bripat9643
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- Apr 1, 2011
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Tax expenditures are DOUBLE the cost of all the welfare programs.It seems like the democratic party runs on giving away things for free in life and it is hard to come up with an argument why someone shouldn't receive free shit life. It is impossible for a politician to run on rugged individualism because that would require people to actually be self-sufficient human beings who work for a living. It is much easier to tell people that for everything you can't afford the government will give to you for free. That sounds really f'n great to most people because you can't argue against free stuff. Companies give away free stuff all the time and no one will argue against it. I think a politician should just come out and say everything you want will be paid for by the government. End of story! That was we can move away from this losing argument and move on. Land of the FREE and home of the Occupy Anything movement.
Look in the mirror. There's your problem.
I doubt your definition of "tax expenditures" is even close to being realistic. I wouldn't vote for ending them unless tax rates were reduced to make the total change revenue neutral. There's nothing to be gained by sending more money to Washington.