Let's raise taxes for everyone (Congress, global warming, healthcare, death)
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Our kids are about to inherit a huge debt that could cripple this nation. The spending planned for the next 20 years and the entitlement of social security for the baby boomer's will dig my grandkids such a hole they may never recover.
There is no way a tax increase on the top 5 wealthy people in the US will make up this deficit so we need to increase the tax rate for every American Family at least 20%. That includes Joe the Bus driver making $25k a year
Let's spread the agony around to everyone not just a select few.
In reality, the problem isnt a lack of revenue to the government, its a surplus of spending.. You could tax everyone half their income and not pay for the proposed spending going on in Washington..
And why in the world would we exempt ANYONE from taxation? One might argue that lower income individuals use a higher percentage of services without paying, (i.e. such as police, ambulance, hospitals etc) so someone could argue that they should pay more, but why in the world do you think ANYONE should be exempt?
People that have more wealth have far more to lose from a destabilized society than those with less.
Ask the people who don't mind using tax money to preserve their 401k's.
Instead of spending billions of tax dollars on programs, just send every American 1 million dollars and let them spend or invest it. But then the politicans would lost the power over the people. It would only take 300 million dollars.
Instead of spending billions of tax dollars on programs, just send every American 1 million dollars and let them spend or invest it. But then the politicans would lost the power over the people. It would only take 300 million dollars.
Wow, ok. I think you just solved the whole crisis for.
But of course then the result would be raging inflation and we would be back to square one again. But, I'd take the million
Last edited by EasilyAmused; 03-27-2009 at 01:11 PM..
Our kids are about to inherit a huge debt that could cripple this nation. The spending planned for the next 20 years and the entitlement of social security for the baby boomer's will dig my grandkids such a hole they may never recover.
There is no way a tax increase on the top 5 wealthy people in the US will make up this deficit so we need to increase the tax rate for every American Family at least 20%. That includes Joe the Bus driver making $25k a year
Let's spread the agony around to everyone not just a select few.
Can you back up a few steps and provide some factual basis for your argument.
Instead of spending billions of tax dollars on programs, just send every American 1 million dollars and let them spend or invest it. But then the politicans would lost the power over the people. It would only take 300 million dollars.
You obviously were a math major.
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