steven787 said:
Kasz216 said:
Which is why the government needs to be cut back, and all of the wastefull government spending needs to be stopped.
A Flat tax could work... but we'd need to get rid of completely useless branches of the government to do so. The government's problem is that it doesn't know how to manage it's money and just throws money everywhere and wastes it because it can, knowing that the Democrats and Neo-Cons are always ready to raise taxes to give it more money to spend.
Look at the VA Health Services. That's a Government Healthcare program done right. With similar implemation like that... and a cut to wasteful spending you could have a flat, fair tax.
Also... in your calculations you are ignoring that cost of livivng would be taken out of such a tax. The rich would still be paying a higher percentage of their income... however they would be paying the same amount when you include the tax credit for cost of living.
Instead of the current system where people are taxed a higher percentage soley because they make more money. (Not even accounting for cost of living a lot of the time.)
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First, what government program do we need to get rid of, that is useless? The FDA? The FTC? (Edit: it's just like the vide in my sig.)
Stopped reading at the second bolded part. No more of this thread for me.
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No I like the FDA and FTC.
I can name a bunch, though the things McCain will stop?
Earmarks, Ethanol Subsidaries and making it harder to raise taxes... meaning things will HAVE to be cut when the government wants to get stuff done.
Other things? Department of Education, Homeland Security, War on Drugs, Women's Education Equality Act. (Probably, i'm pretty sure more women go on to higher education then men.), Federal Money to Abstinence Only programs, Faith based initatives, other farm subsidaries....
