. If the owner is caught driving without insurance he is stopped, fined and the tags confiscated. Under certain circumstances, his or her car and drivers license can be confiscated. There is no such thing as a legally registered uninsured car in Western Europe.

Illegals:
A system of registration would take care of this problem. Every person living legally in America, citizen or not, should be required to obtain a residence permit as part of his personal documents. Anyone who does not have a residence permit would not be able to get a job, rent or purchase living quarters, buy and register a car or send children to school. This would also be required to obtain health care. This works in Europe; why not in America?

Language:
All High School graduates should be required to speak at least two languages with relative fluency. American-born students could choose from many languages, but foreign born students would quite naturally choose to learn English. People in most other nations including a number of third world countries speak at least two languages with relative fluency. Why not Americans?

Lawsuits:
Put a cap on what a lawyer can earn from lawsuits. A lawyer's earnings would still be higher than most other occupations.

Violent Crimes:
Courts hold tobacco companies accountable for their customers' health problems. Hollywood, video game producers, the networks and other producers or portrayers of violence should be held accountable as well. The same goes for promoting sexual perversity.

Taxation:
Do away with income tax and property tax. Institute one uniform sales tax that is required of everyone, regardless of earnings. It would encourage people to save and everyone who spends would pay the same rate. If people don’t spend their money it remains untaxed. If money is not involved in a purchase (trade of equal value), there is no reason to tax it. This would also mean careful regulation of money transfers to other countries and instituting stiff penalties for illegal transactions.

Rewards and penalties: This too has to do with taxes. In Europe, people who neglect to keep up their homes, store junk cars or old tires in their yards or don't clean wood lots of fallen trees (which can breed harmful insects), are warned to get their act together. If the warning goes unheeded, public workers do the cleaning and send the home owner a bill. If the owner refuses to pay, the property can be confiscated. In America, people get tax write-offs for allowing their property to go downhill. Europeans are offered government subsidies to improve their properties. Anything that improves energy efficiency is rewarded, but an American who does this gets a juicy property tax increase.

Do you have any good ideas? Let’s hear them!