| Cobretti2 said: Most people in America avoid paying taxes?? Don't you guys get taxed before you get paid? which ensures there is money to fund stuff. That way people can't avoid them. |
Yeah, we do.
Though we don't actually need money to fund stuff. Look at California.
If you don't make enough money though you get a lot of that money back at the end of the year.
It's kinda a funny flipflop in this thread... since most of the time "The poor don't pay taxes" is a conservative talking point. While "The poor pay taxes" is a liberal talking point.
Usually made based on how progressive the tax system should be.
The fact that people are argueing the poor don't pay taxes and are liberal is kind of funny.
Either way, the poor really could do with no having to "wait" for that money. The majority of them would be better off... though a small number would get screwed.
It's the same with medical insurance, or fire insurance.
It's a gamble. Ever since i came off my parents plan i've bought medical insurance. There is a 90% chance if not higher that i'm not going to need it until I'm much older.
I could eaisly wait until I'm 35-40 to get health insurance and i would have banked something like. $20,000-$40,000 over 10 years... not counting any money that would make in investments.
I don't because of the very small chance I get a serious conditon.
For the vast majority of people, insurance will always be a bad buy... even universal healthcare as most people have to by design put more money into the system then they will use to make up for the few people who develop heavy problems.
It's the same with fire insurance.
This guy played the odds and lost. It's right to feel bad for him... but it seems silly to blame other people for something that was purely and soley self inflicted.
It's like someone losing his job because he became a drunk and blame the government for not making booze illegal.
