The Politics Test: #4

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Strongly agree, for both practical and moral reasons. Fundamentally, governments have to be paid for, and it makes more sense for people like Bill Gates - who could easily pay higher taxes and still maintain his current standard of living - to do most of the paying. When every citizen has access to a first rate education, every family has food on their table and a roof over their head, every sick man, woman, and child has access to quality medical care, our infrastructure in perfect condition, our military has everything it needs, our emergency responders have amble resources, our natural resources are protected, the unemployed can find work, and our cities are thriving centers of growth, then it may be time to cut taxes on the rich. Until then, everyone must contribute to the extent that they are able to do so, and this means that the super-rich will chip in more than the rest of us.