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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Can someone explain how the Republicans are poised to win both the house and senate when Congress has one of the lowest approval ratings ever?
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It is the same thing that happened 8 years ago. most people in this country are pretty down the middle politically and the hard right and left wingers like the folks on fox, cnn, msnbc, etc are, and do not speak for the majority. What happens is people get tired of one parties policies when they have the power for so long and vote the other way.
Obama hasn't been the president that many wanted and even his followers are starting to shift away from him because he isn't a strong leader.
But to be quite honest many in this country are just too stupid to vote. it's not racial at all because plenty of dumb white trash folks voted romney or who ever wasn't black when the elections roll around. For instance, here in my district in Alabama the district lines are drawn up on racial and financial lines. There will never be a Republican that is white voted in this district for a long long time. But the district that conveniently goes right up to the nice rich white area of Birmingham (hoover, vestavia hills, mountain brook) will never vote for a black democrat.
If they do they will redraw the district lines to make sure that they stay in power.
It's funny that every time a bill comes up for campaign reform no one votes on it even those hot shots that run their mouth about it.
like I said, I consider myself pretty conservative on most things but I would be shunned and outcasted from the republican party for some of my ideals. I believe everyone that is an American should have the right to health care. No one should be bankrupted because they got the flu. I am not pro abortion but I believe in pro choice. There are certain times that an abortion is okay like rape or the life of the mother is in danger etc. I believe that what two condensing adults do in the privacy of their bed room is none of my damn business and none of the governments either. Let gay people get married, they have just as much of a right to be legally miserable as the rest of us.
Alabama property taxes are stupid low:
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> Taxes paid by residents as pct. of income: 8.2%
> Total state and local taxes collected: $13.28 billion (25th lowest)
> Pct. of total taxes paid by residents: 68.0% (21st lowest)
> Pct. of total taxes paid by non-residents: 32.0% (21st highest)
Alabama has the seventh lowest per capita income in the U.S., at $33,499. However, residents also have a low 8.2% tax burden, compared to a 9.9% national average. In 2010, Alabama residents paid $2,740 in taxes per capita, the third lowest of all states. Contributing to the low tax burden was a property tax per capita of $506, the lowest of all 50 states. Alabama's sales tax of 4% is below the national median of 6%. Alabama's cost-of-living index was also among the lowest in the country.
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The only other states lower are:
New Hampshire
Texas
Wyoming
Louisiana
Tennessee
South Dakota
Alaska
Compared to the top states that pay higher state taxes like NY, NJ, Conn, Cali, Wisc, RI, and Minn at 12% we pay roughly 4% less!!!
They wonder why the school system in Alabama suck, most with the resources put their kids in private schools. But if I were in power I would press to bump property taxes. I would be called a communist etc but the morons dont see that if the youth is better educated the better the area is. More money, business, and better life would be here but they're just more worried about keeping up with the jones's.
Those things right there would shut the door on me if I were ever to run as a conservative. I would be considered a communist blah blah blah. But our gov has done a pretty good job. Bentley is a Doctor and has/had his own practice. He hasn't taken a pay check since being in office. He's brought more jobs to Alabama and has done a good job. Is there room to grow? sure, but he's doing a good job and no one has showed me that they can do better.
but this is just Alabama but it goes on everywhere, it sucks because we as citizens are screwed by the ruling class that most likely have no idea what the people that they SERVE actually have to do to live.