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Thursday, October 8, 2020

One Issue Voter, Wise or Foolish? King Solomon Blog

Does it make sense to vote on one issue only in the coming election. And if so, which issue would you choose to “determine the entire future of our country?

Many people will vote in the coming election on politicians or political party they trust because the issues of human governance in our Nation are so varied and complex.

There are varied opinions on the wisdom and folly of voting on one issue.

The Purpose of This Post

Is to relate an ancient proverb of who the wisest man in the world, after spending his entire life on observing people and his own experiences in engaging in the wisdom and folly of humans choices, decided the best choice who to trust as they follow their paths in life.

Definition of trust in – Merriam Webster

formal

: to have a strong belief in the goodness or ability of (someone or something): to have trust in (someone or something)

King Solomon

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding. (Proverb 3:5)

What’s My Point?

Anyone who studies the wisdom of history will conclude that that there are two types of governing of laws. The laws of man and the laws of God.

History also records the numerous failings of choices made by man.

My point is in the coming election, we humans are about to make a choice of humans to govern us who believe in different “paths” which may or may not be perfect based on their “leanings.”.

In My Opinion,

There are different opinions as to whether it is wise or foolish, or unethical to vote on a single issue.

In my opinion, I agree on the following opinion based on my choice of issue most needed to determine the future of our country.

“Not unethical at all. Issues have different levels of importance to individual voters and some issues are inherently so important that they will affect or determine the entire future of our country. It only makes sense to put that issue first when voting.”

And the one issue in my opinion most needed key issue for the future of our Nation is school choice or school vouchers.

My reasoning is if we study history and agree that humans are not perfect choices to trust to lead us on our paths and never have been, based on the present circumstances we are experiencing in our Nation.

What is needed is to educate our children to return to understanding who the wisest man advised as the best choice to trust to help us govern and lead us on the right path in both our personal and governing leadership roles.

If Interested

Read the Source Links below

You Decide

Which one issue do you believe will both return our government leaders and Nation back on the right path instead of leaning on our imperfect leanings? Because the issue is “so important that they will affect or determine the entire future of our country? It only makes sense to put that issue first when voting.”

If you agree with my choice, only the Republican Party supports school choice to return to allow for parents instead of government secular choices subject to imperfect and every changing human path over the course of history.

Regards and goodwill blogging.

Source Links

Quora – Single Issue Voter

(https://www.quora.com/Is-it-unethical-to-be-a-single-issue-voter-Why-or-why-not)

Pew Report – Key findings about Americans’ declining trust in government and each other

Key findings about Americans’ declining trust in government and each other

School Vouchers

https://rudymartinka.com/category/school-vouchers/

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Illinois Fair Tax Amendment? King Solomon Blog?

Do you trust Illinois politicians understand the meaning of the word fair?

The Chicago Tribune article titled? Mayor eyes up to $200 M in layoffs, reported the financial plight in Chicago caused by a combination of the pandemic and need for police because of riots.

Another article titled: Misinformation on Pritzker (Fair”) Tax” Amendment is decried, reports concern by retired that the tax will in time result in taxing retirement incomes.

The Purpose of This Post

Is to relate ancient wisdom on the concept of the word fair when it involves the retirement incomes of Illinois State employees compared to the average taxpayer in the State.

King Solomon

King Solomon wrote many verses on the issues of justice and equity but when it came to taxation, he it appears both King Solomon and Illinois agree to be on the same path of folly understanding the word fair when applied to taxations,

. For example, after the death of King Solomon, the issue of fair tax burdens wound up to be the reason his Nation split up and his Kingdom dissolved was because he taxed the richer Norther Providences at a higher rate than the poorer Southern Providences.

Definition of Fair- Merriam- Webster

a: marked by impartiality and honesty : free from self-interest, prejudice, or favoritism

What’s My Point?

Illinois employees’ pensions are currently unfunded in an amount of 137 billion dollars because government pensions to Illinois employees have been mismanaged and have never been fair in comparison to average taxpayers’ pensions.

No one trust Illinois politicians promises that the amendment will only be limited to high Illinois earners and in the future will apply to lower tax brackets, in my opinion.

My point is to provide a Forbes article for average taxpayers to consider when they vote to approve the proposed “fair tax” amendment to decide for themselves if Illinois government understands what the word “fair” means.

In My Opinion,

I wrote a previous post of how Illinois proposed the recreational marijuana referendum by asking voters if they would approve the amendment to fund schools.

The amount after approve that was funded to schools was two percent.

If Interested

Read the Source Link below

You Decide,

If after reading the articles, do you believe the Illinois pensions are fair according to the above word definition of the word fiat and has your trust in politicians been fortified.

If after reading, would your perhaps agree it be fairer for average taxpayers in Illinois to tax only Illinois employee pensions over $100,000 a year by 99 percent would be fairer and result in an additional billions of dollars of tax revenue?

As for laying off which Illinois employees, how about reducing the present 7000 State governing districts the highest in the nation.

Regards and goodwill blogging’

Chicago Tribune October 7, 2020

Forbes

Why Illinois Is In Trouble – 109,881 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $14B

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/04/27/why-illinois-is-in-trouble–109881-public-employees-with-100000-paychecks-cost-taxpayers-14b/#558e344f7ee9

Previous Post – Trusting Illinois Politicians Wisdom?

https://rudymartinka.com/2020/09/11/trusting-illinois-tax-proposal-wisdom-king-solomon-blog/

Illinois Finances – 2^nd Worse in the Nation

https://www.data-z.org/state_data_and_comparisons/detail/illinois