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Originally Posted by dabyabby
The fact of it is easy to understand, if you spend (War) more than you take in you will have to raise taxes! no if's and's or buts!!! We all have to pay, some more than others!!! Live with it and get over it!  |
Apparently it's not so easy to understand, and it's amusing that you don't understand the issue at all. You just gave a perfect example of the simpleton mindset that some politicians appeal to so easily.
Two quick things:
1) The war is not our biggest expense, and our budget is full of better opportunities to cut spending. We can balance the budget and lower everbody's tax burden if we had a government that believed in spending responsibly, but we don't.
2) When you say "raise taxes", what do you mean? Tax rates? Tax collections? Would you believe that they aren't the same thing!?! Holy cow.
