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November 9, 2012 ~ Toledo OH
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THE GRANDING OF AMERICA
c 2012 Lonn Dugan, Founder Emeritus
Chief Evangelist For Granding Baby Boomer Generation
http://thegrandfactor.blogspot.com
CAN AMERICA BE GRAND AGAIN?
One Country Cannot Function In Two Colors. Can we be AMERICANS AGAIN? ARE WE READY FOR A RENAISSANCE? WILL WE DRIVE THAT RENAISSANCE? I predict hat Granding Americans or Granding Boomers will do just that!
I DON'T AGREE with EVERYTHING said by any CANDIDATE for ANY OFFICE. But the election IS over. That's been decided. Now it's time for another choice. Are you going to be part of the problem, or part of the solution.
I DON'T AGREE with EVERYTHING said by any CANDIDATE for ANY OFFICE. But the election IS over. That's been decided. Now it's time for another choice. Are you going to be part of the problem, or part of the solution.
No matter who you voted for, THIS IS THE OBAMA ERA. Something has been set in motion. Time only moves one way... Forward. I hope we can all CHOOSE FORWARD and start pulling together as the greatest nation on earth instead of like a two party system that has each advancing their own agendas instead of running the country.
MAY I SUGGEST that it's time to get some things done to Restore America's leadership role in the world. Republicans and Democrats need to work together.
Instead of TAXING the MIDDLE CLASS to pay for the economic recovery (we already shouldered the auto and bank bailouts), it's time for the WEALTHY to stimulate THEIR OWN ECONOMY. A TAX PLAN that includes Redistribution WITHOUT raising tax on the middle class needs to be put in place. It's not taking from the Rich, it's poking them in the arse to reinvest in their own wealth building activities.
SEE: THE SMART PEOPLE with money know a good thing when they see it. They benefit so much from an active economy that they chose to invest in America. Now, with the externalities and nuances that are in play in the economy, they have been hunkered down. It would behoove the wealthy to contemplate the benefits of behaving in socially responsible ways, just as governments do when they spend into the winds of a recession to turn back the problem. There are trickle down benefits when the rich get richer. Redistribution of wealth is a hot topic these days. The thing is, the money comes back to them when they sell more of their own stuff. The engine of economy requires Fuel. Money is best. So, for this reason I don't think we can hike taxes for all. I bet we don't have to add salt to the economic wound in consumer spending that was just starting to heal.
Consider, how one might start an ADVENTURE CALLED ECONOMIC RECOVERY. Let's compare it to planning for your next vacation. Before you set out, would you fill your gas tank, or drain it? Would you set up your car to leak gasoline off one side as fast as you filled the other? You wouldnt get far! No, you bite the bullet. You fill'er'up FIRST. Only THEN can you make the trip. So, let's get this economy going. Money supply is running low, all on the sidelines. We need to fill'er'up in order to set out on the adventure that lies before our nation. The American Dream is being re-born. It's the same American Dream, but different. Different times, a few new values, older ones nuanced. Baby boomers are becoming the GRAND GENERATION! See < >>. And we are not settling for second best. The world has changed. We as a nation and economy slipped. Tripped. Fell Hard. But you can't keep a good people down.
America will lead a new global village in a new way. Everybody wants to preserve status quo, but that is not now AMERICA works. Some OLD THINK in politics has to give way. Times have changed. Some OLD THINK will stay true for ever. Truth doesn't change.
Our FOUNDING FATHERS were immigrant money. We should not fear but welcome foriegn investment and foriegn trade. FOUNDING FATHERS took the position, "Out with what doesn't work, and let's try something new", when they came to this country in the first place. How about when they rebelled against old fashioned religio-political government. Let's do it again.
Let's fuel up the economy by asking the Rich to invest in America. We are not taking their money, but asking them to toss a boomerang and The money will come back full circle to them. If it shows no sign of working, Then - and only then, should we ask, "Do we need to add a higher tax on the middle class family with a modest income - just to pay for the rich getting richer, again?" After all, it was the same AMERICA that provided the land of opportunity for them to build that wealth in the first place.
I am not even sure you need to tax static wealth as highly as active wealth. I don't want to be taxed on highly secure inflation hedge investments but don't mind reinvesting some of the proceeds of active wealth building. Socially responsible individuals know that they stand on the shoulders of giants, or at least on the shoulders of the AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS.
SO LETS GET TO IT... Together.... As AMERICANS who CAN DO, and not as politicians fighting each other.
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PS. I have not been involved in the political arena in Toledo until now, but I some thoughts on what happened and what will come next. I hope for a meaningful discussion.
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