Originally posted by: Prism
Originally posted by: tweaker2
Originally posted by: atybimf
Originally posted by: Rainsford
Originally posted by: atybimf
Originally posted by: Prism
Seems to me that this is exactly the opposite of what Republicans are all about. They like to:
-Give tax cuts to the rich and spend less money on education and health care
Everyone knows Republicans want to spend less money because they hate poor, sick, children. That's precisely why..
Since when do Republicans want to spend less money? They want lower TAXES, but that's not really the same thing.
Actually, I think the difference there is a perfect explanation for the motivation. It's not about "hating poor, sick, children". It's about wanting to have more money in their pockets, independent of any other considerations. And I understand the idea, I don't like seeing all those federal and state taxes taken out of my paycheck either...but there is a fine line between actually having a position and just stamping your foot and complaining about it. You want lower taxes? Me too...so let's figure out a way to DO that.
I'm talking about a real, old school Republican, not these Neocons or whatever. A real Republican wants to spend less on education and healthcare (if we're talking about Medicare etc) because these are socialized plans.
A real Republican gives a tax cut to the rich because its fair. Fair to me is not being punished for living the American dream. Apparently fair to you is taking my money and using it as handouts for others.
wow, just when i thought i heard it all. whoooo-weee. just out of curiosity, might i ask how old you are? really?
I happened to read in another post he was 16, and not that I'm lambasting you atybimf for being young, I just want you to know that I was in the exact same boat as you when I was that age. However, now that I'm a bit older,
and realize I will never be extrmemely wealthy, I have become envious of the rich and think although they already pay the majority of the taxes in this country, they arent paying enough. We need to tax them MUCH more because they have more than I do. And the 12-18% that the middle class pays is too much.
Do welfare and other tax-funded programs help lazy, inconsiderate people who would rather get paychecks in their mailbox than put in an honest day's work? Of course. But it also helps out those who have grown up without any possibilities in their lives; people who live in the middle of gang-infested ghettos; working-class families who have had one deadbeat spouse leave the other (and you have to realize that the people who marry these deadbeats probably didn't know any better because they were raised in very sub-standard conditions).
Overall, I would gladly pay taxes to help out these people, even though some of it goes towards those who don't deserve it. The system obviously isn't perfect, but as it stands, I think it's better than no system. IMHO, this essentially is helping out your fellow man as described in the Bible. We have far too many people in this country too simply say that we can do a good job of helping each other out without a program like this.
And to throw one more thing out there, how the crap can Republicans want to keep the war in Iraq going and expect to receive tax cuts? This doesn't make any sense at all to anyone who thinks about it for more than 2 seconds.