I'm a firm beliver in raising taxes to pay the current crisis we have placed ourself in (and if you don't think it's a crisis i will remind you that at no point in history adjusted for inflation has this country had such a high debt)
If we believe that there is a justifiable need to raise expendutures on such things as security, military spending, or social programs (and that is NOT the disccusion at hand) then we should pay for it in the here and now via a tax increase accross the board.
The reality of course is that the age group of 30-60 cannot stomach such an idea and chooses to borrow instead. keep in mind that this is the same generation that created the credit boom and all but cemented the idea of credit cards and debt as part of the american lifestyle. Increased spending while reducing the reserves of the country through a tax rebate is a poor choice for any president, regardless of party, and demostrates an utter lack of fiscal comprehension of what a country needs to run. Pileing in socialized medical insurance in the guise of drug benifits for the poor at a needed budget of 3/4 more than projected does not help such a situation.
I to will be very unhappy with the current of age generation should they pass they buck and dodge the issue to those of us in our 20's now. The fact though is that if the buck is passed to us they are not going to like what we do. get rid of medicare, slash military spending, increse taxes. And they will have brought it about themselves but leaving us no alternatives. And right at the time they need medicare to since the average member of that generation has saved less than 7% of what they earned in their lives and are depending on the social security and medicare systems to take up the slack.
To the generation between 30-60, remember. We choose your retirment homes. being nice to us is in your best interests.
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