(August 24, 2011 at 12:44 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I don't think the answer is raising taxes on all the rich; rather, why not set up some kind of government fund where anyone can donate money to help the deficit?
If the rich want to pay more in taxes, why not simply let them pay certain amounts directly to the government. That way the ones that want to help out can do it, and the ones that want to keep hold of their investments can go about things as before. Forcing people to pay more for their successes is only going to alienate them, and possibly make them consider pulling their business interests out of the country itself, which in a time of economic crisis really isn't the best idea...
In other words.."we should not EXPECT the rich to pay their fair share. We should allow people who want to be greedy and anti-social to continue their rape of our society...because one day I may become ultra rich and powerful, and by God I would be a greedy asshole in that situation."
History has shown time and time again that when you lower the taxes on the rich, then all of societies quality of life drops as well. But, then again, trying to explain that to a libertarian is like trying to explain "burdon of proof" to a creationist.
Just watched a bit on fox news were they were trying to define "poor" out of existence by suggesting that Refridgerators is something that poor people should not be able to afford. And since their poll said that 96% of "the poor" (which was in parenthesis on the program) own refridgerators, they should not be called "the poor".
I say tax the FUCK out of the rich. But, then again, I actually care about society as a whole, as opposed to only giving a fuck about myself.
