[citation][nom]Soul_keeper[/nom]the solution is not to increase taxes on the "other people" to make it "fair", but to decrease taxes on the over-taxed !Try CUTTING sales taxes in half (for starters), and firing 20% of the most over-payed/noncontributing of the government employees(this will pay for it). That is where the problem is.How many companies/jobs do we need to drive out of this country before they get it ?[/citation]
Wrong, Cutting sales tax and firing 20% of the non military workforce will do nothing but make more people in need of aid from the government and put a huge dent in it's tax revenue.
The idea that the "rich" provide us with jobs is the biggest lie the American populace has been fed for 30 years. The rich don't create jobs with tax cuts or subsidies, they pocket the money and put it to work in wall street where they only get taxed 15% on capital gains.
That is the biggest problem America has, is revenue. For 30 years the tax code has been slashed and raped by corporations/lobbyist who have made sure that the rich get to keep most of what they make and the poor people foot the bill.
Most people chose not to accept this as reality because they have outlandish dreams of being filthy rich and this policy effecting them. That is why taxation is such a taboo subject now in American politics. The rich use the dreams of the poor to fuel their own gains while the masses, oblivious to being used, accept what they are told in one day hoping by choosing to support the rich it wont effect them when they become rich.
WRONG, you will never be rich. Not because the "government is out to keep you down" but that unless you invent something are a talented entertainer, it will never happen.
When was the last time you heard of a Mechanical Engineer or an Architect becoming an Millionaire? Shit doesn't happen yo.
And if you really want to know why jobs have been going overseas for the past 15 years. You can blame Wall Street and their insistence in the form of investment that companies generate larger % of profits year after year.
The only way for companies to due that is to increase production without increasing costs, or ship jobs overseas so they don't have to pay the going rate for wages in the US.
Why is it that production is at the same levels it was pre-recession, yet unemployment and wages are the same? Why are you mad at the government employees getting pensions and benefits? Shouldn't you be upset that you don't get these in the private sector?
At a time where local and state governments are crippled due to massive revenue shortfalls generated from high unemployment, this is probably the best idea next to direct increases on income or property taxes depending on where you live. It mainly will benefit children and the elderly as that is mostly what the government spends its money on, aside from the military.
Suck it up and pay the state sales tax on internet purchases along with the shipping. Nothing is free in this world, so quite fucking expecting it.
End the American Empire. End the 2 wars, Raise Capital gains to 35% and create a 50% Millionaire tax bracket, End the death tax. (99.9% of Americans will never be effected by this so why should you give a fuck?).
Reduce the income gap between the top 1% and the rest of us and put an end to the gross privatization of the government and the services they should be providing. (prisons, schools, energy and the Internet.)
Then maybe we can have our tax free internet purchases.
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