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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
I guess I just don't see the logic in taxing certain people more when half the people don't pay (AT ALL), and the government spends millions and billions of dollars every year without batting an eye or thinking about the consequences.
How can you justify hiking tax percentages on the responsible people who are already paying taxes in this country?
It makes no sense.
How about you make the "poor", who have contributed nothing, pay only for the percentage that was just raised on the rich?
If you continue to "punish" the people making money, how can you expect anyone to make more (or want to make more), and throw that money back into the economy? Let me tell you... if I was making $390,000/year, I would try my hardest to do the bare minimum and never get a raise.
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I agree. My problem with extra taxes on the wealthy is because those are the people who create jobs. For instance - take someone who owns a car dealership. If they have to pay extra in taxes, they may have to lay people off in order to do so. That leaves people unemployed.
Taxes on the wealthy will barely even make a dent in our current debt situation. Spending cuts are what we need.