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They are not getting anything from the US government – they pay less taxes. This article tries to make a case a if it was the same thing. It is not.
by golergka 7y ago
They are not getting anything from the US government – they pay less taxes. This article tries to make a case a if it was the same thing. It is not.
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- throwaway483284 7y agoIn both cases there is 1.7 mil dollars less in public budget, I don't see how this is different.
- maerF0x0 7y agoIt's different based on how you view income. Many conservatives view income as "earned" and then taxes as appropriation ("taken away"). Under such a perspective it is only a return of what was originally theirs in the first place. This country is run on deficits/debt so 1.7M less from rich people is not marginally 1.7M less to poor people.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoPeople also argue that the earth is really flat, that tax reductions always pay for themselves, and your comment is equivalently powerful to those.
- testbot123 7y agoI.E., the same people who have benefited from (and whose wealth was probably grown in) a social system where utilities, infrastructure, schools, etc are paid by tax dollars.
- nabla9 7y agoPaying taxes and tax deductions are economically equivalent.
- nathanvanfleet 7y agowow amazing
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoIf anyone pays a million less in taxes then someone gave them a million dollars back. so yes, you are giving them something. One can argue in some irrational way that taxes are theft so you never 'give' someone something if you reduce their taxes. At the end of that game, you have more money than you had before, gift or other political arguments aside. Someone who was going to pay a million in taxes and now has 1 mil less is not going to put their money into the economy the same what that 1000 people with moderate income, like say restaurant workers getting $1,700 would. Those people poorer will spend all that money. I'm fortunate to be a well compensated software engineer, and I pay a huge amount of taxes. I'm not out there begging for more money (via tax reductions) and then claiming it was already my money, not a gift. That's a dishonest argument.
- WalterBright 7y ago> is not going to put their money into the economy the same what that 1000 people with moderate income, like say restaurant workers getting $1,700 would. Those people poorer will spend all that money. Wealthier people spend or invest all of their money. Only drug dealers hoard cash, and that's only because they have difficulty laundering it.
- youngtaff 7y agoPoorer people spend all their money - they have no choice…
- WalterBright 7y agoOnly fools hoard cash. Nobody has a Scrooge McDuck cash vault.
- noahtallen 7y agoIt doesn’t seem hard to argue that purchasing stocks or expensive real estate is not as beneficial for the economy as thousands of people spending the same amount in their local economies.
- aaomidi 7y agoLemme guess, are you one of these people? If so - lol for now. If not, why is this mental gymnastics?