Famous last words. How about a new set of words. remember the AMT.



See the problem is you are looking at only 1 tax. Now look at ALL taxes. Here in this state, they instituted a temporary (so called) tax to pay for the Jamestown 400 year celebration. Now I think we will all admit that the states are not funding the war (it is against the constitution), yet these clowns (Reps and Dems) are trying to make that tax permanent! One state senator went so far as to belittle a radio talking head for being concerned about the $1 (the tax was $1/year on each registered vehicle)!

He totally missed the point (and found out that public opinion could still be whipped up for doofusses like him)! That may be $1, but that is only one of hundreds of taxes! Some were created as temporary taxes, that are now permanent!

No, the mentality of "just this little tax" is the basis for creeping incrementalism. And the reason that the tax rate on most Americans is approaching 50%, even the lowest paid ones. "It is just this little tax" one of hundreds that all pay, even for the most part, the poorest.

TA,

Ever hear the oft used phrase, "You can't legislate morality"? Leftists use it all the time regarding abortion, etc. It applies here as well.

We have a moral responsibility to care for the poor, to lift up the downtrodden and make society better. You will get no argument from me there. The question is, whose responsibility is it to carry it out? It is not the federal government's.

If a state, or better yet, a community, decides they want to reapportion wealth to help the poor, that's their choice, provided there is a democratic basis for the decision. Residents who don't like it can move to greener pastures where they don't have to contribute.

The responsibility for caring for the downtrodden rests on the individual, and on the churches, synagogues and mosques in this country. It's time to start expecting our citizens to BE citizens, and stop expecting the government to pony up everytime a need presents itself.

I did not say we need more funds ....at all. I said we need funds and that is why taxes exist . and i agree with your statement above. My problem is with people who say we DO NOT NEED to solve these problems.like Gid above.

here is what he said in part:



I responded to that million times, but it looks it doesnt register: These organization help and they do their role .... but they cant handle the problem it is too big for them ....... and the problem represent a danger to all the rest of us ... we cantjust ignore it and say it is the individual's responsibility because there are some people who are not responsible at all and if left to their own devices they will ruin everything for us.

There was no answer to this response whatsoever. none, zelch . just repeating the same THEORITICAL concept that these organization can do it.

They cant, it is too much for them .... and if they get large enough and funded enough to the point where they can handle it ..... I guarantee you they will be exactly like the Gov that we all saying is not doing things properly.

This is the nature of things ..... you get bigger and richer things get more messy

the trick is to minimize the mess and the problems. ..... not to kill it, ignore it or throw it on others who cant deal with it.

I said many times it is not a matter of morality alone. It is a matter of self-interest in the first place.