There are a ton of ways the rich can avoid being taxed, and they take full advantage of that. Also something to note, business owners like to do a little thing called hand me downs, which they basically give part of their tax burden to their employees. How is that fair? The whole point is, the rich can afford to take on a tax burden, as they should. They have the most money so they should pay the most. Not every poor person is lazy or ignorant. A lot are, but to say that “besides a few rare cases, poor people deserve to be poor” is ignorant within itself. Sure, there are a few bad apples, but there are a lot more genuine single moms and low income families who struggle to get ends meat. They don’t deserve to work 80 plus hours a week, but they have to because that is the only option. It boggles my mind that conservatives can preach to be christian and all that nonsense, then turn around and not give a flying hoot about their neighbor.
Why should they have to pay the most, essentially you are saying that if someone is on welfare and must work 80+ hours a week, and has 3 kids as a single mom should not have to pay taxes at all since she is poor and works hard…
Poor people do get into college easier, but then again a poor person has had a much harder life than you or me. The problem isn’t walking to a bus because poor people already do that. See, they can’t afford as much time as you or me. You think it’s an obvious answer to their problem and the poor are just blind? MasterP you are a real Messiah. Why don’t you go down and tell them your obvious solution. You won’t, because it really isn’t that simple. Ghettos, traps, poor neighborhoods, all of that are complex issues that can’t be solved with an uplifting of ignorance. Have you ever had to decide on working or school when you were 14 or 15? That’s a decision that a lot of poor kids have to make, a decision that better off kids don’t.
I know plenty of kids that grew up in “ghettos, and poor neighborhoods” that had to decide between school and work, and chose BOTH. With the proper motivation and determination a teenager CAN work an evening job at a grocery store or something and still go to school. Most of my friends all support themselves and have 80+thousand dollars worth of loans but they still go to school and work full time because they want to be successful and not rely on handouts…
About your cute Fascist points:
– Even if our banks are totally in the hands of the government, that doesn’t mean Obama is the dictator. There are still checks and balances.
-Obama isn’t controlling anything, redistribution (If that is what you want to call it) is a WHOPPING 4-6% increase in taxes for a WHOPPING 5% of the population. Yeah okay that is a REAL control freak.
-So he kicked people off his plane. Anyone who has a plane first off, has the right to kick whoever he wants off. Secondly, the “Obama’s press coverage was much more positive than McCain’s and that McCain had nearly 60% negative stories and 15% positive ones while Obama was balanced at ~30% positive/negative/neutral” point you make, has nothing to do with fear or terror.
-He is part black, it is a monumental achievement for the black community, for Christs sake they only have 1 month out of the year, its about time!
Your whole Fascism spew can be used with any other president. Here I will give you Sir Fascist Bush:
–Centralization of authority under a dictator: government overstepping power, going into a war without approval, manipulating intelligence.
–stringent socioeconomic controls: Giving tax cuts that don’t really do much, banning stem cell research because it’s “inhumane” and “life is too precious”, then turning around and say “collateral damage” is unfortunate but part of war.
–suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship: Terror and censorship? LOL that is bush’s middle name. Did you all forget 9/11? He used fear as a catapult to get us into this mess of Iraq.
–policy of belligerent nationalism and racism: He is from Texas, enough said.
WTF does that even MEAN??? I am from Texas, does that mean I am racist?? Have you EVER been to Texas, it is NOT even close to the most racist state in this united states…Why don’t you take a trip to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansaw, Louisiana or any other part of the true “South” and then continue talking out of your *edited* about stereotypes of people from certain states…
/rant…
oh, and I failed hard at mah quotes there…