Kids born into wealth will never know what it is like to serve something bigger than themselves. While kids born into poverty see the only way out is to serve our armed forces. The poor uneducated children fight for what they believe is a noble cause only later to find out that, they are fighting for the wealthy’s privilege. The people above have never known what it is like to give their lives for anything but themselves. They have never had to risk anything yet, they are some of the most wealth individuals in the country nay the world today. Why should these people be so entitled? Why should they not be obligated to serve our country? I can tell you one thing, I am not in favor of a royalty like they have in England. In fact I think it should be done away with completely. But I do have respect for the royal family at least they served in the military. That is more than I can say about these people.
We send our brave men and women overseas to fight wars that we have no reason being in. In fact, the U.S. does more harm than good sending our troops over there. It is so confusing that we are never sure if we are targeting the soldiers or civilians, this creates more people who hate the U.S. I love our troops I just wish that the Executive and Legislative branches would plan things out better and define what victory meant. I also so think that maybe, we should bring back the draft or make it mandatory that everyone at the age of 18 does some kind of service to the country. These would all be low level positions either in the Military or in the civil service; like Americorps or Peace Corps. This way everyone can get out of their bubbles from a relatively young age. For that matter the wealthy kids should have the same schooling as the poor kids. This way we all start off on equal footing.
I also believe in order to end inequality we need an inheritance tax. Why should the wealthy be able to horde money throughout generations? An inheritance tax is like a tree that dies and gets decomposed so that new life can start fresh. I am not saying take everything from the kids, I mean if they can not make a five million last or expand on it then they are really not that bright to begin with. Most people do not even get that much when their family members die. I also think that there should be higher percentage of taxes on extreme luxury goods. Say vehicles up to $25,000 are taxed at a 7% rate and every $25,000 it increases by 7%. So, on a car that costs $25,000 a person would pay $1,250 in taxes, on a car that costs $50,000 a person would pay $5,250 in taxes. This would continue on up the scale. Where would all this money go you might ask well back the public in the form of small business grants, college institutions, Universal Healthcare, upgrading infrastructure, creating a basic income, and so much more. These taxes give everyone equality of opportunity, not outcome. These are just a couple of taxes to help level the playing field and make sure that no one is left in poverty.
Once we expand our economic base to everyone in our country, we can truly start to help make this a better world for all. This can be done through cultural tourism. The more people are exposed to new cultures and people, the less likely they are to fear them. We would be able to learn from each other and build upon our foundation that is set forth. This would create less animus among peoples all around the world and help to finally bring some peace in the future.
It is kind of funny how this turned out I was going to rail against the mega rich, instead it helped me to come up with ideas to help build a better world.
JJ's World Views 