I think the idea that EVERYONE should have some SKIN in the game is correct.
The game is our gov’t and their spending.
Here’s a horror story coming to a country under your feet.
Q. Who are the top 3 EMPLOYERS in the world ?
Answer:
1. The India railroad
2. The Chinese Red army
3. The UK Health Services
Where do you think the US will fall ?
Everyone does pay taxes. I think the real problem here is, government knows damn well those who've had their hours slashed, lost jobs, eliminated benefits, and there are millions of them, while the cost of everything skyrockets, are being economically gang raped. Millions don't even have jobs...It's one of the reasons why the rich are the big targets now.
Are we going to raise taxes on some guy making 280 bucks a week who can't afford to fill his gas tank or go to a doctor and is a month behind in his rent?
What about dramatically reducing the size of government 60 percent? How about eliminating needless government departments and programs, eliminating foreign aid, eliminate unionized government, eliminate several million overpaid government bureaucrats who sit around collecting taxes and thinking up new taxes, fees and fines?
Taxes should be cut across the board for all, at every level and the only way to do this is rein in the all consuming, controlling, regulating corrupt government. Do this and the tens of millions out of jobs, or underemployed will start finding work again and won't mind putting bit of skin in the game. In the process, America could actually regain some of it's freedom, which is also being incrementally consumed by government.
Absolutely, see #400
Instead of trying to figure who to tax more or blame for not paying enough taxes, I’d actually vote for the guy if he’d go after government, which is the direct cause of the American economic decline.