its MONDAY .... wow! A new day and I had an ok breakfast - half bagel, tuna and egg salad from Shabbat, two coffees, two tomatoes... Now at services ... registered for a zoom on effect of the 1st 100 days on Jews... from The Forward. And today will include a Chorale rehearsal and maybe some bereavement. I hope to get in a walk/aerobicWorkout... AND there is the 10am zoom on Zionism. Open minds with more information.
THE question always is -- now to stop hate?!!!?!!??!! It is easier to declare war, do hate/harm, be insular then to declare peace, love/support, be part group(s). Some things need reciprocation, I think, and love is one of those things that SEEMS to need reciprocation. With that needed it is then too possible to be disapointed, hurt... And when hurt do we not often return hurt for hurt? That is reciprocation, too, isn't it? SO - maybe reciprocation is the NORM and if so what about unreciprocated stuff, generally,
Another issue/question: - VERY POLITICAL... How do you advocate for raising taxes since we get what we pay for... and if we cut, cut, cut -- we will eventually bleed out. An infusion is needed and I would want those people with assets in excess of 5 (five) million dollars and an annual income of over 400,000 dollars to pay more into the communal pot. Is that fair? Is it necessary? Is it for the good of all, the rich and those not rich? Community is in tension with individualism and that is able to be moderated by the old ... progressive tax system.
For me what is a PROGRESSIVE TAX SET/SYSTEM? It is where income is taxed like this:
Annually - each part as it is... - this may or may not be as the past Progressive System was set up but doesn't this make sense and is fair? - or some such formulation:
0-40,000 - zero tax
40,000 - 80,000 - 20 percent
80K-160K - this part gets taxed 25 percent
160K-320K - - this part gets taxed 35 percent
320K - 500K - this part gets taxed 45 percent
500K - 1Mil - this part gets taxed 55 percent
1Mil - and up - this part gets taxed 65 percent
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