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I am, relatively speaking, wealthy. And, yes, I do think my taxes should be higher so other Americans can have access to basic resources like food, shelter, hea

I am, relatively speaking, wealthy. And, yes, I do think my taxes should be higher so other Americans can have access to basic resources like food, shelter, healthcare, and education. I’m sorry this idea angers you. Nothing else in your comment makes enough sense to respond to.

supperburg 5y ago
Tax yourself all you want, it won’t solve the problem. The numbers simply don’t work. A wealthy man but not a learned man.
- chasing 5y ago
  Apparently I’m not learned enough to know to avoid debating random doofuses on the internet. I’ll give you that.
  - supperburg 5y ago
    Taxing people won’t make housing cheaper, it has nothing to do with the healthcare crisis and it won’t fix political corruption. Limousine liberals such as you are disconnected from reality and think that the solution to everything is to throw money at it.
rsj_hn 5y ago
This is how you get to a place where college education is triple the cost of the rest of Europe (and much worse in quality), healthcare is double the cost and much worse in quality, and housing is skyrocketing. "But I thought subsidizing these things would make them cheaper! Here, take more of my money!!" Here's a life pro-tip: When you are spending too much on something, the solution is to spend less, not more.
- chasing 5y ago
  The idea of paying taxes to help support the people around them truly drives some people nuts. It’s a shame.
  - rsj_hn 5y ago
    The idea that a solution might not require an increase in taxes truly drives people nuts. It's a shame because it explains why the US government spends so much more on education and healthcare than other nations, yet we have such terrible outcomes. But when the only button you are willing to consider is "spend more!", then that's what you end up with -- a broken, bloated, system that is massively overfunded and that massively under-delivers. I bet you're the type of person that sees a massive, broken software project and just declares "we need to spend more on this to deliver it ontime! Hire more people!" But hey, maybe I'm wrong. 20% of the nation is employed in delivering healthcare, so if we increase that to 40%, maybe then we'll solve the problem. We must spend more, it's the moral thing to do! We spend triple the OECD on tertiary education, but hey, we really should bump that up to 6x and then we'll finally fix it!

supperburg 5y ago

Tax yourself all you want, it won’t solve the problem. The numbers simply don’t work. A wealthy man but not a learned man.

chasing 5y ago
Apparently I’m not learned enough to know to avoid debating random doofuses on the internet. I’ll give you that.
- supperburg 5y ago
  Taxing people won’t make housing cheaper, it has nothing to do with the healthcare crisis and it won’t fix political corruption. Limousine liberals such as you are disconnected from reality and think that the solution to everything is to throw money at it.

rsj_hn 5y ago

This is how you get to a place where college education is triple the cost of the rest of Europe (and much worse in quality), healthcare is double the cost and much worse in quality, and housing is skyrocketing. "But I thought subsidizing these things would make them cheaper! Here, take more of my money!!" Here's a life pro-tip: When you are spending too much on something, the solution is to spend less, not more.

chasing 5y ago
The idea of paying taxes to help support the people around them truly drives some people nuts. It’s a shame.
- rsj_hn 5y ago
  The idea that a solution might not require an increase in taxes truly drives people nuts. It's a shame because it explains why the US government spends so much more on education and healthcare than other nations, yet we have such terrible outcomes. But when the only button you are willing to consider is "spend more!", then that's what you end up with -- a broken, bloated, system that is massively overfunded and that massively under-delivers. I bet you're the type of person that sees a massive, broken software project and just declares "we need to spend more on this to deliver it ontime! Hire more people!" But hey, maybe I'm wrong. 20% of the nation is employed in delivering healthcare, so if we increase that to 40%, maybe then we'll solve the problem. We must spend more, it's the moral thing to do! We spend triple the OECD on tertiary education, but hey, we really should bump that up to 6x and then we'll finally fix it!