Taxes aren’t the answer
Unless you are a socialist, progressive, liberal, democrat or a rino.....
In those case taxes are the answer to all problems..
You grow the national economy by CUTTING TAXES, NOT RAISING THEM.
Obama is a liberal commie moron.
It’s the spending stupid!
One of Paul Ryan's main defense's of his roadmap tax changes attacked by Democrats is that “Americans are overtaxed not undertaxed”. But what about this 45% that pay no federal income taxes, the ones congressional Republicans never mention specifically?
This 45% pays no income tax, we can assume a good % of them expect the Federal government to perform all sorts of functions, military, security and social related, they only pay medicare and SS payroll taxes that don't even cover the cost of those entitlement programs anymore yet entitle them to someone elses paycheck in the future(short some major reform). And they are opposed to losing those future benefits.
I know it's not popular, I know it's not fitting the Republican talking points that 'all taxes on anyone are bad', even when Deficits are skyrocketing, but maybe this 45% needs to be required to pay some visible Federal taxes so they know that big government cost's something. The Federal gas tax they pay is not visible to them because Democrats can just blame speculators and the oil companies.
They need to have to pay 'visible' taxes, the more visible the better, unfortunately that does NOT buy votes. Look how high gas prices is changing behaviour now. Maybe if they saw a cost to themselves relating to government spending their opinions would change.
Paying zero taxes is not enough for the needy/greedy 45%. Many of them also get “refunds checks” in the form of tax credits.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
Vladimir Lenin