Is America greedy, selfish and uncaring?

HERE IS A QUESTION I WAS ASKED YESTURDAY BY A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND MY ANSWERS TO IT Is America greedy, selfish and uncaring? The tea parties tell it all. They are people that don’t want to pay any taxes to help others. This group claims Americans are over taxed and yet all objective evidence shows Americans are the least taxed people out of 30 western democracies. In fact the average American paid just a 14% income tax rate. The richest American pay an average federal tax rate of just 17%, this while the tax table show it should be 36%. So what is all the noise about from this small group of right-wing nut jobs? They hate the idea that they have to pay for anything America does except for war. They are not calling for any reduction in military spending that is now equal to one-half of all military spending of the entire world. You got! America spends as much as the rest of the world combined, all 195 countries, on war. This group is for the following: 1.Elimination of income taxes on both individuals and corporations 2.A New NATIONAL sales tax of 23% on all items including food (This is the most regressive tax as it impacts the poor more than the rich) Most objective studies show this will have to be MUCH HIGHER – 30% or more to replace the income taxes 3.No federal government programs to help the poor, sick, children and the old 4.Unlimited taxpayer spending on the military 5.Taxpayer support for the occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan 6.Taxpayer support for aggressive military actions in Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, and Somalia 7.Continued support for Communist China and moving more American jobs there 8.The elimination of Federal environmental, worker protection and product safety laws – these restrain Free market capitalism 9.Reduced government regulation of business including regulations on banks and Wall Street – these restrain Free market capitalism 10.Privatization of all government programs including Social Security and Medicare – these programs need to be controlled by for profit Wall Street firms 11.Your Social Security will now be run by Goldman Sacks and the Wall Street crooks – the REPUBLICANS tried to do this in 2001 12.No federal government help for poor public schools about $32 billion – it you are a child and are born poor – too bad is what they say 13.Elimination of Head Start programs and federal lunch programs for poor kids 14.Elimination of federal departments of Education, FDA, FAA, SEC and other government regulators that restrain FREE market capitalism There is much more and you need to dig a little to find it before you sign up to destroy all citizen protections the federal government provides. Keep in mind that the crooks that just created the worst recession since the great depression are in the “private sector”, the banks and Wall Street. This happened not because America had too much regulation – it happened because the regulators did NOT enforce the laws. Now the right-wing nut-jobs says we should have even less regulation than before so the banks and Wall Street can go back to business as usual. The Federal Reserve (Fed) didn’t do their job. If they had enforced the law the mortgage mess would not have happened. The problem isn’t the Fed, it is the people running the Fed and their lack of commitment to regulate and force banks and Wall Street to obey the law. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We need real change that helps America. Not change that destroys America. Jesus says the following: Matthew 22:37-40 39"The second is like it, YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' 40" On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." Matthew 7:12 GOLDEN RULE 12 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” John 14:15 “If ye love me keep my commandments.” James 2:14-19 Faith and Deeds ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14”What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15”Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16”If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17”In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. 18”But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds ." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. 19”You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.” 2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++