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Garfield – DivX Version (Normal Quality), DVD (Good Quality), PDA Version
November 15, 2009 | Tagged 20042004, Animation, Arnold Evan, Comedy, Family, Gifford Rufus, Hoag Bill, Krall Daamen J., Lawrence Mark Christopher, McKasson Ryan, Meyer Breckin, Monks Michael, Murray Bill, Tobolowsky Stephen | Leave a Comment
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IMDB rating: 4.80 Plot: Garfield, the fat, lazy, lasagna lover, has everything a cat could want. But when Jon, in an effort to impress the Liz – the vet and an old high-school crush – adopts a dog named Odie and brings him home, Garfield gets the one thing he doesn’t want. Competition. One night Odie runs away and gets dog-napped after Garfield locks him outside. Garfield, in an out of character move, goes to search for and rescue Odie with the help of a variety of animal friends along the way. |
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Actors: Meyer Breckin,Tobolowsky Stephen,Murray Bill,Arnold Evan,Lawrence Mark Christopher,Krall Daamen J.,Gifford Rufus,McKasson Ryan,Hoag Bill,Monks Michael,Comedy,Animation,Family,
Why do many people think that government bureaucrats can pay taxes?
When a government bureaucrat "pays taxes," he is simply engaging in an accounting trick. The bureaucracy obtains its income through taxes. Any "taxes" paid by a bureaucrat are not actually part of his paycheck from his employer (the government). Therefore, it is dishonest for the government to "tax" a bureaucrat. In the case of UN bureaucrats, they are a little bit more honest, as the supergovernment called the UN is answerable to nobody.
The biggest mistake we ever made in this country was to pass so-called "civil service reform," which created a permanent bureaucratic class with a vested interest in raising taxes. When my home state of Pennsylvania failed to pass a state budget this year, we were subjected to endless propaganda from the media about how awful this was and were also subjected to the disgusting spectacle of watching the state government bureaucrats go to Harrisburg (our state capitol) to beg for their loot from the taxpayers.
Under the old "spoils system," the bureaucracy would be removed every time the party in power changed. Whenever the Democrats were elected, they fired the Whigs or Republicans and hired Democrats (in these days, Democrats were a party that ideologically favored reduction in the size and scope of government). Whenever the Whigs or Republicans were elected, they fired the Democrats and hired Whigs or Republicans (the Whigs and Republicans in these days favored slightly more government than Democrats, particularly corporate welfare for the business tycoons who funded their party).
However, in the 1880s, a permanent bureaucracy was created. The spark for this was the assassination of President Garfield by a "disgruntled office seeker." After the "reform" was passed in the 1880s, the bureaucracy became increasingly entrenched. Until we get rid of the permanent bureaucracy and return to the Jacksonian principle of rotation in office (Jackson succeeded in his fight against an entrenched bureaucracy that had wrecked Jefferson’s presidency and entrenched itself during the early days of our country), we will never return to being the free country that our founders envisioned.
The Founding Fathers were human, and not gods. Their vision was of a government that could flex with the changes that would certainly come in the future, but were not conceivable at the time.
Changing all the government officials each time the party in power changes is not a good idea in the long run. For one thing, it takes most people a year or two just to know where the restrooms are and who to call for whatever they need to do their jobs. Having known a few public servants I think that most are actually dedicated to ethical service, and are not the Hollywood caricature of the "greedy, entrenched bureaucrat."
As for paying their fair share of taxes out of their personal income just like everyone else, it’s still money, and the government needs it to pay their bills. It may indeed be an accounting trick in that tax dollars pay their salaries, and for them to pay taxes just puts the money back where it came from, but it’s only fair that they be subjected to the same process of taxation and tax reporting as the general population, right?
Vegas Jimmy | Nov 13, 2009
They have never payed their fair share.
kenbgray | Nov 13, 2009
Interesting question. I can only speak for India. Here bureaucracy seems to be of themselves, by themselves and for themselves. The country is drifting in the sea of humanity, without helm or rudder; nobody cares or bothers. High sounding platitudes is only they are interested in. They are decided to be undecided; resolved to be irresolute; adamant for drift; solid for fluidity; and all powerful to be impotent.
Archie | Nov 13, 2009