Nope, the 48% who currently pay NO taxes should be paying something.
Yep. Its no coincidence that this number appraoches 50% of the population.
Everyone needs 'skin in the game'.
Question for Langone: So what's stopping you from putting your money where your mouth is and writing a check...?
“...who currently pay NO taxes should be paying something.”
That really needs to be clarified or go away.
People pay federal taxes when they:
-Buy gasoline
-Use a phone
-Watch cable
-Purchase internet service
-Buy cigaretts
-Purchase alcohol
-Visit federal parks
-Patronize a business
-Purchase from a corporation which pays corporate tax.
-etc. etc.
They just don’t pay federal income tax.
So we’re forsaking a significant political argument by saying they have no skin in the debt game, because they do.
Some points conservatives can make:
-Budget deficits mean more taxes.
-More debt means higher taxes will be passed on to comsumers on fuel, tobacco, alcohol and consumer goods.
-Increasing the debt ceiling increases inflation (more T-bills printed/sold to fund debt = monetary inflation since the Treasury purchases more and more of them)
-etc., etc.
There are many ways the govt taxes people who pay no income tax. We can and should bring these people into the T-E-A tent.