Each day I'm told over and over by the
media how people who think like me are extremists. I was recently
de-friended by someone on a social site because of my extreme views.
Extremism is often relative to the other person's beliefs. I want
to go over a few things that led this person to view me as an
extremist.
The country is approaching the
so-called fiscal cliff and my belief is in the end the country might
be better off if we take the dive. For a decade we have listened to
government talk about cutting spending and then pat themselves on the
back when they propose a spending bill that cuts projected spending
by a few billion dollars. What they don't tell us is that once again
spending increases dramatically. We are running a trillion dollar
deficit and neither party seems to care. The Democrats want to raise
tax rates on the top 2% earners, which would raise only about $80
billion. Neither party is willing to rein in the IRS and look at all
the deductions. They love deductions because that's how they repay
those that contribute to their campaigns. Because I point out that
tax on the top 2% is simply misdirection, and say we get only double
speak from both parties, I'm called an extremist.
