Faun
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That's what I'm sayin'.yes it is . it's an incentive to garner more votes. Works just as well as money ...So the Republicans are buying votes by promising to cut taxes, is that what you're saying?Sounds like your ulterior motive for wanting a consumption tax is to get rid of pesky social programs you don't want.The problem we Republicans have is that these poor people will vote for anybody that promises to take money away from somebody else to give to them. That tactic would be brought to a halt if everybody had to contribute.
With my consumption tax suggestion, if you want socialized health care, then we all pay more tax. If you want free college, then we all pay more tax. If you want to go to war with ISIS, then we all pay more tax. If you want to give 45 million Americans food stamps, then we all pay more tax.
Our social programs are out of control, and the reason is Democrats promise to give goodies to the majority at the expense of the minority, therefore, the minority has no way to protect themselves from this robbery.
If everybody had to pay for all these goodies, you would see how less compassionate those Democrats would be, and we would finally be able to reign in our excessive social program spending.
No, my only point is that if our federal government is going to spend money for those social programs, we should all have to pay for them. By everybody having a dog in the fight, we wouldn't be pitting one group of Americans against another like Democrats are used to doing. In short, also known as Vote Buying.
If there is no vote buying, then we as American citizens can collectively decide if we all want these programs and are willing to pay for them. If everybody is willing to pay for them, fine with me. I could care less how many social programs we have. But when we allow voters to vote money out of the pockets of other people to benefit them, then it's downright theft.
No because tax cuts don't cost anybody anything. Promising people that the government will allow them to keep more of what they rightfully earned is not vote buying.