[Puddleglum]

No new taxes, Herman.

Baloney. Find a way to tax the 49% who pay no income taxes now. Broaden the tax base so that everyone feels the pain, and they'll think twice before asking for more government goodies. Once the scale tips so that 50+% pay no taxes, they will vote themselves endless goodies at the expense of the few remaining tax-paying folks forever.

Nonew taxes is a mindless mantra. Broaden the tax base - I am glad to say it.

[aruanan]

Baloney. Find a way to tax the 49% who pay no income taxes now.

That's not a new tax. That's just making everyone pay some portion of the same tax.

[ThirstyMan]

I think PG is right on the principle here. America is at a tipping point where the have and the have-nots are vying for control of the treasury. We are precariously close to losing this balance as evidenced by the last presidential elections. Al Gore won the popular vote!

And we also have a privileged class of tax cheats who find ways to avoid paying. Fairness in taxation needs to return to this Country