Ray From Cleveland
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The progressives believe that government can and should solve our problems, therefore they propose expanding the government with new programs. These programs cost money, so they raise taxes.That first sentence is complete bullshit and you know it.The tax burden isn't just on them for one. However, they should pay the most because it is what's realistic for paying for any government spending. Like it or not, the Bush tax cuts that were later extended by Obama have greatly contributed to our national debt. We would have saved trillions had they not passed.This goes back to the theory of action/reaction. When you take a negative action against a group of people, it's going to have a negative reaction.
That's besides the fact that every time a spending issue is discussed, those on the left yell Tax The Rich. Well....... we can't keep taxing the rich for everything. We can't tax the rich for free college. We can't keep taxing the rich for environmental causes. We can't keep taxing the rich for your concerns such as NASA and infrastructure. We can't tax the rich to keep up with our healthcare spending or to provide everybody with it.
Why people believe that the rich have so much money that it's almost endless is beyond me. They just don't have the resources to support the entire country.
The wealthy are wealthier than ever before. Of course they can be taxed more.
You can't go into debt by not bringing in enough money. You do go into debt by spending too much.
Why is that?
If you lived in the woods with no amenities, no electricity, no natural gas, you used your own firewood for heat and cooking like the Amish do, no cell phone and no car, what would you spend your money on? Your entire net paycheck would go into the bank or under the mattress. You couldn't go into debt even if you lost your job and had to take a much lower paying job because you would have no bills to pay.
You do go into debt by having a family, having utilities, having a nice car or a large home. That's how you go into debt.
Our country works the exact same way as your household be it in the woods or in a new development.
New IRS Data: Wealthy Paid 55 Percent of Income Taxes in 2014
The conservatives believe that government should have limited functions, therefore they propose cutting government programs. They need less money, so they lower taxes.
Ultimately, it's on a single principle: what role should the government play, and why? So?
That my dear is listed in our US Constitution. It's under the heading Powers of Congress.
Our federal government is slowly becoming a nanny state. It may take a couple more decades under Democrat leadership before we finally become such a place, but if voters don't wise up, that's exactly the way it will be.
Our founders didn't create a federal government to supply the people with everything. Our government is not supposed to be a lending institution, it's not supposed to be bailing out industries, it's not supposed to be multiple charities. Our federal government is supposed to do one thing--Govern.
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution, that grants Congress the right, of expending on articles of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
James Madison, annals of Congress, 1794