Surely you are aware that if you confiscated 100 percent of the wealth of the top 5 percent of the wealthy you could run the govt for a couple months,then poof,no more money?
increasing taxes on a segment of the population to pay for increased spending is never the answer,but it is definitely the reason we are here,now.
raising taxes on the rich is a rat ploy,as well as numerous rinos. Any tax raised on ANYONE is merely a tax on the average consumer who ends up paying for the increase. Raise my taxes,i raise my fees to compensate.every business does this.so who ends up supporting the increase?same argument goes for min wage,and forced tips,andother fees placed on the wealthy or business owner. It gets paased on as increased cost,every effin time. Yet people still clamor for raising tax on the rich,yeah those geys,screw them,not us,right? Better get a second job,to pay for that tax hike on the rich that you support.
I’m not totally disagreeing with you and I’m pessimistic the politicians on both sides of the aisle will do anything to resolve our current problems
I’m coming from the point of view that our fiscal problems are out of control and getting worse and it’s crushing average Americans thru inflation and sharply higher interest rates
We do need more free enterprise, how much better would Americans be if gas was $2/gallon instead of $4 or more
It’s not right that Americans who need their social security benefits are taxed on those benefits when social security was a tax to begin with
We desperately need less government but we also need revenue, the biggest problem with higher taxes is instead of using the taxes to shore up the financial situation of the government the politicians in both parties would spend the money
30 trillion in debt and over 1 tillion in annual interest payments with both numbers showing no sign of slowing down is not sustainable
Everything needs to be on the table but I’m not optimistic