Sen. John McCain supports an effort in his home state of Arizona to repeal Affirmative Action laws after opposing it in the past. But Sen. Barack Obama's approach to the program is really, uh, interesting:
"Weighing in from the presidential campaign trail, Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain said he supports his state’s anti-affirmative action ballot, leading to charges of flip-flopping, because a decade ago, McCain opposed a similar plan in the Legislature. Democrat Sen. Barack Obama, whose father is African and mother is white, said he opposes the measures, but said he does not consider affirmative action a long-term solution. He suggested that such programs should eventually focus on class, not race."
How are you gonna do that, Senator?
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Have you not heard of proportionality in taxation?
Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist Paper 12 wrote:
"The ability of a country to pay taxes must always be proportioned, in a great degree, to the quantity of money in circulation, and to the celerity with which it circulates. Commerce, contributing to both these objects, must of necessity render the payment of taxes easier, and facilitate the requisite supplies to the treasury."
"Commerce" e.g., "transactions" would enable the adequate collection of taxes.
Do any politicians talk about proportionality? No. Do any talk about "fairness." Yes. Without proportionality there's no fairness. McCain doesn't get that.
It's the people's job to pressure to politicians to address the issue of fairness aka, proportionality.
Or, you can be one of Phil Gramm's "nation of whiners." Mention proportionality to Gramm or McCain, and they'd still be whining.
They want partiality. They want government socialism for the rich, "free-market" for the rest of us.
"There is no stronger sign of combinations unfriendly to the general good than when the partisans of those in power raise an indiscriminate cry against men of property" This was a quote regarding Gov Clinton of New York when he noted Clintons most effective tactic was to single out the rich for abuse.
Sorry that last quote was Alexander Hamilton
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