I don't like it that my federal taxes go to fund wars, but I can't do anything about it. I'd rather my taxes went toward SAVING lives, not ending them.
This article/post has nothing to do with "rights". You can debate Universal Healthcare until you're blue in the face.
The fact is...The United States Government prohibits ANY religious expression / endorsement on ANY Government property, or ANY Government business.
The U.S. Government CLEARLY enforces "separation of church and state"
Now you have the President (State/Government) involving / extolling organized religion (Church) to promote a (STATE) agenda
that is obviously unpopular. "With nothing else working, President Barack Obama is asking religious leaders to help him sell the public on health care reform."
What if I don't have a religious affiliation?
If I am an athiest, the Government (state) has clearly endorsed a belief in God/Gods (church)
A violation of "separation of church and state"
The fact is...The United States Government prohibits ANY religious expression / endorsement on ANY Government property, or ANY Government business.
The U.S. Government CLEARLY enforces "separation of church and state"
Now you have the President (State/Government) involving / extolling organized religion (Church) to promote a (STATE) agenda
that is obviously unpopular. "With nothing else working, President Barack Obama is asking religious leaders to help him sell the public on health care reform."
What if I don't have a religious affiliation?
If I am an athiest, the Government (state) has clearly endorsed a belief in God/Gods (church)
A violation of "separation of church and state"
quote:Originally posted by O No!:
I don't like it that my federal taxes go to fund wars, but I can't do anything about it. I'd rather my taxes went toward SAVING lives, not ending them.
Well the solution is to take power AWAY from the feds...not give them MORE...
quote:Originally posted by O No!:
Then you'd better stop driving on roads that our taxes pay for. You'd better not send your kids to a public school that our taxes pay for. Heck, do you remember a while back when TV went to all digital and the government provided vouchers for those who couldn't afford to buy the converter boxes? Now THAT is a REAL waste of MY tax dollars. I'd MUCH rather my tax dollars went to help sick people in need, than to help them rot their brains watching TV!
Taxes on fuel are used to pay for federal supported highways except, that 10 percent is diverted to mass transit. Congress has diverted or refused to spend major portions of that tax on highways. I cheerfully pay the state and local taxes for education, as others in the past paid for mine.
Now, please participate in an old Army exercise. Grasp your right ear with your right hand! Then, grasp your left ear with your left hand! Now, carefully, pull your head out of your duffel bag!