A Weekly Post of My Thoughts and Question to Everyone of Why? In the "D" ( new thoughts are written in red to my previous Thoughts and Questions)
Why
is the Michigan State Legislature forcing the Good People of Michigan
to vote on a sales tax to repair the roads when they should of addressed
this issue on their own? ( The Legislature has no problem putting futile bills together to sign into law but didn't want to the job they are paid to do and showed no backbone when they couldn't put a bill together to fix the roads, instead they gave the fine People in the State of Michigan a no choice bill to vote into law which essentially does the Legislatures job to fix the terrible roads in disrepair.)
Why do some elected City
Officials in Detroit think they deserve a raise when the City just came
out of bankruptcy and many took pay cuts and reductions to their
pensions?( These Officials want a raise just after the City of Detroit has come out of bankruptcy, they get city cars, pay no car insurance and have other perks as well. This is not the time to ask for a raise when so many others sacrificed so much more!)
Why are so many bridges and underpasses in such bad shape and yet the State is doing very little to fix them in an urgent manner? (Again, the infrastructure of the roads and these areas in Michigan are bad, really bad and despite what the State continues to tell us, I do not see a clearly defined plan to help fix these areas where they are becoming more and more unsafe each and every day.)
Why does the State of Michigan want to bring a persons religious preference into the decision making process of adoption? ( Religion belongs out of the State decision and it is crazy to allow a law to be passed which allows a persons religious preference to be part of the adoption making process and even more so, allow someone to make a decision about a person's religious preference based on their own thoughts and beliefs.)
Why
does a Man who was a Veteran have to die in a cold house because the
heat was shutoff and yet 2 or more agencies refused to help get the heat
turned back on? ( It has been 2 months now since this happened and there was an uproar when it happened but now as with most things it has been put on the back burner and still no one has given a detailed response to who,w hat and why this was allowed to happen!)
Why does it take a story of a man
who walked over 26 miles a day to and from work to get people riled up
over the poor and inept Bus System in Metro Detroit that has been like
this for decades and even worse nothing is happening to address this?( Detroit still has so many major issues with their Bus System and there is no real sense of urgency in Detroit or in the Communities or within the State to come together and have one regional transit authority to align the City of Detroit with the Communities and have a World Class Bus System for Everyone.)
Why
is it that U of M Fraternities and Sororities can cause hundreds of
thousands of dollars in damages to resorts in Northern Michigan and no
criminal charges for malicious destruction of property or any other
charges are filed?(Charges were filed against 3 individuals in regards to the damage caused at the Treetops Resorts. I do not understand how only 3 can be charged when the extensive damage was caused by many.)
Why is it all these beautiful
renovated properties in Detroit are so high priced as condos and
apartments and lofts that hard working middle class can't afford to live
in them? Where is all the so called affordable housing promised in the
City of Detroit and who figured out the cost of what affordable housing
really is?( Again, no one wants to say what constitutes affordable housing in Downtown Detroit! $2.00 a sq. foot is not affordable to anyone except the affluent and they make up only a small percentage of those living in Detroit.) On a side note, kudos to Meijers' for opening their 2nd grocery store within Detroit's city limits.)
Why is there not a more concentrated
effort in the City of Detroit to really address the issues of the
Homeless, lack of Shelters, feeding the poor and hungry? What about
using some of the abandoned buildings all over the City to help?(The City of Detroit is doing allot to collect back taxes and owed water bills and such but there is really no mention either from the City of Detroit or the Sate itself as to what they are going to do moving forward to address these issues. It seems they just want all of this to go away which we all know isn't going to happen without a long term plan and commitment.)
Why
does the State of Michigan continue to allow people to carry weapons
onto and into schools? Change the rules and allow People to carry open
arms but just not into Schools and most Public Places.(It is crazy to think that we have allowed this to even be a common occurrence and now we see that those who do carry a weapon(s) legally are pushing the envelope by walking down the street and onto school grounds forcing law enforcement and their resources to go out and make sure these people are law abiding citizens.)
New Questions and Thoughts:
Why are there so many fire hydrants in the city of Detroit not working and why has this been allowed to continue to happen? There is an estimated 10,000 fire hydrants not working in Detroit right now and I hear they are working to fix them but again where is the plan to fix them and when will they all be fixed? How many more homes and businesses need to be destroyed because the hydrant wasn't working and it delayed the fire department from doing their job!
Why is violence on the upswing at an alarming rate in the City of Detroit! Violent crimes, robberies, car jacking, drugs, and homicides are on the rise? why why why and what is being done to combat these issues?
Elsewhere:
Why can't the DNC and GOP play well together and try, just try to find common ground on anything? ( I find it insulting as an American that both parties continue to think the great People in the USA should sit back and let them stay along party lines that are full of archaic thinking and the good ole boys networking while the Country is falling apart in front of Our eyes and everyone else's as well.)
Why
do We the People of this great Nation keep allowing these lawmakers to
tell us what they are going to do for us instead of them listening to
what we want and not what their Party wants for us? ( Again neither party listens to what the needs are of the People or do they want to, they expect us to take whatever they try to cram down our throats.)
Why
do all the Presidential Candidates never lay out a true platform agenda
and where their stand on all the issues at hand and even more so why do
We, the People, continue to accept from the Parties a common no
response answer? ( We will ever see in Our lifetime, a true political agenda from all Presidential Candidates and what their stance is on key agenda items that are important to the People and not hear the normal blah blah blah .)
Why do We continue to jeopardize our Nations security by not making our borders more secure? ( It seems that everyone tells us how important it is to keep our borders secure and to keep the People of this great Nation safe, but it is used as a ploy and bargaining chip by both parties to get what they want and allow potential harm to come our way.)
Why
are Billions of our tax dollars being wasted by giving out benefits to
people who have been dead for years and sometimes decades and also where
we say someone is deceased when they are alive and yet these People
have to suffer as a mistake is made over and over and over and these
People cannot get at their assets because they have been frozen or
seized? ( This has been happening for decades and every time someone brings it up, we are assured that it has been corrected and will not happen again, but as we can see it is getting worse not better and we continue to spend countless billions of dollars for no good reason that could be used elsewhere or here is a good idea, to lower our debt!)
Why do we not address the problems of
hunger, homelessness, mental illness here at Home first and then help
other Nations out with their needs? When did we become a Nation of
helping others before We help our own?( They say this is getting better here in our great Nation, but by what standards are they using to measure? Lets be clear, it isn't getting better, it is getting worse, more and families and people are homeless, hungry and mental illness continues to rise at an alarming rate and all we do is set aside a small amount fo money both on the federal and state level to mask these issues but yet we give billions and billions to other Nations without even a second thought.)
Why do we
give Hundreds of Millions of dollars in tax break to the oil companies
when they charge us the People for any disruption in oil, when their
refineries go down, etc.. when there oil companies make Billions a
quarter in profits? Other businesses must absorb these costs by
themselves.( We can thank Congress and our elected officials for this, they do not feel the brunt of these costs as the People of our Country do! Oil Companies get richer and richer while the regular hard working person tries to do more and more with less and less yet we keep giving millions and millions in tax breaks to these Oil Companies and not care about the American People.)
Why do the lawmakers not ask us the
People what We want in regards to the Keystone pipeline and come clean
with all the data and information so we have an honest and clear picture
of all the pros and cons? ( This will never be given an honest answer to, because both sides get way too much in givebacks and political contributions form those who stand to make billions off this Keystone pipeline.)
Why do we as a Nation
continue to allow US Companies to use loopholes to not pay their fair
share of taxes owed to the US Government? (Again the American People suffer and these Businesses get richer and richer. Here is another idea, close the loopholes that continue to allow these companies to get away with not paying their fair share of taxes, if they threaten to close down their operations in the USA, then also include in the law that they cannot export their product here and see how quick they change their minds.)
Why do the
Veterans of this great Country continue to have to wait for healthcare
or their appointments get pushed off for months and months and why do
they not have the best health care available immediately after they have
served and given their lives for the USA? (They say health care is getting better for our Veterans but where is the proof, data can be skewed and hearing reports and interviews with our Veterans, nothing indicates that it is getting better for them.)
Why is it
alright for Candidates and Lawmakers to use misleading and deceptive
ads against others or against propositions to serve their own purpose?
This ads should have to be honest and truthful. ( Again, the States and the Federal Gov't need to step up and put into law , a very clear and detailed law(s) that outline very concisely what can and cannot be put into ads or propositions. When will we stop all the ill gotten mud slinging and deception that is being allowed?)
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