Appalachian Patria

Appalachian Intellectual. To me that means plain thinking. I am A Non Commissioned Officer in the Army Reserves. Let me say...My views expressed here are mine and not those of The U.S. Army, Army Reserve or my fellow brethren in The National Guard. This is entirely Sua Sponte. This is My Thinking. I'm single and in my mid 30's. Politicaly, I'm a Libertarian. (Again, Sua Sponte.I do not represent the Libertarian Party.)I love my native Appalachia, Rock n Roll and...I love God.

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Location: Brevard, North Caroilina

I started blogging for two reasons. I was concerned about the changes to the area I live in, Southern Appalachia and I was about to go to the war. I was in Iraq in 06 and 07 and now Kuwait in 11 and 12. Blogging was a means of documenting my experiences and hoping it would help gain clarity. I don't feel that way about it any more. It's said people write blogs because they are frustrated, that's why people read them too. That makes us sound apocalyptic. Are we? Let it be said, what I say here is of my own thinking. This is entirely Sua Sponte and not an official representation of the U.S. Military or the U.S. Government as a whole.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The 105th Day of the Year

Today is April 15th, the 105th day of the year. Today is the deadline for Federal Taxes as well as many State Taxes.


All of the money manipulation can be avoided. All of the "wealth envey" could be avoided. All of the Income Tax Fraud and double standards could be avoided. All of this could be avoided with the Fair Tax.

We need real answers, not gimmicks.
The Appalachianist

posted by Hill Billy Rave | Wednesday, April 15, 2009

6 Comments:

Blogger Murf said...

Are you campaigning, AI? :-)

I don't know if the Fair Tax would fly nowadays considering how much of an impact consumers have on the economy (which is quite astounding when you think of it) now that they are actually saving rather than spending.

5:37 AM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Murf, over the next two to four years we will see the price of everything (especially neccesities) increase...Dare I say the word...Dramatically. Some of this will be because of the embedded cost of taxes.
We could see a real turn around (mind you one that will still take some time due to our deindustrialization)if people didn't have their money taken from their check before they ever laid their hands on it.

6:16 AM  
Blogger Cameron said...

I've been a long time proponent of FairTax. Unfortunately, it's a big big change, and the lumbering Federal Government is slow to make change this big. It's still worth talking about however.

I'd love to see websites like TurboTax and Quicken provide their userbase with alternate tax reports under plans like the FairTax and others. I mean, they have all the data to do so, it would be a great way to make people starting thinkin'.

8:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Tea Party folks have got a point . . . so there I am, and I ain't no communist or reactionary . . . some of the people who participated in the debacle are getting paid again . . .double for being incpetent and selfish and greedy. Bill

12:09 PM  
Blogger Hill Billy Rave said...

Hey You'l, there has been allot going on. Not ignoring anyone. But, then, comments are optional.

I'll post again in a few days.

7:02 AM  
Anonymous A.G.T. said...

Sadly, there's a lot of voters who are too lazy to use any mental muscle in order to think through the issues and candidates. They fall for the gimmicks rather than figuring which candidate has some real answers.

9:14 PM  

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