Posted on 09/15/2009 11:37:55 AM PDT by EveningStar
One principle that all those on the left hold is that taxes constitute more than an economic issue; they are, first and foremost, a moral one. Economists on the left may argue for higher taxes on economic grounds but they and we know that at bottom, higher taxes, especially "taxing the rich," is what they believe morality demands.
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Immoral - you mean
Taxes have always been a tool of social engineering.
Predominantly, but not exclusively, by the left.
Yes because their belief is primarily equality of results, social justice. I have to disagree with both sides of the morality question on taxes now.
In 1993 I bought the taxes are immoral argument believing conservatives in power someday would cut spending. That was till republicans got power in 2001-2006 and certainly 2003-2006. They ran up the spending on all sorts of social stuff to buy elections. Even the ‘conservative’ spending like Iraq invasion and reconstruction, democrats were resentful that their money was going to that, and independents eventually followed. So everybody wants spending on what ‘they’ want and calls the other sides spending invalid. So no one wants to pay.
"It's not the taxes stupid, it's the spending"
I agree that it’s not news. But Dennis’s presentation is one of the best I’ve ever seen.
Proud to say, “I’m a Prager listener”.
Please show me where on earth I can go and earn a living WITHOUT paying taxes!!!!
Republics talked the talk, but did you really expect them to walk the walk? Politicians are politicians: here’s your pork, now reelect us.
Me too.
Me three!!
Robin Hood was a terrible economist.
I thought the left keeps on saying that they shouldn’t enforce their morality on anyone.
I think Dennis is the most honest and reasonable of the talk show hosts.
Robin Hood took money from an oppressive government system, and returned it to the people who earned it.
I call the protests this weekend civil rights marches - if we don’t have the right to keep our property from confiscatory taxation, among other things, then we are not free.
Instead, shouldn't we celebrate those who do not take from the productive at all? Both the Sheriff and Mr Hood were jackals. That story shouldn't give an excuse to the redistributionists to label one a hero and use the impulse to hijack vast amounts of wealth and income from the productive to reward the unproductive.
There's nothing wrong with the desire/need to help others. What is wrong is using the force of government to do it. What's worse is that government involvement destroys the impulse to do good, as well! If John Q Public had $20,000 less to pay in taxes, he'd be likely to give part (or all) of that sum to help the less fortunate. Not only is that opportunity stolen from him by taxation, but also the good feelings and self-respect that come along with such acts! Mr Public is not likely to feel nearly as good about inefficient (and easily defrauded) government programs as he is about personally meeting, learning about, and helping individuals in his own experience. I get no giddy thrill when I see a AAA tow-truck at work (even though I'm a "plus" member!), but I do feel pretty darn spiffy for helping a little old lady to change a tire in the rain.
The trap is when Washington bribes the voting taxpayer with their own money. The taxpayer (including conservatives) response is “I deserve it, I pay so much in taxes”. Then everyone else is added to it, then it is means tested, then the federal judge doesn't allow government to cut off illegals. And here we are. But in general, they got us because almost everybody gives into the temptation. The spending is the redistribution and if not taxed the currency is devalued like GWB and now Obama.
To give the other side, democrats were livid that so much money was going to Iraq, and they whine about it to me every day here in MD (unless I dont talk about politics.)
Although I agree with the majority of this, Mr. Prager needs a history lesson on Biblical Tithing. It was never money and only food was tithed. In fact there were many tithes which in total were more than 30% of the first fruits of crops/livestock.
You have to read the whole article, not just the headline
Dennis is an observant Jew. I’ve listened to him for years and he seems to know the Torah quite well.
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