Vicious Rants of an Angry Yellow Man

I have a proposition to make to those waving signs of "country first" at the Republican convention. Unless you or a member of your family is seving in the military, how exactly are you putting your country first? Or is it just empty rhetoric? I propose all of us, Democrats, Republicans and independents who have assets of over 1 million dollars (this includes yours truly), put up 10% of this year's gross income for our country. So if you make $100,000 this year give $10,000 in addition to your taxes. If you make 10 million, you give 1 million. If you or your son or daughter is on active duty in the military, you are exempt. Ten percent is a lot. But many of you are tithing to your church. If you don't match that, you are essentially saying your religion comes before your country!

You may say that the government is wasting our tax dollars and that's why you want to lower the taxes. This extra 10% will be used in non-controversial areas such as getting rid of the deficit and increase funding for veterans care. Regardless of your political position, you must agree that having a huge deficit which means countries like China and Saudi Arabia are owning large sums of our treasury bills and bonds are dangerous to our national security. So let's get rid of it. This is what you can do for your country if you truly believe in country first. I am not that much over the one million level so most of you who qualify will be a lot richer than me. Your standard of living certainly will not be affected. So if you are not willing to help your country in this small way, then whatever patriotic slogans you shout will be just empty rhetoric.