We Shall Overcome
This is ronnie, your news whore servant. I will dig up the dish on relevant topics of interest. I will find out what the elites are up to in our government and in our private companies. I will find those stories that are only being published by independent media and expose them for the world to read.
And, naturally, I will offer my commentary and opinion on these stories. Not only will I offer my opinion on the topic, but I will share with you ways to combat the evil that is being perpetrated in the name of greed. I will post addresses and telephone numbers of people to bother about their policies. I will give you the questions to ask and the things to say; all you have to do is have the voice to say them.
Revolutions come in many forms. This is a revolution that has, as its foundation, a commitment to social and economic justice. People of sexualities other than the hetero preference, yes, I said preference, are relegated to second-class citizens. We pay more in taxes, contribute more for the betterment of society, and do not place an additional burden on the world's diminishing resources by breeding.
It is these very individuals, whose sexuality does not fit into the heteronormative platform that are being marginalized by societies, while multi-national corporations continue to line their pockets with OUR money. UNITE!
posted by Anonymous @ 7/18/2005 10:23:00 AM
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10 Comments:
How do you know gays pay more in taxes than straights? Given that gays are discriminated against, I would assume that they are more likely to earn less than straights (a lot less). Less earnings (even after taking into account additional deductions earned by breeders for breeding) means less taxes paid.
How do you know gays are less of a burden on society? Gays don't have children????? Gays don't get sick?????? Gays aren't on disability and ADAP?????? Gays don't use Ryan White services??????
This us versus them argument is tired. We won't overcome anything with that sort of mentality.
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Really Oh Great Thinker? So please, what mentality should we have?
MtD
freedom of speach still exists, except in your forum
Ryan White is over....and btw..he didn't get AIDS the way you did.
on Social Disability??? another drain on the economy
Funny, you could have,,,you all just have an attitude...........
Yeah you guys have some shitty, holier-than-thou attitudes. You get mad if someone disagrees with you, but then you proclaim this to be the environment to debate issues noone can talk about elsewhere.
In response to the blog, the first poster asked some very legitimate questions. But no serious responses were received from the bloggers. So is your intent to just blog and comments be damned (in which case we will gladly cease commenting) or are you interested in debating the subjects of your blogs?
You guys are seriously coming off looking like jerks (just look at your responses to the comments in these blogs, rarely are they serious responses....they are usually just snide remarks...see the one above from MtD for example).
But you are very much correct, it is your blog so that's your right.
It took about ten minutes to quickly sort through a search of "gays+taxes". It was simple enough, and provides a wealth of info on the whole inequality of the tax burden of the GLBT community relative to the benefits received.
From Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/personalfinance/estate_planning/2004/04/08/cx_al_0408gaymarriage.html
From GLBT Aging Project:
http://www.lgbtagingproject.org/marriage.php
From 365gay.com:
http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/04/041505taxDay.htm
From gaylawnet.com:
http://www.gaylawnet.com/news/2002/ta02.htm
From Gay Financial Network:
http://www.gfn.com/columnists/story.php?sid=16638
GLBTs pay their fair share, and then a lot more.
And the very thin veil of a safety net is being shredded by flatline funding for ADAP and Ryan White, the yearly budgets for which, by the way, are a fraction of the amount spent daily in propping up the occupation of Iraq.
Now, we all have a unique voice to bring to this blog. I personally bring a more "sexual outlaw" POV (to borrow from the title of a John Rechy novel) and, while political, am slightly more pragmatic than my covenmates in such areas.
I shall let R & MtD elucidate further on their own respective posts.
Bisous,
B
Hi Bucko!
In Australia the majority of services provided to HIV positive people are government funded. In addition we have a socialised system of universal health insurance called Medicare which provides all citizens and permanent residents with access to basic health services.
The role of the community sector in providing services to HIV positive people is much smaller than in places like the US but I hasten to add it is still very important.
Organisations such as The Bobby Goldsmith Foundation and The Community Support Network provide vital assistance to people with AIDS who have financial difficulties.
MtD
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