I hope the Tea Party does go after campaign finance reform. Flat tax has nothing to do with it. We need to get big money and patronage out of campaign financing. Let the government finance campaigns....only way to keep them honest
As long as 50% of Americans don't have to pay essentially any federal income taxes, the next 25% pay only a tiny percentage of federal income taxes, I'm not going to worry about who is financing campaigns so long as they are Americans. I figure the big money donors will have my interests much more in mind than will the free loaders who want all the benefits but will vote for those who will keep them on a free ride. And I figure there are more honorable, smart thinking Americans with deep pockets than there are those who promote more authoritarian government.
Put in a much more flat system with everybody being required to share in the collective burden, however, and you will see a much different situation. When everybody realizes the benefits and/or the negative consequences of tax policy, they all are much more likely to be careful who they vote for and why they vote.
I figure the big money donors will have my interests much more in mind than will the free loaders who want all the benefits but will vote for those who will keep them on a free ride. And I figure there are more honorable, smart thinking Americans with deep pockets than there are those who promote more authoritarian government.
Wow! Thats fucking scary
Yes it is. The current system is rushing us headlong off the cliff into bankruptcy and perpetual economic stagnation. And we have an administration telling us that all we have to do is soak the rich, aka job producers and tax payers, more in order to correct that problem. That should scare the pants off any American of normal intelligence.
We have others who think the people who pay little or no taxes should have the power to call the shots for those who do pay taxes. And that those who pay the taxes should not be allowed to contribute more to campaigns than those who pay little or no federal income taxes.
It is positively nuts.
The Romney/Ryan economic plans are by no means perfect but either and/or both will help. Nothing our current Fearless Leader has put out there has done anything but make things worse for the past three years.