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Originally posted by on-ramp
of course if you're up in the 1%, the wealthy bracket, everything is going well. no complaints
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On-Ramp - Don't be so sure about that. That top 1% pays almost
ALL of the federal and state income tax in this country. The result may be that you or someone else may not have a job, as those taxes zap job creation that is driven by private investment by the same top 1%.
Aerkuld - I would like to widen the difference between where you are and where you came from. Unfortunately, difference is getting smaller as the U.S. becomes more socialist. Look at how eminent domain has been perverted to allow private proerty to be confiscated and given to another private entity for commercial gain.
Superman - I know you are a big government type from your posts. I don't want a free ride. I just don't want the Fed skimming.
From another thread:
Real free men do for and provide for themselves and their families.
If there were no government built roads, the normal travels of people would beat a path. If there were no government schools, I would teach my children myself. If there were no municipal water supply, I would dig a well. I can't think of a single service that I get from a government that couldn't be provided for through private enterprise, partnerships and individual efforts, better and more cost effectively.
Even health care would be less expensive if there were no government, because competition might see the light of day in that market in the absence of government interference.