Two party system sucks.. make your own stand for gods sake.
Capitalism appears to be consuming itself. Satisfy the masses, and the one percent will do even better. Workers are just as valuable to our society as money movers and should have a reasonable quality of life and assurances also. What’s so hard about that to understand?

I personally want our communities to have good education , good health and dental maintenance, and basically a stable life while preparing for retirement and improving the lives of our generation and the next.
I do not feel like that is unreasonable expectations for Americans as citizens of the leader of the free world. The quality of life of the poor and middle classes can be sustained while money movers and investors also increase their legacies. This is not new ideology, just not used by either of the two major political parties. Keep a log, they both go back and forth on policies based on their perceptions of how to stay in power and get full retirement and medical ..(the list goes on) at taxpayer expense.

The whole argument of taxation makes my furious. First, yes I was a supply side Reagonomics supporter, and at the time seemed to work for a lot of folks. The rich ‘want their taxes raised so they may invest, But the richest have had the luxury of huge tax breaks for years now, and instead of putting back into the economy, the hoard, then they reduce the nations workforce benefits and quality of life. Simply put, corporatism and elitest greed has stopped the trickle down effects and did years ago.

And I wish someone would explain to me how average Americans paying 20+ % on income made while working is fair when if millionaire pays 15% on unearned income. It just is not no matter how you spin it. Talk all you want to about redistribution of income but its already happening, just the poor is paving roads, building bridges, and paying a higher percentage of tax for the wealthiest of Americans. That percentage the poor and middle class is paying is a lot more detrimental to our society and families than a millionaire kicking in a few more bucks. A person making a million should pay more % than a $28,000 based on the above reasonable expectations set forth above. The rates should not even be flat. 35% of a million is minuscule compared to 20% + of $32000, thus, we have the total reduction of our standard of living as a nation as a whole. We haven’t even touched the state and local taxes,rising fuel & electric bills, freakin food even. You can see why no one is buying , there is no money left.

Now, if companies are not making the profits they want from customers, it simply comes out of labor. Then labor has less to spend on life’s needs and wants. Thus the company still is not quenching its insatiable thirst, thus it takes more from labor, etc..etc..etc.

As the Government and Big Business keep breaking the middle class and poor backs, and then refusing to fix them, the income gap widens. This has been going on for well over a decade. Not one President’s or Congresses fault. All of them run business the same, just say they won’t and blame the other. The widening income gap and distancing of classes is making us look almost communist and has to stop.

America’s Widening Income Gap is a post from: Mcclure Central

Really, didnt we already do the Iran thing? Haven’t we still been playing the wink and nod game with them ?

Lets quit voting in political science majors for office and take care of our house.

Please quit tooting your horn about experience when the United States of America is much worsethan it has been in generations, if not since its conception,

 and take care of our house.

. Apparently career politicians cant get it right.

we had a  nuclear threat, energy problems( which has tripled) since 1976.
pretty simple, quit taking shit and giving them money. Take care of the house.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/12/us-iran-usa-clinton-idUSTRE7AB03220111112 First and foremost , take care of the house!

P.S. The house being us..Americans, all Americans not just the super wealthy and politicians.

Iran – Really, we still doing this ? |Take Care of the House is a post from: Mcclure Central

All computers should work.  Its like Ma Bell, same damn thing.   Its 2011 and we still have the Mac / PC war.

It is totally bullshit,  and computers should be like housing, phone , water or electricity, I’m tired of routine 3 months after warranty crash.  It doesn’t matter what Asian company it comes from now,it will crash . Nothing like a decade ago  All computers should work. For instance if i move next door..I have no internet access, no email(from my 6 accounts or 1) , no tv , no phone..no 911 emergency access. If i do have access , it is routed wrong.. hmmmm , i guess 95 % of the time.

It is time for a real solution and not mnecessarily regulate our access but at least make it available to all and not to make Bill Gates or Steve Jobs richer. I hope Donald Trump addresses this issue because it is very important to workers and business owners on a local and global scale.

Hell, as a nation we are already behind in science and math. We have been for years. Even third world countries have international access to to free wifi. All computers should work

I am sick and tired of the Apple  / Pc   BS. Lets have a common frame.

All Computers Should Work is a post from: Mcclure Central

Our nations Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay protests at military funerals. I just simply can’t believe it.Wednesday’s 8-1 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the free speech rights of the Westboro Baptist Church is a message all Americans should be concerned about.  This ridiculous decision actuals allows a protest at any funeral for any reason.
Come on, we are talking about a freaking funeral ! Military funerals even. Funerals are not the place for protests, fundraisers, or anything else stupid some asshole wants do to during a families bereavement.

Now I am not pro gay, or even anti gay, If your gay your gay, really doesn’t concern me. As long as your not imposing or

The day I see this lady in heaven, I'm gonna worry about where I'm at !

intruding on me I could care less. I spend my time focusing on taking care of my family, their health well being , and education.
But a protest at a funeral is unacceptable behavior and for sure should not be a legal right.  I don’t think the First Amendment protecting Free Speech should allow an individual or group the right to cause disturbance to others.  Especially during bereavement. You can demonstrate somewhere else to someone who might give a damn. Funerals are about remembrance and respect.

Since we have the right to bear arms , I guess everyone needs to start packing on the way to friends, family, and others funerals. This decision could cause violence in America.  Funerals are already a very emotional time for many people and families, allowing such idiocy to prevail can turn into irrational decisions, just because the high court has allowed a persons right to bereavement to be disrupted. Just because 8 folks in robes say it is ok, don’t make it right, and damn sure don’t mean a family has to listen to it.

This decision by the Supreme Court to allow gay protests at military funerals is not a victory of any sort for the First Amendment.  It  just shows high court’s tolerance and its interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. I prefer the phrase dumbass decision. What I  worry about, and you should too, what challenge comes next and results in such a inhumane decision ?

I hope the gays start protesting something at Westboro Church, their church members funerals, their kids sporting events, and anything else they can think of.

Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Protests at Military Funerals | WTF !? is a post from: Mcclure Central

Amazing how these governments are toppling. The other side of the world has a crazy amount of wars and revolutions happening right now.
I ponder this as I am working my my income tax forms

Governments Toppling is a post from: Mcclure Central

You know that feeling you get?

Congress in session ..get elected, show up a few months out of the year..get paid(you can see their schedule here..)
http://www.thecapitol.net/FAQ/cong_schedule.html

Granted some are tough decisions..the same tough decisions they were trying to make twenty years ago. Congress in sessions  solution seems to be make another law.       Hmmm , free country with more laws than any other nation in the world..      back to the point.   You know that feeling you get?

Have you ever seen a young child grab a baseball bat or a hammer for the first time?

You know that feeling you get?

When congress goes in session..

I get that same feeling every time Congress is in session.

congress in session | ever get that feeling ? is a post from: Mcclure Central

Capitalism is a great idea, but it is not working as it was intended. The primary reason being our elected officials and their collaboration with big corporations. The income gap in the U.S. is widening even more now.

The rich are getting richer, and the poor are at a standstill while the ranks of the poor is growing. The income gaps of Americans is widening. Has been for decades., but it is just getting plain ridiculous. We often hear the question of compensation for ordinary workers counterposed with the idea of profits. The reality, however, is that the total share of GDP that goes to workforce compensation remains eerily steady in the 56-59 percent range year after year.
Here is a nice easy to read article that explains simply
Working Harder – Getting Less

You can read more here
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/07/the-rich-getting-richer.php

Over the last few decades we have been taught that the rich should get richer because it trickles down to the entire economy creating jobs. Has anyone noticed that as companies are still making profits that jobs are being cut, wages have been almost at a total standstill for a decade.

According to the progressive economics blog.. “Real Average hourly earnings (AHE) of private sector employees rose by a total of just 6.7% over the entire decade, and the average  includes private sector managers (AHE up 20.3%) Excluding private sector managers (8.1% of the private sector workforce),  real AHE in the private sector rose by just 4.6%,  and the median non managerial private sector worker (half make more and half make less) experienced a real wage gain of just 3.4% over the decade.

The real average hourly earnings of the highest paid 5% (essentially managers and higher paid private sector professionals) rose by 12%.   The main change in the distribution of hourly wages over the period was a shift within the upper half of workers to the very top.

Real AHE were essentially flat over the entire decade for lower and middle wage occupations – including clerical jobs (down 0.3%); non supervisory manufacturing occupations (up 0.6%); cashiers and retail salespersons (down 3.0%) and even the construction trades (up just 2.2% over the decade.)”

For years corporate growth has not trickled down as our government officials still provide unnecessary tax breaks. The Los Angeles Times reported that “corporate earnings keep rising at a double-digit pace while workers are lucky to get even low single-digit wage increases.” During this period Corporate dividends were also growing.

Even now with the troubled economy the top 1% lost a lot of their value. But what have they down. As the bulk of America has bulked down, lost retirement income, lost jobs, used up their savings, lost wages, basically doing without a lot of things and dramatically changing the quality of their lives..the rich invested in Americas trouble and now are gaining ground again.  Car manufactures were in deep crap a while back..I didn’t see any reducing their prices by much to try and get rid of inventory and generate cash. Hell some financial institutions are already making enormous profits again while the rest of America. While the income gap widens even more.

Capitalism is a great idea, but it is not working as it was intended. The primary reason being our elected officials and their collaboration with big corporations. It never seems to change, just with different elected officials. I am so disgusted.

The rich get richer – Widening Income Gap in America is a post from: Mcclure Central

Americans working much harder – for less pay – Eye on the Economy- msnbc.com

working harder for your money

Does it seem like you are working harder for less money..You are! is a post from: Mcclure Central

George Bush with baseball bat

George Bush has found a new career is a post from: Mcclure Central

I read an article just last week that now Colleges and Universities are stating they are under such a teribble strain , there is no way to fix it without the government stepping in. Excuse me has anyone seen how fast education costs have risen over the last 15 years? What have they been doing with the money?
It gets better, Just today there was an article about how many public school execs make over $500,000 per year!

I ask who is going to bailout the American middle class taxpayer? If a business has ruined their business to close couldn’t we take some money and give to the unemployment institutions for training in new areas? Help the unemplyed pay their bills? Rebuild some of are failing infrastructure? No we have to give it to the fat cats in suits with ties and then they still lay off workers!

I ask again who is going to help bailout working Americans?

How to get your part of the government bailout

Colleges and Universities want Bailout is a post from: Mcclure Central