My objection is that no one pitched a bitch over high taxes and deficit spending like this when it was Regan and the Pentagon was ordering $500 toilet seats, and that people want to tar and feather the Democrats as "tax and spend" when Slick Willie Clinton could manage a budget with a surplus.
Do I like the deficit spending? Hell, no. I've refused to send any petitions to my state government to save programs, even programs that I wish would not get cut. However, I am tired of people not grasping the concept that stuff like fire departments, schools, roads, libraries, unemployment, and other benefits of civilization do not come cheap. America also gets off light compared to Canada, Japan, and most of Europe. We are losing ground against other countries in terms of economic viability part due to the neglect of our infrastructure, educational system, and health care. We're going to need to fix them if we have a hope in hell for the long term.
I'm also furious over the fact that 2/3 of corporations pay NO taxes, and that those who can pay CPAs to cook the books a bit can weasel out of their share or create some tax haven out of a Bahamas mail drop while the (honest folk/proletariat/working class/rest of us) have to make up for their share. I also hate that most of my tax dollars get flushed on a debt that was primarily made up of no-bid "defense" contracts, war and energy profiteering (among other creative ways to kill people), and rewarding the bastards who outsource to sweatshops. I'd rather my share of the civilization bill go for education, diplomacy, and making sure our bridges don't collapse.
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Date: 2009-04-16 08:22 am (UTC)Do I like the deficit spending? Hell, no. I've refused to send any petitions to my state government to save programs, even programs that I wish would not get cut. However, I am tired of people not grasping the concept that stuff like fire departments, schools, roads, libraries, unemployment, and other benefits of civilization do not come cheap. America also gets off light compared to Canada, Japan, and most of Europe. We are losing ground against other countries in terms of economic viability part due to the neglect of our infrastructure, educational system, and health care. We're going to need to fix them if we have a hope in hell for the long term.
I'm also furious over the fact that 2/3 of corporations pay NO taxes, and that those who can pay CPAs to cook the books a bit can weasel out of their share or create some tax haven out of a Bahamas mail drop while the (honest folk/proletariat/working class/rest of us) have to make up for their share. I also hate that most of my tax dollars get flushed on a debt that was primarily made up of no-bid "defense" contracts, war and energy profiteering (among other creative ways to kill people), and rewarding the bastards who outsource to sweatshops. I'd rather my share of the civilization bill go for education, diplomacy, and making sure our bridges don't collapse.