First I will admit I know very little about the whole US Debt crisis etc etc. I do know that (Correct me if I am wrong) that essentially the Republicans do NOT want to tax the rich, but instead want to pull money from social programs.
I think this is a load of shit.
Lets think about this. A single mother working minimum wage to try and support her kids NEEDS that funding for daycare, and other social programs etc. Millions rely on this sort of thing. It is incredibly important.
So why pull from them, when you can take money via tax increases for the rich? Someone making $1,000,000 a year will hardly (if at all) notice the tax increase.
“Oh No, This tax increase will mean one less trip on my private jet next year”. or “I guess I will have to wait a few extra months to buy that new Porsche I want”. Don’t you think that putting food in the mouths of those in need is just slightly more important?
Frankly it makes me angry. It is this mentality that makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. Where is Robin Hood when you need him!
How much money does one person really need? There are some people who could literally spend a million $$ a day and NEVER run out of money! What is that?? They have so much money they couldnt spend it if they tried.
Sure, not all the rich have THAT much money, but even a salary of $500,000 a year is far more money than anyone NEEDS. Those that have this kind of money – those making huge unreasonable salaries got there on the backs of the poor – it is time they said “Thank you for making me super-duper rich, here are a few $$ back to try and pay down the debt”.
Grr. It all just makes me angry to see this.
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Why do you -a Canadian- care about American taxes? Aside from emotional high of moral outrage looking at an unjust system, it seems odd to concentrate on a topic that only indirectly affects
Instead you could spend your energy on issues that will directly affect your fellow citizens. There are lots of choose from. I’ll start a list here:
-Usage based billing from ISPs, and how that’s going to (and already may) affect how you use the internet and enjoy emerging technologies.
-The Canadian laws on copyright are changing and there are real concerns about some of the subtle issues that are passing. Things like bypassing digital locks is meant to be protected by law, so things like jailbreaking your iPhone could be punishable.
Enjoy!
I endorse Mr Ashley’s comment and would add TV programming and advertising which affects the majority of us. The TV is probably the most influential invention of the last century. It provides relaxation for tired workers ad keeps children off the streets. The instruments are increasingly more sophisticated and expensive, ingeniously served by satellite or cable but the program content gets worse. Ancient films seen over and over, haphazardly cut for advertising with no regard for timing. Is this the best the CRTC can offer? The country has an enormous amount of money which it spends on armaments, public buildings, etc, with impunity. T.V. which it monitors, is pitifully left out. Why?
I agree that sometimes the poor need help, but sadly most of the United States social programs have become corrupt vote buying schemes. I am not wealthy I have been a truck driver for 18 years but the owners of the little company I used to drive for were. They were two brothers who started out as drivers and after 10 years had a company employing 50 drivers and about 20 office workers. They made it to millionaire status, but they had worked hard for it. They had their toys, nice houses and cars but they paid their employees good. They donated money to charity and were active in community programs to help the less fortunate. Then the liberal congress got more and more involved with regulations and taxes to fund social programs. The first casualty was the charity donations that were actually helping people because they had to cut spending to try to keep their trucking company going. Next they had to cut costs so all bonuses us employees could earn went bye-bye costing us thousands. Finally sadly they had to declare bankruptcy and now there are 70 more poor people out of jobs. If the United States government keeps it up there will not be any rich people for them to tax.