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Originally Posted by 12clicks
What about them?
If they have earned income, it's taxed just like mine. If they have investment income it's taxed just like mine.
The problem is spending.
The problem is a 40% voting block that doesn't pay income tax.
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You are correct. The problem is spending. I'm not saying it isn't; but it is also where we are spending (I will get to that in a bit)
Original poster is just pointing out that while we bicker about taxes, there's a larger more insidious movement of wealth from the middle class and upper middle class to the 1% of this nations wealthiest family's. This is happening because, through their power, their are able to manipulate the system for their own financial gain. What worries me is the growing number of poor, destitute, and uneducated people I see every single day. I swear these numbers are increasing. Gotham city is coming, so go buy a gun.
I don't believe in crushing the back bone that has made the US a hegemonic world power, its middle class. It steams me that the government will continue to pay the politicians their salaries, but not a soldier in Afghanistan during this government black out.
Also...It's important to remember where we spend, and where we don't.
I'm reminded of a move I watched a few years back, Idiocracy. The meta commentary on today's society is priceless.
Education is the single most important tool we can give our people. Why do we continually make cuts to it? Why not cut the military budget? Maybe a little less imperialism would go a long way to restoring our budgets? 12Clicks, I know you would appreciate a world with less ignorant people.