I heard a week or so ago on Rush how much it will hurt middle class families if they lose the tax cuts. To the tune of $2K or $3K a year for families making $45K to $75K with three kids, etc. I guess people voted to pay more taxes. My husband says "We have all the government we can afford already"
It bet we dont hear about people who have to choose between
paying for their cell phone or a cart of groceries anymore?
Will we?
I read this all the time and it makes me so angry. The people who actually pay taxes didn't vote for anything of the sort. A democrat swing as we had this year might consitute 25% of them voting for socialists instead of the usual 20%.
The vast bulk of people lobbying and voting to pay more taxes aren't the good hearted and selfless out to give something back to society, they're the ever growing ranks of tax recepients who are voting on their own livelyhood.
Saying people voted to raise their taxes implies at least a modicum of consent. The only consent that is actually going on is acquiescence with the robbery because the alternative is federal prison.
Except according to the 'Rats, those folks are "rich" and ought to pay their "fair share."
The income tax system does not tax the wealthy; it taxes those who have high income. Some may be wealthy, but many others might just be climbing out of the lower income ranges.
To a lesser extent, the federal financial aid system for students penalizes "high" income. A family of four in Manhattan with $5 million in property and cash on hand but zero income (just living off the accumulated cash) will get Pell grants while a family in Northern Virginia with both parents working, making $150,000 annually, will get slapped with student loans.