Comments on: The Things On Which We Agree http://www.lolife.com/2003/10/the-things-on-which-we-agree/ blunt observations Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:20:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ashley http://www.lolife.com/2003/10/the-things-on-which-we-agree/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Ashley Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:12:57 +0000 http://www.lolife.com/newblog/2003/10/15/the-things-on-which-we-agree/#comment-10 wow... i agree with everything bush is an idiot and for those who cant see that, i feel bad for them, but someone has to make them understand that Bush is wrong and not doing anything good for the U.S. accept fuckin it up. And the Abortion deal of his pisses me off even more. i cant wait tell election day, i want to see his ass get smoked!!! because personal i hate him with a passion and i know a lot of people will agree with me, besides my bumper stickers say enough as it is! haha... but i like your page here and i went looking for more reasons so why Bush should be voted out and most of them were "why bush is our president" "why we voted for bush" and blah blah blah and i came across your page and found just what i was looking for! thanks.. wow… i agree with everything bush is an idiot and for those who cant see that, i feel bad for them, but someone has to make them understand that Bush is wrong and not doing anything good for the U.S. accept fuckin it up. And the Abortion deal of his pisses me off even more. i cant wait tell election day, i want to see his ass get smoked!!! because personal i hate him with a passion and i know a lot of people will agree with me, besides my bumper stickers say enough as it is! haha… but i like your page here and i went looking for more reasons so why Bush should be voted out and most of them were “why bush is our president” “why we voted for bush” and blah blah blah and i came across your page and found just what i was looking for! thanks..

]]> By: Dan http://www.lolife.com/2003/10/the-things-on-which-we-agree/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Dan Wed, 23 Jun 2004 22:28:25 +0000 http://www.lolife.com/newblog/2003/10/15/the-things-on-which-we-agree/#comment-9 I wanted to add my 2 cents on the tax issues discussed. 1. I agree the government has been and should continue to be supported by our taxes. 2. I believe a person who makes more should pay more. 3. I disagree about the value of a "progressive" tax structure. If I make ten times more income, then why should I pay 50-65 times more in taxes? I can see myself "fairly" paying ten times more in taxes for ten times the income or even twenty times more in taxes for 10 times the income. Once you get into the 50-65 range, however, you have gone to far. Once you couple that with the understanding that the bottom 75% of taxpayers put less into the system through taxes than they take out in the form of government benefits and I think you can see that our progressive tax structure IS a wealth redistribution scheme and its subsidizing the discretionary income of not only the lower class but also the middle class. I agree with you 100% that wellfare cases should not pay some flat tax, but I think the "poor" in this country do not account for 75% of the population. As such, I think there is room to make the progressive tax structure more evenly distributed. 4. When 75% of the eligible voters are taking more than they give, then how much will they care if the resources the government appropriated from some other jerk are wasted? Government waste will not be an issue close to the hearts of Americans until it takes a little bite out of everyone's net pay. Reform will not come until a majority of the voters have a self interest in reform and that will not happen until the burden is shared more evenly. 5. If you want to avoid taxing the poorest of our society, then put a baseline income that is not taxable and tax everything earned above that amount at a flat rate. I suggest giving everyone a deduction comparable to the poverty level and then taxing every dollar earned above that level equally. Once people understand that by cutting government waste and inefficiency they can create an environment whereby their taxes are cut, then I think you will see a lot of these mindless, self-indulgent voters start putting some effort into the issue of government reform. Instead of worrying about whether Ross and Rachel will finally get together, they might just put a little bit of that energy into learning how their elected representatives voted on important issues. I wanted to add my 2 cents on the tax issues discussed.

1. I agree the government has been and should continue to be supported by our taxes.
2. I believe a person who makes more should pay more.
3. I disagree about the value of a “progressive” tax structure. If I make ten times more income, then why should I pay 50-65 times more in taxes? I can see myself “fairly” paying ten times more in taxes for ten times the income or even twenty times more in taxes for 10 times the income. Once you get into the 50-65 range, however, you have gone to far. Once you couple that with the understanding that the bottom 75% of taxpayers put less into the system through taxes than they take out in the form of government benefits and I think you can see that our progressive tax structure IS a wealth redistribution scheme and its subsidizing the discretionary income of not only the lower class but also the middle class. I agree with you 100% that wellfare cases should not pay some flat tax, but I think the “poor” in this country do not account for 75% of the population. As such, I think there is room to make the progressive tax structure more evenly distributed.
4. When 75% of the eligible voters are taking more than they give, then how much will they care if the resources the government appropriated from some other jerk are wasted? Government waste will not be an issue close to the hearts of Americans until it takes a little bite out of everyone’s net pay. Reform will not come until a majority of the voters have a self interest in reform and that will not happen until the burden is shared more evenly.
5. If you want to avoid taxing the poorest of our society, then put a baseline income that is not taxable and tax everything earned above that amount at a flat rate. I suggest giving everyone a deduction comparable to the poverty level and then taxing every dollar earned above that level equally. Once people understand that by cutting government waste and inefficiency they can create an environment whereby their taxes are cut, then I think you will see a lot of these mindless, self-indulgent voters start putting some effort into the issue of government reform. Instead of worrying about whether Ross and Rachel will finally get together, they might just put a little bit of that energy into learning how their elected representatives voted on important issues.

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