Originally posted by lazs2
strk... Hmm.. I was a contractor and never worked for anyone who wasn't working themselves. They may have varied greatly in income but... they all coulda used a tax break. How can you work for someone who has no income?
When a person makes nothing...yes ZERO and gets a "tax credit" then that is wrong.
lazs
That is true (first graf)
Im not against tax credits to benefit people with kids. Maybe Im biased because i have a couple.
I dont mind paying my fair share of taxes. I think it is patriotic to do so. But I demand that the system be fair. People who are just getting by could use a tax break, sure. BUt lowering their federal income tax isnt enough, because the other payroll taxes make up a bigger portion anyway.
And a guy making a half mil a year is not going to "need" an extra 30k. That money would be better used building a highway, a school, buying part of an F-18, or making it so the guy who is just getting by can pay no tax at all. The Common Good.
This is the greatest country in the world, no doubt, and the folks who are rich need to remember that when it comes time to pay the tax man. Paying taxes is our duty, and as Will Rogers said - just thank God you arent getting all the government you pay for