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Originally Posted by Paper1
Your thinking is exactly why we have the mess we have. You say we spend to much the other side says we don’t tax enough so nothing changes. All I’m saying is get our grandchildren out of the equation and let the dust settle where it might.
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I'm not seeing one only, or the other only.
I'm seeing that the wrong people are paying the highest percentage of their income in taxes, and the wrong people are paying the lowest percentage of their income in taxes.
I am ALSO seeing a lot of spending in government that should not be spent on the things they're being spent on. I am ALSO seeing fund cuts in programs that should not have cuts.
I'm seeing things from a pragmatic point of view, not an emotional point of view. Increase only certain taxes of certain incomes above a base maximum, shift the focus of military spending (I don't think we necessarily pay too much, we're just paying for the wrong things), provide more efficient paths to citizenship (immigrants are the reason our food is so affordable, why the Villages landscaping looks so gorgeous, and why we have so many options for medical providers in the area - we probably should keep them around, unless one of YOU wants to pick oranges for a living at sub-minimum wage, or try to explain to Mrs. Smith for the 20th time this year that it's her dietary choices causing her constant hemorrhoids, hmm?)
Lots of things we need to do, to balance the budget. It's not just one or the other extreme. It's a bit of both sides, meeting in the middle. A bit fiscally conservative, and a bit socially liberal. It can be done, we need people willing to make it happen instead of people saying it must absolutely only be one or the other, but not both.