December 17, 2017

Phil Beaver seeks to collaborate on the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered. The comment box below invites readers to write.

Note 1:  I often dash words in phrases in order to express and preserve an idea. For example, frank-objectivity represents the idea of candidly expressing the-objective-truth despite possible error.
 Note 2: It is important to note "civic" refers to citizens who collaborate for the people more than for the city.

A personal paraphrase of the June 21, 1788 preamble:  We the civic citizens of nine of the thirteen United States commit-to and trust-in the purpose and goals stated herein --- integrity, justice, collaboration, defense, prosperity, liberty, and perpetuity --- and to cultivate limited services by the USA. Composing their own paraphrase, citizens may consider the actual preamble and perceive whether they are willing or dissident toward its principles.   

  

Tax incentives (theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_41faa140-d861-11e7-9ec8-83e329aeda19.html)

Here’s my first concern. “Greg LeRoy [goodjobsfirst.org/blog/louisiana’s-notorious-industrial-tax-exemption-program-reformed], said property taxes typically make up less than 1 percent of a company's overall expenses.”

My property tax is over 3% of my expenses---three times as much as Exxon's! Property taxes are being taken from me to pay Exxon. The problem, is that state and local governments are not looking out for citizens. Are you surprised? I’m not.

I appreciate data I can understand. Thank you, Rebekah Allen and The Advocate. The state and local government obfuscate the data.

I attribute at least 1/3 of the unfairness I suffer to faith-based Alinsky-Marxist organizations (AMO) like Together Baton Rouge, proud affiliate of Alinsky-founded Industrial Areas Foundation. See togetherbr.org/about.

Steve Windham, chairman of the Louisiana Board of Commerce and industry, said, since the program was started in the 30s “there's never been a study to determine whether the tax incentive is generating a return on investment for the communities it affects.”

I do not trust either Gov. John Bel Edwards or the task forces he creates.

Maybe the people who are the government invest in companies and send money their way, picking most people’s pockets. I plan to write more about Allen's article.

Other forums  

Quora.com Response to comment on my answer to How can I teach my toddler gender equality this early?

To Fara Manuel

Thank you Fara, for the opportunity to clarify.

First, I wrote “the-objective-truth” to invite you, the reader, not to separate the three words. By writing “objective truth,” you write of a different subject, and that act allowed you to relate it to “responsibility.”

The-objective-truth exists and humans can only discover it. Once discovered, the human being is obliged to conform to it. For example, jumping off a high cliff almost always causes death die to the force of gravity, so humans observe gravity (that’s physics). Similarly, lying may be discovered, and ruin the liar's reliability in communication, so civic citizens do not lie (that’s psychology).

Evolution informs us that every species either adapts to its changing environment or perishes. However one species, the human species, has the physical and psychological power to change his environment.

The species we know as human—-the group that is able to develop language and grammar—-has developed cultures that foster war. The individual persons are acclimated to an authority that has the power to wage war.

But individuals who publicly connect to trade do so in mutual satisfaction. A person wants a product or service and he or she shops around for a vendor and negotiates a mutually satisfactory price. The product or service is delivered in good quality, the payment is made, and both parties are happy. Or there is a mistake and it is reported and satisfactorily resolved. In another example, concert attendees queue to present their tickets without dispute. In other words, it is well known that individuals can live in civic peace.

The human individual has the power to establish mutual freedom, and therefore he or she has the responsibility to so behave. If not, he or she is a dissident to civic justice.

With a majority of individuals collaborating for civic justice, a civic culture may emerge. The civic culture would include many arbitrary associations, such as religions, fine arts, vocations, avocations, sports, etc., all collaborating in responsibility for freedom in the presence of dissidence.

The-objective-truth is the standard against which dissidence is observed: jumping off a cliff invites death and lying invites exclusion from civic collaboration.

These ideas come from my experiences and observations after seventy-four years’ determination to discover—-by living, reading, writing, and communicating—-why, in such as wonderful world with so many wonderful individuals, there is so much misery and loss.

At this time, I think the answer is: During the past 6000 years, cultures evolved that influence individuals to seek an authority rather than to personally take the responsibility to establish freedom. Freedom requires justice; that is, fidelity to the-objective-truth rather than opinion.

No two ova are equal. Fertilization of the two ova could produce two persons, who also would not be equal. Further, each person may either produce ova or spermatozoon. Each person is unique. To speculate that they are equal requires precise explanation of the basis. The only basis that makes sense to me is that they have equal opportunity to develop fidelity to the-objective-truth.

Phil Beaver does not “know” the-indisputable-facts, or actual-reality. He trusts and is committed to the-objective-truth of which most is undiscovered and some is understood. He is agent for A Civic People of the United States, a Louisiana, education non-profit corporation. See online at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com.