Tigerlure said:
Baalzamon said:
The poor pay less taxes? Last I heard, the top 5% of our country pays like 90%, or something like that, of our taxes. And while I will agree it is very difficult to find a full time job, the people that are searching can easily get a part time, minimum wage job that will at least help for bills (obviously won't cover near the full cost, but still helps)...I see places saying they are hiring all the time, even now. So to some degree, yes, they are lazy, because they could go get one of these jobs if they wanted. Also, if you'd look, its mostly uneducated people getting unemployed.
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Ok so you're assuming that based on your personal experiences, unemployed people are lazy because they won't get a part-time job? I seriously doubt that. Do you know that for every job opening now, there are 5 people trying to get that 1 job? And if you think unemployment is enough money for these people to live on, you're mistaken. Are there people probably abusing the system? Yes, probably. But to assume the majority of the unemployed are lazy because some of them near you won't apply for that part-time job is ludicrous.
And honestly I think the rich wouldn't have a problem going back to the what 39% tax bracket? The "it will kill small businesses" talking point is a myth, seeing as only 3% of small businesses fit into that category of 250,000 and above. It's fearmongering, plain and simple, and it's worked.
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Where did I say unemployment and a part time job were enough? I said that there are jobs out there that somebody can get that will help pay for at least SOME of the bills. Also, with your taxes idea, it isn't that the businesses have a problem with the higher taxes. Taxes get passed on to consumers. It is the consumers, whether they are poor or rich, that will be paying the additional taxes.
