Okay I have to jump back in :)
You wrote:”ahem ... your statement “The current tax rate for the highest earners in the country is less than 35%, when is was over 90% under Eisenhower, just 50 years ago.” is disingenuous and you know it. One needs a broader lens than that to see the real problem, and taxing individual income is NOT the way to reduce the debt. I say STOP SPENDING at the Federal level ... back to fiscal conservatism. We’d disagree on the specifics here, though. What I would say STOP, you’d want to continue, and vice versa. FIRST we’d need to agree/argue the proper role of the Federal Government.”
I couldn’t agree more. When I’m running out of money in my household, I find ways to eat less, clip coupons, use fewer diapers, etc. I don’t demand my customers pay me more.
Government has no concept of cutting back.
ETA: I don’t use the diapers, my 2 boys do *rolls eyes*