US Politics of Fear and Disgust Author: Lokesh Kumar August 5, 2018 Every home I go to, people tell me how much they are disgusted with the federal government, and the quality of elected officials. Voters across the age spectrum say that our federal government acts like a business that forcibly takes money from its customers, provides the worst products, and is run mostly by self serving two-tongued board of
Hospitals are charging us $140,000 for a hip replacement, and $50,000 for knee surgery that costs them at most $10,000. Why ? Because they can. And there is nothing you can do about it. We have become slaves to our hospital systems. They treat us like garbage, and charge us whatever they want. The emergency waiting areas bear striking similarities to district courts and jails complete with security guards ready
Are you completely satisfied with your school performance? Our kids need our support and care. We need to make our schools strong. The curriculum, expectations, and accountability need major overhauling. There needs to be more support for parents, and kids need to be the only reason for each school board decision. Ask yourself these questions. Are you satisfied with school safety? Do you think schools are preparing your kids for
We pay 8% Social Security, 6% sales tax, 5% property tax, 35% income tax. That totals about 50% in taxes per household. This means half our income disappears in taxes of all types. We need to let tax payers keep more of their hard earned money, by reducing wasteful government projects and balancing the budget.
Michigan has lost manufacturing jobs to low cost countries. It's about time we reverse this trend. NAFTA is 24 years old and WTO is 17 years. Since these two treaties, our high paying manufacturing jobs have relentlessly migrated to low cost countries creating severe hardship for our families and towns. We have changed from a nation of manufacturers and innovators to a nation of consumers. I work in the automotive
Why are we paying through the nose for a bloated government? We need to expose waste and abuse. We must leave more hard-earned money with the people. Real taxes should be no more than 15% of our income. We already pay 8% to Social Security, 6% to sales tax, 4% to property taxes, 30% to income tax. Based on household income, that's a total of about 50% in taxes. This
