Originally posted by: Fern
If he's not willing to donate his own money for good causes, I would like to think he wouldn't be willing to donate our tax dollars either.
Fern
Taxes come out of his pocket, too.
I'm a lot more willing to pay a fair share of a government program to do good than I am to be one of a few who donate and get a lot less done.
I'd happily pay $100 more in taxes and actually get something done compared to donating money for a small effect.
Governments are uniquely positioned to get a lot of public programs done.
You can't judge the issue by Republican government, who gut the place and steal the silverware, you need to look at FDR (public works, social security), JFK (man on the moon, Medicare), LBJ (poverty rate reduced by one-third in a cut that has continued ever since his changes), etc.