$22 Trillion spent on the war on poverty in the last 50 years...

[Anonymous]

So then, yes, I'm comfortable with $3,000 of my annual tax bill going towards nursing home services for the elderly, healthcare for children, disability benefits, Pell Grants, and The EITC which keeps a lot of families out of poverty.

OP, why aren't you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So then, yes, I'm comfortable with $3,000 of my annual tax bill going towards nursing home services for the elderly, healthcare for children, disability benefits, Pell Grants, and The EITC which keeps a lot of families out of poverty.

OP, why aren't you?

Not the OP. No one has a problem with someone being generous with their own money - the issue is being generous with other people's money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So then, yes, I'm comfortable with $3,000 of my annual tax bill going towards nursing home services for the elderly, healthcare for children, disability benefits, Pell Grants, and The EITC which keeps a lot of families out of poverty.

OP, why aren't you?

Not the OP. No one has a problem with someone being generous with their own money - the issue is being generous with other people's money.

Who's being generous with other people's money? US tax policy is not established by my personal wishes, or the top PP's wishes. (If it were established by my personal wishes, then US tax policy would be quite different.) US tax policy is established by our elected government.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So then, yes, I'm comfortable with $3,000 of my annual tax bill going towards nursing home services for the elderly, healthcare for children, disability benefits, Pell Grants, and The EITC which keeps a lot of families out of poverty.

OP, why aren't you?

Not the OP. No one has a problem with someone being generous with their own money - the issue is being generous with other people's money.

Who's being generous with other people's money? US tax policy is not established by my personal wishes, or the top PP's wishes. (If it were established by my personal wishes, then US tax policy would be quite different.) US tax policy is established by our elected government.

And it's a core Constitutional power. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Just have to roll my eyes when people yammer about the government stealing their money or pretending the government doesn't have the right or authority. If you hate America and hate the Constitution so much, feel free to move elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

"Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" - Oliver Wendell Holmes.

If you don't want to pay taxes, then you don't want civilized society. You're free to move to Somalia where there's no functional government to collect taxes from you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" - Oliver Wendell Holmes.

If you don't want to pay taxes, then you don't want civilized society. You're free to move to Somalia where there's no functional government to collect taxes from you.

The question is, what percentage of your income would you like to pay in taxes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" - Oliver Wendell Holmes.

If you don't want to pay taxes, then you don't want civilized society. You're free to move to Somalia where there's no functional government to collect taxes from you.

The question is, what percentage of your income would you like to pay in taxes?

Is it one person who keeps restating and restating and restating this question, or is it multiple people?

Nobody can know what price to offer without knowing what they're getting for the price. That's basic economics.

I mean, what percentage of your income would you like to pay for stuff, PP? I'm waiting for an answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" - Oliver Wendell Holmes.

If you don't want to pay taxes, then you don't want civilized society. You're free to move to Somalia where there's no functional government to collect taxes from you.

The question is, what percentage of your income would you like to pay in taxes?

No, that's another thread. This one is about whether or the amount paid to SSI, Medicaid, and children's health is too much, just right or not enough. Start another thread.