Aye.
StevenNick, even in countries where a very progressive tax system is used, I highly doubt the rich are SLAVES of the poor. Calling this bill an act to enforce slavery demonstrates a misunderstanding of what slavery actually is.
So I guess the rich are only slaves to the poor until tax free day. That doesn't make the system any less immoral. And look at what has happened as a result of the progressive tax system. People on the bottom realize that they can pretty much vote themselves higher entitlements by voting for democratic candidates who soak the "rich", the small business, and the corporations of America. What right does the poor have to the wealth of the rich? And on what moral authority does the government act to take it from them?
And what exactly is so wrong with the fact that some people are rich? What is wrong with the fact that big corporations make big profit? What is so wrong with the fact that small business owners often make good money? It's the Fortune 500 companies that provide the poor with cheap goods. It's Walmart, not government entitlement programs, that provides poor people with the option of buying cheap food, clothes, and electronics. It's the drug companies, not medicare, that gives consumers access to lifesaving drugs. It's the small business owners of America, not the federal government, which provides the bulk of new jobs in America. It is the investments of the rich, not the entitlement programs of the poor, that drives Walstreet, rewards inovation and invention, and pushes the American economy forward.
Why in God's name do we have a tax code in America that punishes the inventors, the employers, and the investors? And at what point do we realize that by killing the goose that's laying the golden egg we're screwing ourselves over. We're screwing our kids over. And yes, we're screwing the poor over.
I said slavery and I meant it.
