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I never said that, that's libel. Anyways, also a strawman argument
When you advocating people, who don’t pay their own fair share, to rake in the benefits paid by robbing other people’s labor at gunpoint, that’s slavery.
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When you advocating people, who don’t pay their own fair share, to rake in the benefits paid by robbing other people’s labor at gunpoint, that’s slavery.
If I disagree with the U.S. government's murderous, destructive foreign policy (which I obviously do), but am still forced--at gunpoint--to fund it, with the prospect of death if I resist, then yes, that is the very definition of slavery.
No, I'm not. Societies demise will be if people like yourself win, and the whole safety net just instantly ends. Then the poor will rise up and kill the rich, then that truly will be the end. The safety net keeps that nightmare scenario from happening
Until "the safety net" causes society to implode under its own hefty weight. I won't be here to suffer the consequences. You will.
Remember that it's supposed to be a "safety net," NOT a lifestyle choice.
Birth rate is falling in all developed countries. If you give the poor higher living standards and easy access to education the birth rate will continue to fall. Malthusian doomsday predictions are pseudo scientific nonsense.
Well, there's an additional explanation of why we're screwed. I'm sure you've seen my posts about the NAEP and PIAAC results. Americans are getting dumber with each successive generation, with the millennials being the worst so far, even the supposedly college educated.
Everyone look in the mirror and admit to yourself if you're a net contributor, or a net taker. (Hint: The bottom 95% are net takers. They're NOT pulling their weight.)
And lest anyone thinks that's an anomaly and the REALLY high income earners pay far less than that, here's the actual IRS data on the percentage of the total income they earn vs. the percentage of the federal income tax revenue they pay.
Top 0.1%, minimum income: $2.22 million
Earn 10.19% of the total income
But pay 19.5% of the total federal income tax revenue
Very similar to the the differential between what the top 1% (minimum income: $481,000) earns and what they pay.
When the 2018 data is released, we'll see if the disproportion remains, or dwindled substantially, thereby creating a more fair taxation system.
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