Why an Obama Presidency is so important: The poor pay more for Necessities

[Avinash_Tyagi]

coolestguyever said:
The poor do not pay more for necessities, that's just ridiculous.

Who do you think it is whose tax money is used to pay for welfare and social programs that poor people can take advantage of? Oh that would be your friend, the rich man.

In Canada, who pays for the Health care when a poor man gets injured? Oh that would be the rich man and his tax money.

And do rich people get any special benefits? No they don't. Do we get first dibs on health care since we paid more tax for it? No we don't.


So don't bring that shit in here about the rich staying rich. The poor only get by on our tax dollars. Without our tax money the poor would actually be forced to try harder to get by.

 

 As a percentage of their income, yes they do, the poor pay a higher percentage of their income on necessities than the rich which is why we need to tax the rich more, in fact the rich are taxed too little at the moment, even Buffett one of the richest men ever, wants to see higher tax rates for the rich.

 

Also Canada's health system spends a lot less per person on health care and health in Canada is better than in the US