Politics and Money

[lesgetrich]

The problem is, for the working Americans who already pay about 50% of everything they earn in various taxes, they are sick of being FORCED to support a large percentage of people who are takers in every area of life and feel entitled, just because they live in America

Do you mean those hard working Americans like the Koch brothers and Mitt Romney who already have more money than they can spend in a lifetime. Boo Hoo!! I'll gladly let our government take 50% of their income and rebuild our roads and bridges or even pay the unemployed to dig ditches and fill them up again since this will put that money back into circulation and boost the economy - Basic Keynesian economics which Wall Street has chosen to ignore.

But to not acknowledge that the welfare system in this country is broken, and it needs major checks and balances installed before the whole country goes broke, is most naive.

Call me naïve if you like but check out this link (it's an easy read)...

New lie: The government spends more on welfare than everything else!

There is no government spending problem. The problem is that Republicans over the past 50 years have cut taxes for the rich so much that to cut taxes any more they have to cut into programs like medicare and social security that help average people. The only thing broke are Republican policies that have gotten us into this mess and refuse to consider alternatives to get us out. There is an alternative.

1.) Remove the income cap on social security taxes: Let the Koch brothers pay 6% of all of their income with no allowance for deductions like the rest of us. This would make the program solvent for as far as we can project and probably allow a small decrease in rates for everyone currently paying into it.

2.) Real tax reform: Stop all of the corporate welfare which ends up costing the government more than our actual human welfare program.

3.) Cut defense spending and put the savings into rebuilding our infrastructure.

4.) Pass immigration reform so that all of our undocumented aliens can fully contribute to our economy with their taxes and hard work.