hipeter924
Not a zombie yet
I have agreed with that in a way but the way I see things:Somebody's got to pay the bill for having a civil society.
Naturally I'm sympathetic with those of you complaining that government is inefficient and bloated, but that doesn't change the fact that we live in a society where a very small percentage of the population owns the vast majority of this society's wealth.
So until the USA is willing to do something about income inequity, the fact is that the rich are going to have to pay most of the society's bills, too.
And if the "rich" want to leave for someplace that doesn't tax them?
Well then, so be it.
But we're damned fools to let them sell into our markets if they do.
But we have already proven that we're damned fools, haven't we?
Until we wake up to the fact that FREE TRADE is anything but free, this problem will continue to vex us, folks.
I would take many steps further...
If the rich and corporate CEO's are only willing to pay 3rd world wages, then they should LIVE in those 3rd world conditions their wages support. If they still want to live in America and enjoy all the benefits, then their corporate properties in America should be charged a fee for all those benefits...police, fire, sewers, potable water, roads, hospitals, etc.
1. All taxes should be voluntary* as in tax is a choice and we don't have to pay any.
2. Infrastructure should be divided into three areas: Commercial, Industrial and Residential infrastructure. Everyone is tolled or charged for the public infrastructure they use and if they don't want to be charged they develop their own infrastructure.
3. Pass laws ending this debt culture, make everyone be fiscally responsible (and help them to). Inflation because of extreme wealth is better than deflation or inflation from poverty and massive, ever rising debt.
4. We should set up a national organization of unions, corporations and all businesses, and make voluntary taxation conditional for businesses. The deal is that they give everyone jobs and good pay, in exchange for us not taxing them.
*The only tax that remains is the one that keeps our military going and the nation safe from hostile nations and dangerous people. Perhaps we can just combine them into one, and have a military police instead to cut costs, increase quality of protection and enforcement and end police corruption (the military can take up the police duties). Just try and break the law, when there are tanks or marines around.
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