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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Can you answer this question? What role should tax policy play in our nation?
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Well, if I were to try, it wouldn't be something you could sum up with facile folksy parables about the noble blue collar worker's suffering at the hands of the college educated.
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I have libertarian and strict Constitutional leanings as I address the question. I think many are afraid to address the question honestly for some reason. If I supported the use of tax policy for the redistribution of wealth among other things, I would say that. I think Obama hold the view that among other things tax policy should be used for wealth redistribution, but he runs from that position. Why?
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Because Obama is a politician, and politicians are typically more concerned with maintaining and consolidating their own power than being honest.
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In the example I gave (long haul truck driver) there are basically two type, those that are self-employed and those who drive for others as an employee. A self employed truck driver can make $80k gross, however the net would be less. This is a guy who work his a$$ off to put himself in a position to own his own rig, and he works his a$$ off to keep things going. He is away from home weeks at a time, he is generally going to be an NRA member, beer drinking, NASCAR fan, average Joe who spends a lot of time listening to talk radio and being insulted by latte drinking, highly educated, liberals. He is the guy who is the backbone of this country, he is the guy who wants a piece of the American dream. But he is also the target of liberals in the areas of tax policy, regulation, gun rights, he is often called racist, etc. He is very interested in the Tea Party. He simply want to keep more of what he works for, without people who he supports in many ways being condescending.
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I think it's awesome that you dismiss those "latte drinking, highly educated, liberals" for stereotyping long haul truck drivers in a paragraph where you very extensively stereotype long haul truck drivers. While you're entitled to your opinion here, I don't think it fits in a serious discussion- it's pointless to argue with you about things that only exist in your head.
Here's a little secret for you: conservatives go to college and drink lattes too. They also are frequently intellectual. Sometimes (read a lot of the time) they even create self serving narratives about people to bolster their own opinions (see: aceventura).