Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Cut to the Heart of the Matter

On this tax day, read the whole thing, but this is the money quote:
"You could completely eliminate income taxes for the bottom half of the population, and the Treasury would hardly notice."
When 50% of the people are not "invested" - that is, have "skin in the game" - what kind of political system is possible? A second money quote:
The majority who pay nothing resent those with higher incomes; the minority who pay heavily resent those who don't pay.
Exactly. The "Tipping Point" is staring directly in front of us.

1 Comments:

At Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:38:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Which is why we need to enact the FairTax pronto. Everyone pays, although the poor will pay a slightly lower percentage of their earnings than the rich due to the prebate.

 

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