DustyInfinity
Platinum Member
Did I hurt your feeling buddy. I don't give a flying fuck how much they pay in taxes ,Since 81 corporate profits were 200 billion , now they are up to 2 trillion a year and Since the trickle down bozo lie, nothing has gone to anyone except the few at the top , so their profit is up 10 times what it was in 81 , the golden few that the trickle down lie was written for got it all. Just this one year they received 1.8 trillion more then they earned in 81. But no one else got a thing. Maybe a good number for taxes with these people would be double or triple what they pay now. It wouldn't even dent the extra 1.8 trillion they received this year extra over what they got in 81. Tripling it wouldn't even make a dent. My point about needing to be rich to get the freedom that this country stands , you figure it out big guy.Well we have to stop at the bullshit and just forget reading the rest , we in no way have one of the most progressive tax rates in the world , that just nonsense looking for a home in the brain dead.The Single Biggest Weakness of the Constitution:
It's actually conflict of interest for the poor to be voting since they are merely voting for money (democracy as theft) in their pockets rather than for the commonweal. This points to what turns out to be the biggest weakness of the Constitution. It has no conceptual arguments. It should say, for example, you have to be 35 years old to be president and to vote to insure you have enough wisdom and experience. Similarly, the 10th Amendment should clearly say liberal central govt is illegal in America because monopolistic liberal central govt has been the source of evil in human history. Without conceptual arguments the Constitution has little meaning.Liberals can turn it into a living communist Constitution. If the concept of the 10th Amendment had been as clear as the percept of the Second Amendment America would be sitting pretty today instead of staring down the barrel of Sanders, Warren, Waters, Booker, Ocasio-Cortez communist gun.
I'll get back to the OP. I agree that this is a huge weakness. Of all the way the founders worried about corruption, this is the avenue the government used to chip away at individual freedom. Offering benefits for votes has been the single biggest disaster in our history. The politicians that win are the ones that promise the most stuff. This thread idea comes around quite often, and for good reason. We have one of the most progressive tax codes in the world, and democrats never rest on how much more they can take. I heard recently the amount of tax revenue of the lowest 40% with both the sales and income taxes included. I think it was a single digit number. I am disabled, and I receive aid, but I vote republican because I realize nobody owes me anything. I don't push for more aid and I appreciate what I do get. Giving an unlimited wish list to people who shoulder none of the burden is nuts. Personally, I would be fine with having employment as a requirement for voting. I had my time, I had my chance. When people retire, it is time to turn in the keys. People suck, but I really do believe that working Americans would take great care of the elderly(Our Parents) and the disabled(Family Members). It just seems like common sense that people should not be given an unlimited wish list with no personal consequences.
The bottom 40 % pay around 8% after sales and income tax combined. That isn't fair? What in the world is your idea of fair? I'm hearing more hate the rich vibes, but I'm pretty sure that includes whatever middle class is left. Medicare, food stamps, disability, unemployment benefits. Good grief, what is this only the rich can afford freedom stuff?
So businesses are doing well and you want their money? Not paying measurable taxes is enough? All the services currently available are not enough? You want more because others are doing well, and you think it ought to be yours? That is messed up.