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"...and Republicans’ long anti-tax crusade." "uncharitable characterization of a group that has argued for a simpler tax code with generally fewer loop holes"
by ryguytilidie 8y ago
"...and Republicans’ long anti-tax crusade."
"uncharitable characterization of a group that has argued for a simpler tax code with generally fewer loop holes"
Fewer loopholes for middle and lower class folks? Yes. Repealing the estate tax is very literally a new loophole that allows the rich to keep more money while closing that pesky mortgage interest deduction for the middle class. Taxes are just a way of redistributing money. Calling a party pro-tax because theyre moving the burden from one group to another is...interesting.
- dnautics 8y agocan you explain how taxes redistribute money? Because most of the beneficiaries of government spending are already rich.
- jpttsn 8y agoYou're saying a larger number of rich people than non-rich people benefit from government spending? Can that possibly be true, if wealth distribution is unequal?
- cobbzilla 8y agoYes. Our two biggest budget line items are defense and entitlements. Defense very much pays out the megacorps more than the poor. Entitlement spending favors the rich who tend to live longer. Also, social security and medicare are regressive taxes.
- dnautics 8y agoExactly my line of thought. Sorry I didn't get to come back and comment with this (busy day), and got downvoted.
- jpttsn 8y agoI think you mean more of the money go to wealthy recipients, which (true or not) is different from saying there are more wealthy recipients than non-wealthy recipients (probably impossible since there are so few wealthy people).
- mbostleman 8y agoAbout 50% of the US government's spending is social programs. Unless every penny of that is spent on those who paid the taxes to fund it, then wealth is being redistributed.
- jandrese 8y agoPoor people use roads, schools, public transit, social welfare, etc... It seems kind of weird to say that most of the beneficiaries are already rich.