Get A Job You Bunch Of Whiners...
"...In the news this week, Reuters published the results of a poll, in which a whopping 61 percent of Americans sampled said we should increase taxes on the wealthy as the first step toward reducing the deficit.
Following that number, only 20% said to cut defense spending, 4% wanted cuts in Medicare, and 3% said to cut Social Security.
I'm going on record to oppose these results today, and to tell you why, in my opinion, taxing the rich more is not the answer to our out of control deficit.
First, increasing taxes to reduce the deficit is like people thinking they can eliminate their excessive credit card debt if they just earn more money.
The real problem is in the excessive spending, not the amount of income one earns.
Give the U.S. Congress more money from the tax base, and they will just continue to spend more. They have proven this time and time again in the past few decades.
As you can see from the chart below, both political parties are responsible for running up the national deficit. Both Democrats and Republicans alike have conspired together to run up almost 14 trillion dollars in debt."
Ethan Roberts
Bashing the Rcih Will Only Hurt The Poor!
"...I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Jesus
The Son Of God
3 comments:
Interesting juxtaposition, Sunny.
You seem to be suggesting that it has become the Government's role to help rich men get to heaven.
I suppose it might keep liberal consciences clear if they can justify their taking from others as an exercise in soul saving.
Roadkill,
When are you gonna get off the "All taxation is theft soapbox"? Did you drive on a public highway today, or any road that road that didn't have Shorty's tow truck plow it?
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Thurston,
First, calm down. This is supposedly a forum for discussion, not shrill nay-saying.
Second, I am not anti-government or anti-tax. There are indeed legitimate roles for government to play; roles that our founders clearly set forth. The US Constitution enumerates these defined powers for the Federal Government, and leaves all other power in the hands of the States and/or the People. (See article I, Section 8 and Amendment 10). That is to say, if the power is not listed in the Constitution, the Federal Government doesn’t have it.
You seem to be under the impression that government power is benign, that it is unlimited in scope and reach, and that the Constitution can be reinterpreted to suit whatever the Government wants to do. That is not what the founders wanted, and not what the founders intended. It reduces our social contract to a meaningless historical artifact instead of the fundamental law of the land. That, Thurston, is a recipe for chaos - a government of men, not of laws.
Third, I have no problem paying taxes for good roads, or police and fire protection, or public schools, or a host of other functions that are consistent with what is in the US Constitution and/or, since we are a Federal Republic, what is in State Constitutions. Building and maintaining roads is one of those functions, particularly at the state and local level. Same goes for Police, Fire, and Schools.
Fourth, how much we are willing to pay for those services is a legitimate matter of concern. If we want good roads, we elect public officials who will give us those good roads and tax us accordingly. Same for police, fire, and schools. But by the same token, if those elected officials are spending our tax money to an extent we feel is excessive, and/or borrowing money we will eventually have to pay back, we have every right to demand those officials get control of their spending.
Fifth, your solution – more taxation, especially on the wealthy – is not the answer. Our debt is too large, and the potential for economic damage to great, to keep ramping up taxes. The wealthy are experts at avoiding taxes they do not want to pay, by reducing un-needed income and putting their money in tax-shielded investments. At the same time, money for investments that produce goods, services, and JOBS dries up, so the little guy gets hurt even worse. No, the problem we have is not low taxes, but rather, excessive spending - and the solution to that is to spend less. That will be very difficult for many politicians to accept, for it will reduce their power and influence and celebrity. And there is nothing more anathema to our arrogant, I-know-best-what’s-good-for-you political class (I’m talking both parties here0 than a reduction in their power.
Lastly, this democratic republic of ours is designed to be responsive to the people via their elected representatives. When those elected representatives begin to willfully ignore the will of the people, and obligate the people to pay for things the government has no authority to undertake and which the people have no desire to see implemented, the people have every right to make a change. We need not permit arrogant elitists in Congress to continue their irresponsible orgy of taxing and spending and borrowing. We need not permit them to obligate our country into bankruptcy, and our people into perpetual debt.
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