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Originally Posted by pan6467
There's a reason why 35% don't pay taxes. They barely make enough to live on.
This is a very sad argument by the rich. I love these rich cats who cry about how high their taxes are but refuse to raise wages and cut theirs a bit.
Raise wages, you raise investments, raise investments from the "average" guy, you raise tax base, raise tax base, it becomes proportionate and not one group pays "more than their share".
Keep wages down, people barely make ends meet, can't tax people who don't have anything.... so you raise taxes on those that do.
It's that fucking simple.
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I assume you're talking about raising the minimum wage, and if so then you need to go take an Econ class. Artificially inflating wages actually damages the economy, and makes it so that some small businesses go under and even large businesses can't grow as much. Also don't forget that most union wages are tied to the minimum wage, so every time it is raised the union wages go up whether they deserve it or not. This also has a huge impact on big union shops and forces them to lay people off so that they can pay the artificially inflated union wages to those who are left.
No one who is making the minimum wage is investing in anything. Also, very few able-bodied people make the minimum wage for very long because they work hard and get raises and promotions. Those who don't I don't have much sympathy for. Cutting taxes returns more money to the pockets of the people who work hard, start their own businesses, create jobs and invest. Again, this is Econ 101 stuff.
We're at 35% now; what do you think happens once the percentage of people who don't pay taxes reaches 51%?