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GP Re: my tax thread from earlier.
I do not want to seem ungrateful for my good fortune. I am not. I thank God for the blessings I have in my relatively easy life.
I simply don't want to be made a villain or a cash cow for the sins of working hard and succeeding.
I do not want to seem ungrateful for my good fortune. I am not. I thank God for the blessings I have in my relatively easy life.
I simply don't want to be made a villain or a cash cow for the sins of working hard and succeeding.
GP I do not begrudge people receiving transfer payments the assistance. I would not want to be in their shoes. Their lives are (differently) hard and stressful.
As noted, I don't in general mind pay just taxes.
As noted, I don't in general mind pay just taxes.
GP But the country's functionally broke. The argument that the US can borrow its way to woke-sperity is the functional equivalent of thinking that because there's still checks in your checkbook, there's still money in the account.
GP If we're going to spend profligately, we should also tax profligately.
I say this not because I want this outcome, but because if we had to pay the full cost of our annual bill on tax day, taxes would need to be on more and more people at higher and higher rates.
I say this not because I want this outcome, but because if we had to pay the full cost of our annual bill on tax day, taxes would need to be on more and more people at higher and higher rates.
GP And paying full freight for all the free crap we give away every year would cause prices to spike.
Every American needs to understand the dangerous game both parties play, but Democrats play bigger and more often, spending beyond our means.
Every American needs to understand the dangerous game both parties play, but Democrats play bigger and more often, spending beyond our means.
GP Part of why high earners are demonized is because it's easy to do so. Insisting on higher taxes on "not me" is great! All the free stuff, none of the pain!
Share the pain and the problem will be solved. Tax broadly. Tax painfully. Let every American share the true cost.
Share the pain and the problem will be solved. Tax broadly. Tax painfully. Let every American share the true cost.
GP Get rid of all tax credits + deductions. Keep a generous personal exemption.
Stop minimum wage. It's a hidden tax, as are fees, fed surcharges on cell phone bills, etc.
If govt wants something done, fine. Pay for it. Don't shift the responsibility to private employers.
Stop minimum wage. It's a hidden tax, as are fees, fed surcharges on cell phone bills, etc.
If govt wants something done, fine. Pay for it. Don't shift the responsibility to private employers.
GP I'm rapidly adopting the Leninist mantra "the worse, the better."
I live in NYS. I'm now actively rooting *for* high earners and major employers to leave and the tax base to collapse.
I'm getting close in to the same level of cynicism and pessimism about the US, too.
I live in NYS. I'm now actively rooting *for* high earners and major employers to leave and the tax base to collapse.
I'm getting close in to the same level of cynicism and pessimism about the US, too.
GP I don't want people to suffer. I don't want to suffer.
But I now believe that like junkies, until we hit rock bottom fiscally, we won't get serious about our addiction to spending on credit.
But I now believe that like junkies, until we hit rock bottom fiscally, we won't get serious about our addiction to spending on credit.
