No representation without taxation – Congress debt ceiling talks only postpone the inevitable
Last night, I watched as President Obama announced at his press conference that the Democrats and the GOP had finally come to a consensus.
As reported on Reuters, via Yahoo News on 8/1/2011:
Votes were expected later in the day in the House of Representatives and Senate on a plan to cut at least $2.4 trillion over 10 years, form a new congressional committee to recommend a deficit-reduction package by late November, and raise the borrowing limit through 2013.
Barack did not take any questions at the end of his speech and walked out of the room with his head low.
Big business versus the American People
The way I see it, big business has taken over the US government. The little people have lost their influence, and without banding together, they have no say. There have been attempts for people to ban together, such as the Tea Party and the Coffee Party movement. These groups however, have been ineffective at branding themselves in a way that is appealing to the masses. Instead of engaging their potential audience, they have managed to alienate themselves from the average American – only radicals have remained.
States dictate taxation of corporations – close the loophole
"In the case of Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court decided that only the state that charters a corporation can tax it. This decision upheld the long-standing custom in America of state governance of corporations. It's the state that grants a corporation its charter – its license to do business – and it's up to the state to tax and regulate the corporation." (How stuff works)
According to the state of Delaware's website: "More than 900,000 business entities have their legal home in Delaware including more than 50% of all U.S. publicly-traded companies and 63% of the Fortune 500. Businesses choose Delaware because of …[SIC} flexible corporate laws, our highly-respected Court of Chancery, a business-friendly State Government, and the customer service oriented Staff of the Delaware Division of Corporations."
No representation without taxation
The original tea partiers' were fighting England and chanting things like "no taxation without representation."
I ask you, shouldn't we as Americans be espousing a similar but reverse chant to the effect of "No federal representation without taxation"?
