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1) "Those of us working hard for our paychecks" - As opposed to who? Those of us getting paid to fuck around? Christian Rock Stars? Hedge fund managers? The people who do voice overs for infomercials?
Should we have even more taxes taken out- who is "we"? Are "We" making $20,000 a year, or $10 Million a year? I'm comfortable with the top income bracket paying a higher marginal rate. Perhaps even creating a super-high income bracket with an even higher marginal rate. During Eisenhower, the top marginal rate was 90%. If you make over 7 figures in a year, for instance, I think you can pay a little more to get our society functioning at a better level, honestly. OTOH, I don't think people making 20K a year should be paying much at all.
2) Those of us not working/taking money? Define "taking money"- you mean to pay for schools? Roads? Our massively bloated Military Industrial And Prison Complexes? Or perhaps you mean that daily bon-bon and expensive vodka ration that everyone not working "takes" from working peoples' incomes? I'm not sure what you're talking about. Personally, during the times in my life that I didn't have a job, I'm pretty sure I never got a check in the mail from an anonymous job-holding taxpayer.
3) "wasted on ridiculous programs". No, I most certainly do not. I'm pretty resigned to the fact that the money wasted on the ridiculous program known as the Iraq War isn't coming back, but I wouldn't mind seeing about half the money spent on the ridiculous program known as our massively outsized Military Budget be cut. And the ridiculous program known as the drug war, for $40 Billion plus a year- that could go, too.
4) A better educated populace is only part of the equation. We need to support research and development for domestic high tech industries that will produce those jobs. Vocational training has gotta be part of it, too. But all that costs money. I.E. Taxes.
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