When 47 percent of the population doesn’t pay federal taxes, it’s a foregone conclusion that their vote represents a raid on the coffers of the producers.
Obama has the votes of the non-producers. They are his constituency, along with guilty white liberals, the elite media, race-conscious loyalists, and blue collar union workers. They like him because he promises them something for nothing, all in the interest of “fairness” of course.
Add to the 47 percent the government employees who may pay federal taxes, but who are paid BY federal taxes, and you have a majority.
That is why I believe that more taxes should be imposed .... On that 47% that currently pay NOTHING at all.
As the old saying goes, "When you rob Peter to pay Paul, you will always be assured of Paul's vote."
Only by forcing Paul to walk at least 100 yards in Peter's shoes will Paul ever agree with Peter that sensible shoes are a good idea.
The Flat Tax does exactly that: It forces the Pauls to pay something in Federal taxes.
The reason that the Flat Tax won't fly, however, is that those of us that have worked our butts off and have already been Federally income taxed out the wazoo to save our retirement savings will not stand for being Federally taxed again when we spend those already taxed savings in retirement.
What I am saying is that the non-producers wanted me to be Peter during the Income Tax era and the Flat Taxers want me to be Peter during the Flat Tax era. Both of them want to be Paul while I remain being Peter.
No Paul ever seems to want to walk even 100 yards in Peter's shoes and, soon, the Pauls will out number the Peters. Once that happens, it will all be over.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship,... ." ----Alexander Fraser Tytler .