Cement Plant
Outside of Hudson.
Taken on Saturday December 11, 2010 at Olana.Why ads? π€ / Privacy Policy π³
Outside of Hudson.
Taken on Saturday December 11, 2010 at Olana.Many people do not understand what the notion of being a progressive is about. It’s the notion that the more wealth, the more power, the larger the insitution, the faster the regulatory and taxation burden should grow. A progressive taxation system would follow a curve like this:
In other words:
Alternatively, a progressive scheme can be created/and or enhanced by “flat” tax cuts, such as giving a equal tax credit regardless of wealth. For example, let’s say you cut everybody’s tax bill by $500 per year. The rich person who pays $10,000 in taxes gets them reduced to $9,500, while the poor person who pays $750 in taxes, only pays $250 in taxes. The value to the poor person is far greater then the wealthier person.
There are three reasons why progressive taxation (and regulation) is an important concept for society.
Society needs taxes to pay for the public services, programs, and infrastructure that are used in common or are neccessary to promote a just and fair society. Yet, when we tax society, we should always be working to create a tax and regulatory structure:
Good tax policy encourages innovation and growth. That’s what progressive tax policy does, unlike other more regressive schemes of taxation that over-tax the poor, and discourage them from making the investments needed for growth and personal improvement.
Some struck me about these two signs along a short section of a one-way road at Colton Point State Park. They seemed to mean so much more then just their simple meaning for traffic, but something about life we all live.
We all begin one way, set off to find our way through the wilderness of life, with little more then a rough sketch where want to end up.
We wander through the wilderness, seeking that destination that we know want to reach, but even when the road is straight and narrow, it’s not always apparent on where will eventually end up.
We sometimes stop to check our way. We get out our binoculars and try to look to see if our destination is in site. It’s not always clear.
We glance off into wilderness the vista.
As we kick some dirt up along the road.
Trying to avoid the dead ends that seem to come upon as every few minutes.
We stop for a minute on a park bench.
And peer down into the canyon as a changed indivdual.
And eventually we end one way. Was it the same way we started? No! I really doubt that. We have changed. We may have ended one way, but we ended a different way then we started.
Here was my Christmas Lights and Wind Break I set up for camping last night.
Taken on Sunday December 5, 2010 at East Branch Sacandaga River.The fire has almost completely disposed of this milk jug that was previously just trash that otherwise would have lasted forever in a landfill. The fire will eventually burn out, and what remains will be burnt up in the next fire.