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Originally Posted by Konichiwaneko
I could respect your opinion Pan if it wasn't for the fact that your post makes it seem like because you don't have the money your father has, it's not right for him to have it either.
Yeah the guy gets some breaks, but so do you. So do all of us. Each tax bracket has it's advantages or disadvantages. Being a single male, it sucks seeing almost 40% of my paychecks taken away, but you know what my take home is all for me so that ain't all that bad.
Even after his tax break, your father probably still paid more in taxes then I will make the next 5 years, and I respect that. I also respect you paying your taxes, and everyone else paying.
I feel personally like people would find anything they can to make the tax cut look bad. It was mentioned before about goverment spending and that's a huge issue. You save $2.00 but spend $5.00, you aren't sitting pretty in the positives here.
In the end I'll say this. Your problems aren't bigger then someone elses just because they could afford to forget or erase them. Your problems are your problems, and no amount of making anyone else suffer should make your problems better. If it does then the only person wrong would be you.
That's the vibe I'm getting.
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Like I said I never begrudge a person for hardwork earning his money. But with wages going down the loss of industry, the tax base is not there for these cuts.
And to cut what social and educational services we do have while spending huge amounts on foreign countries that the leaders keep the monies, on a war that they have no exit plan for and keep throwing money into (and most goes to Haliburton who doesn't even supply what they have said they would to the troops), to cut veterans benefits and close VA hospitals while claiming to be all for the vet, there are serious problems.
It amazes me how fast the right is wanting to crush any social programs but yet will throw HUGE money at a war and offer tariff free or very very little tariff trade to countries that hate us and tariff our imports out of competition.
Until you fix the tax base and build it back up, the rich are eventually going to have to pay more taxes, because they will be the only ones paying.
And if you think the GOP can remain in control as they keep cutting social programs and running extremely high deficits while cutting the rich's taxes you are in for an awakening.
I said this in '88 and I'll say it now, the best thing the Dems can do is lose in '08 and allow the GOP to continue to show their true face. Because they will have to either severely cut social programs and that will not go over well as wages keep falling, or they will have to massively raise taxes. Either way they slice their own throats.
And remember Bush HAD to raise taxes to pay for Reagans deficits. Just as in '08 (or sooner) the sitting Pres. will have to.