Congressional Functionality

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Roanoke Times, 10-2-11, Pg 1- 12: Congress’ dysfunction long in the making.
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If there is Congressional dysfunction it’s basis is the conflict between the 50% of people who pay taxes (the Payers) vs. the 50% of people who do not pay taxes plus those who are net-beneficiaries from government payouts (the Receivers).
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The Receivers are primarily represented by the Democrat Party who is the primary proponent of tax, spend, borrow, regulate and government dependency.
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The Payers are primarily represented by the Republican Party who is primarily promoting free enterprise, personal responsibility and an open market driven economy.
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The see-saw political, social and economic history between the Payers and the Receivers has been going on since the country was formed. The current escalation and increased confrontations are the result of two major factors:
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1) We now have a $14.7 TRILLION debt that is growing by over $1.4 TRILLION per year with unfunded obligations of $62 TRILLION (one-half million per household)
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/06/us-owes-62-trillion-half-million-per.html
The Democrat-Receiver view is that we must continue the tax, spend, and borrow process and that “the rich” can be taxed to solve the problem.
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2) The Republican-Payer view is that the top 1% of US taxpayers pay 40% of the personal income tax paid and total confiscation of all the assets of the top 25% of our people will not solve our obligations and will result in a total collapse of our economy and society.
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The current situation has reached an apex because the Country elected a Socialist President that is driving the Democrat-Receiver agenda without regard for our established economic system and its Constitutional basis.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/05/greece-obamas-new-america.html
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The 2010 Congressional Elections resulted in 60 new Conservative members who were sent to Washington to change the Obama-Democrat-Receiver direction. Calling that result “dysfunctional” is not consistent with the results of the election.
The 2012 elections will either reverse the Obama-Democrat-Receiver direction in a major way, or our Country will follow Socialist-Europe and become in the near future a Greece like mess.
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Prior Items:
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/reids-democrat-senate-still.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/taxes-stimulus-2-obamacare-and-other.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/02/obama-gives-his-government-motors-gm.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-doubles-down-with-your-money.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/02/obamas-gm-government-motors.html
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