I don't think the answers are so terribly hard to find. If you consider that America is one of only a few industrialized nations that has an entrenched corporate welfare system. In theory, we pay corporations to do what our legislators believe to be right. This is similar to the fallacy of the unbounded center. Instead of giving money away for doing what is right, you simply elevate taxes on corporations that are doing things wrong. We do not increase taxes on companies that pollute. The very first thing our fearless leader did upon being elected by the supreme court was to eliminate the windfall profits tax. Why is anyone surprised at the price of gas. To increase gasoline prices the oil companies merely slow production, thereby doing less to make more money. Why don't we tax the porn industry. Hmmmm, ok, that would cost politicians. The porn industry is a major political money source. Could you imagine a one year subscription to Hustler costing $500. The arguement that porn is free speech is absurd. If porn is free speech then there is no reason to have more than one issue as the message is just repeating itself. Everyone has the right to bear arms, but that doesn't mean certain guns shouldn't be heavily taxed. Would a 100% tax on alcohol hurt the nation? What? The poor have a right to poison themselves as fast as the wealthy. Why can't casinos pay a 75% tax on profits? We don't want to upset the mobsters that moved to the desert. We don't give tax breaks to companies that choose not to pollute, in fact, home builders that want to build houses that are off the grid are fined for not installing unnecessary electric and gas transmission lines. God forbid a house be built without a sewage hookup. I know I'm ranting but I do believe that we are only separated from a healthy economy by our obsession with the idea that all taxes are bad.
john ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:30:29 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] America's Defecit and Also the IRAQ war cost. Seems like you agree with more than 80% of the country as the present, regarding the direction we are heading. Our country has been sold in parcels to the highest bidders, without regards to its effects on our economy. We are hemmorage our money, jobs and education to other countries who laugh at our misery. Just ask those who have returned from other countries. Our "dollar" has lost its value. Our dollar means everything to us for survival. Just ask any American. It wasn't always this way. I too pray for "The Change." Best Wishes In a message dated 4/12/2008 9:23:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I pretty much don't agree with anything this administration is doing. Our country has had it's back turned on since we went to war. Our own people are hurting in a big way and our problems can't be resolved. Whomever becomes president has a big job on their hands and I know I wouldn't want that job for the world. We need to keep our noses out of other countries and focus on this one. It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
