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Josh
Duncan
06/05/04
Greetings
Nice people,
I just sent the following to
bushcheney04@georgewbush.com
Commander in Chief, President of the United States Of North America,
Salute! I in no way consider this
letter advice. You and your advisors are doing the right things. I
would like to call this my feelings. They come from an abnormal trip
through the world, with a varied life from WW2 Through Korea (combat), Cuba
(reports for JFK), three trips to Vietnam, and loss of Military retirement due
to service life. Enough back ground.
I feel that Queers (I am happy and gay)
have always had rights. I have same sex friends that have lived together
for forty years. I do not agree with their being considered
married. The laws are interpreted by lawyers who add Latin or the words
to deflect the meanings of written laws. Lawyers, as judges, make laws
that are the responsibility of legislatures. My suggestion is that for
two people to be Married they should be able to procreate. They should be
understood by medical fact they are capable to procreate so that they can provide
humans to grow up, work, and pay taxes to enable society to survive. A
man and woman may be married even should they decide to have no children, for
often this is not left in their hands. I, with you am against abortions.
I feel that all religious, and services to
the needy should pay taxes on all monies not used for helping. The
churches at times are running housing projects, and many other income making
functions. Therefore their salaries, property not dedicated free should
all be taxed by the appropriate governing body. Property by the city,
county, state, or others now with that responsibility. Income by State or
Federal revenue offices. Everyone including charities should get their
taxes cut down to that needed to perform the function of the appropriate
government body. The decision should be made in conformance to the
various Constitutions as they are written, by the legislators of the
responsible body. This would mean that no taxes would be collected for
use in a legislative such as the federal congress to build any state required
structures. The armed forces, and law enforcement to protect its citizens
of federal, and state governments should be the first requirement, with amply
taxes to support the personnel that are hurt in service other than their own
doing.
The death penalty should be swift when a
person has shown they can purposely kill a citizen regardless of their mental
or physical problems. For it seems that should they be paroled, or escape
from confinement some innocent citizen without access to judge, or jury is
killed. Sentences of the second killing should make the Judge an
accessory to the second killing. I know that there have been wrong
convictions, but only minute percentages to those killed by criminals who have
shown through mental instability or what they consider not improper, because of
many excuses.
Religions I am familiar with around the
world, and many ethnic groups require a given amount of your wealth, small or
large to be given to the poor, homeless, and orphaned. Therefore all religions
have at the top of the system multimillions that is not used. To mention
only one due to lack of writing ability, I will single out the Roman Catholic
Church, even though it applies to the many other off shoots. A parish
must pay a prescribed fee to the system above it. Each in its turn has
fees upward. The top "Vatican" is rich beyond
imagination. If a small Parish anywhere on earth is poor, there is
nothing coming down for assistance, even to the point of the Parish
dying. Taxes on religions that are not proved to be in assistance to the
poor should be highly taxed by the area in which the Parish operates.
I don't own a firearm. I have been
exceptionally well trained in the use of most small arms from around the
world. The training has come from hunting for food in the 30's. United
States Marine Corps for 9 years, United States Army for 5 years. My
service as a Merchant seaman in WW2, and United States Air Force 6 years did
not include small arms training. This being said I feel all law abiding
citizens who feel the need, should be able to own, and carry firearms without
restriction until they break a law. I will not have a firearm in my house
only because my wife of 45 years will not take lessons in their use, nor assure
me that if she points a weapon she will pull the trigger with no words being
spoken.
Your spoken feelings on Education,
Security, Iraq, Foreign trade, Health, Jobs, and especially environment I fully
agree with. This global warming in Massachusetts has caused a lot of
heating bills this winter.
Joshua M.
Duncan
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