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Originally Posted by tony286
Without those income taxes,there would be no road system,most of the major medical advances happened after medicare. There would be no internet, gov dollars fueled the development of and huge subsidies for the investment in board band. Most people didn't go to college,fuck most didn't finish high school but the first gi bill caused a growth in college education. Then student loans and pell grants. These things just didnt fall from the sky. The middle class was created after FDR before that it was rich and poor.
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I'm 100% for the govt. doing those things.
But does it need to spend TRILLIONS of dollars? No.
Should we have military bases in over 200 FOREIGN countries? No.
Should there be hundreds of billions of dollars in pork spending from career politicians to their cronies? No.
We don't NEED an income tax to do the things you stated. We could easily do those things with a small national sales tax. And remember...Pres. Clinton put the extra tax on gasoline back in the 1990's to keep our highways in good repair!
(gee, I wonder where that money went? The Pentagon perhaps?)
Tony...our govt. are a bunch of damn crooks. They spend, and spend, and spend. It's not their money so they don't give a damn. They have all their health care needs taken care of on our dime. They have a pension for the rest of their lives on our dime. And they kick money to their business associates constantly on our dime.
My grandmother used to say: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"
And once FDR started the beginning of a welfare state, with GOOD intentions...the crooks and con men moved quickly and are now embedded in Washington D.C. stealing and spending like drunken sailors.
There is nowhere else to get your hands on TRILLIONS of dollars of FREE money! And as I pointed out...if something is unconstitutional...they simply MAKE it constitutional!
Of course that money was made off of the backs of people who EARNED it. It's NOT THEIR MONEY. Or at least it isn't supposed to be.
