Taxes, by and large (aside from certain national defense and infrastructure bits), are simply a wealth re-distribution mechanisim. The entire good or bad of them rests on who controls how much is collected and how they are re-distributed among the populace. It's no mystery that the poor think huge amounts of the wealth should be re-distributed to them, and it's also no mystery that the people who have the wealth (earned or not) want to keep their money.
The problem then, is that we ALL pay too much taxes, and spending is totally and completely out of control, on virtually all levels, for virtually everything the government does. It's not a Bush problem, or a Republican problem, or a Democrat problem, it's a national goverment problem. And if you pay taxes, it's your problem. -Cameron On 10/9/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cam wrote: > > So, I hear complaints that "companies" and "the rich" don't pay enough > > taxes, then when they start paying more, that's also bad. > > > > "The Rich" and business don't need to be paying any more in taxes and > they should be paying less. The problem is with spending, poor > forecasting/planning, and an electorate that votes for candidates that > promise cake AND a feast. > > The problem with business is the unaccounted for costs that Dana > frequently brings up. For example, GE dumping PCBs in the East River. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217143 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
