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Originally Posted by will76
I'm very clear on how much I already pay. This rant/post was because now there is one more thing that we need to pay for. I just feel like writting a blank check some times. When will it be enough? when no one makes over 250K any more because of taxes?
And if they fixed the fraud and the money went to people who deserved it I would be fine with it.
But you can have an attitude like you have, hey just let them take more money from you. Don't hold them accountable, think that the money they are taking from you is all going to people who really need it. If they don't fix the problems they will ALWAYS need more money to throw at it and who do you think they going to keep coming back to, to get more ?
Do some research on how much money (billions) in fraud there is with medicare. Instead of cutting the waste like any responsible entity would do, they just tax people who make over 250K a year to expand Medicare. If they aren't taxing us more to pay for their failures, they are printing more money.
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Will I am with you, the whole system is fucked up. It has been fucked up for years. At the same time you can't tell me that you and I don't enjoy certain tax benefits and write-offs, and other things that allow us to fit into this broken system just in a different way.
I remember back in college when I was told that farmers are paid to grow crops that are then sold to the government and essentially just destroyed. So these guys can keep their farms going.
The banking industry should have been allowed to fall flat on their asses for the shit they pulled.
The list goes on and on of the fucked up shit that goes on in this country, but I still wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Robbie made a good point the other day. In a republican government I have to worry about them coming after my paycheck, but they don't fuck with my taxes. In a Democrat government they leave me along to do business as I please, but they tax me more. I guess I am just one of those people who would rather make more and pay a little more.