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This word patriotism scares me more than racism does. This dirty little word is what the politicians use to make people give more taxes, overlook corruption and ignore this ridiculous war that is going on.

  The definition of patriotism is one who loves his or her country. Well this is what politicians use to pull the proverbial wool over our eyes. If we complain about taxes being raised so they can send billions more to a country other than ours or start wars for reasons that are not admirable, they say “well you are not a patriot.” It shuts us up quick, because we as people do like to fit in to a society and what better way to fit in then to agree with everyone else and say “yes I am a patriot and I do love my country”.

 Well first let me say this, and I know this will spark outrage towards me. I know what you are going to say, “if you don’t like it why don’t you just leave?” Well I would if this government didn’t take most of my money and make it almost impossible to leave. So tell me, why should I love this country? Why should you?

    Let’s see, we have corrupt politicians that lie, cheat and steal to get elected. Then when they get elected they continue to lie, cheat and steal. They only have one interest and it’s not we the people….it’s money. That is their one and only motivation. So do you think they are patriots? Of course they are, why wouldn’t they love a country that encourages them to get elected and then to go to bed with lobbyists, politicians, criminals and religious leaders to fatten their bank accounts. By the definition of patriotism alone they would fall under this term because they love the laws of a country that would allow them to practice this farce.

  Now, for my other point. Why should the rest of us be forced to fall in line with the patriotism or else crowd? Why should we be proud of a country that steals from the poor to give to the rich? I call it the Robbing Hood syndrome.

  I wont even go into a diatribe about all the issues this country is having mostly because  people that read these blogs are smart enough to know. Also, because I do not have enough time. So I will be quick and do a brief synopsis.

Capitalism- This one here is basically what creates poverty. Our economic system is set up for 1% of the country to make 99% of the money. They tell us that our system is in place so our economy can be set by competition in a free market. Do we think this is true? If it was then we wouldn’t be losing all of our “Mom and Pop” stores to all of these big box supermarkets. We wouldn’t be held captive by big oil companies who can jack up gas prices indiscriminately. We are forced to spend thousands a year on insurances for cars and homes and healthcare that we rarely need. When we do need it they find everyway they can to keep us from using it.

Criminal Justice – This one is a joke. If you don’t pay all of your taxes to these thieves that call themselves politicians you will spend more time in jail than someone would that kills another human being. Wonder what the priority is? Why are more people not worried about this problem. Ever wonder why the jails are so overcrowded? Do you think it’s because all these people in prisons should be there? No! Do you put a guy that get’s caught with a quarter ounce of pot in a prison with a guy that robbed a 7 eleven and killed the clerk? Of course not, they do it because the prison system is a business now. The more people that are in prison the more money they make. If these jails get too overcrowded they are given funds to build bigger prisons. Wouldn’t it make more sense to actually rehabilitate people and want to have less people in prison? Not this country, that’s not what capitalism is about.

  Now this is just some of the problems this country has and its sickening to watch as this country gets closer and closer to becoming a third world country. Do you really think this is a democracy? This system is more communist than democratic. Are people really brainwashed enough to think for one second we actually choose who is elected to the senate, congress and president? A true electoral system would not allow the fiasco of the Florida/Bush scandal a few years ago. It would allow people to run on merit instead of on how much money they have or can raise. We don’t get to make the laws here, nor do we get a say in the laws that are created by these people that we apparently elected.

  They allow people to sneak into the country and work for lesser wages so these big businesses can save more money. They allow them to stay here and overburden our healthcare systems and not pay any federal taxes. So we as legal citizens are required to pay more and more in taxes to make up the difference. Now let me add though, I am not against immigration, I am against them being allowed to work here without paying taxes. If you want them to stay here, I am fine with that…just make them legal and make them pay taxes like the rest of us.

 See do you want to get in line with a country that requires failure from the majority of it’s citizens so the politicians and corporate
america can get fatter on the misery of the majority. So what do we do? We look the other way, all in the name of patriotism.

 

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