Unfair Tax Plan – Should Wealthy Americans Pay More Taxes?
Clarence Darrow has said that “True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.”
Vice President, Joe Biden has said that those Americans who are wealthy should pay a larger share of income taxes than they are now. It’s the patriotic thing to do. I ask why? This is an unfair tax plan! No, I am not among the wealthy here in America, nor have I ever been. One doesn’t get wealthy teaching in a small, rural community for 33 years. But my sense of justice has been riled up over this.
Right now, about 40% of Americans pay no income tax at all, while 5% pay the majority of taxes, something like 90%. Obama has pledged to cut income taxes to 95% of Americans, but wants to raise taxes on those earning $ 250,000 a year, the very ones who are paying more than their share right now. In fact, Obama wants to tax this group enough to pay for nationalizing health care, and in spite of the fact that he is proposing to spend trillions $ more in the next few years, he is pledging to cut the deficit in half in two years, this while planning also to cut the deficit with taxes from the wealthy.
I’m sorry, but this math just doesn’t jive. And if it did, it is blatantly an unfair tax plan.
Another unfair policy about to be voted on is this Omnibus Spending Bill that will give something like 15% of the $ 405 billion total to illegal aliens for jobs. THAT’S OVER $ 60 BILLION TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN AMERICA UNLAWFULLY. $ 60 BILLION THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO AMERICANS FOR JOBS.
Now, my sense of fairness is really on the rampage. I hope yours is, too. Fairness aside, I believe this (unfair) tax plan will shut down much of the independent entrepreneurial spirit that has run American business since there has been an America.
This group of Americans is under attack, those earning $ 250,000 a year, the “wealthy 5%”, are the very ones who own and run small businesses. They hire millions of Americans, give us goods and services to purchase, and are the backbone of American business. If this group is unable to continue to run their businesses because of burdensome taxes, if these firms go under, there will be millions more people jobless. So not only must we consider that fairness of our taxation system, but also the practical side as well.
Mike Huckabee, former presidential candidate and Fox Talk Show Host, has proposed a complete overhaul of our tax system, namely a flat tax of 15% on what we buy. Do away with thousands upon thousands of pages now in the tax policy. So simple, so easy, no more trauma on April 15th. No more paying large fees to experts to figure a person’s taxes. No more tax loopholes that benefit some and not others. AND BASICALLY SO FAIR! Everyone pays the same tax, even illegal aliens. I mean if they are going to be here, and I see no push to get them out of America, and if they take advantage of our health and education systems as they do now, then they, too, should pay taxes. THINK ABOUT THE BASIC FAIRNESS OF THE FLAT TAX PLAN as opposed to the unfair tax plan that is in place. IT WOULD SOLVE SO MANY PROBLEMS. I’D VOTE FOR THAT!
Carolyn J. Fosdick, retired teacher, artist, conservative ghostwriter, and author of I Ride A Wild Horse currently spends her time writing on conservative issues and politics that are affecting our American way of life. Visit her newest blog for some insightful and thought-provoking ideas on political economics and for some solutions to some tough political questions.
Question by Made_in_America: Why don’t all the liberals who want higher taxes donate to the government?
You can pay additional taxes but I sure don’t see the liberals writing checks. If they feel that strong about it and want more taxes, why don’t the donate money to the government?
Best answer:
Answer by tonalc2
See, this meme gets old. The result of raising taxes will mean that we WILL be writing checks to the government. We just think that everyone should participate in the healing of our economy. You know, loving America and all that.
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