ktsnake,

I am not saying start handing out cash just like it's nothing. Taxes are a necessity for educational purposes (ex. teachers, school equipment, etc), city utilities (ex. trash pickup), etc. It's not just for welfare recipients. If that's all taxes went to, then, yes I'd have a problem too. Taxes fund a lot of the things you expect out of the government. If you want to start taking your own trash to the land fill, then, by all means, do so. If you don't have governmental trash pickup, you usually pay a private company to come pick up your trash. Start sending your kids to private school and see how expensive that is. Stop attending museums financially supported by tax payers. Stop driving on roads maintained by state, city, and county . . . see how far that gets you. Now, you better stop going to the library as well. Your kids won't be able to do the research paper because mom and dad don't like paying for the library through taxation. OH! and don't go to a state supported college because, again, taxes go towards that too. Go to a private school (Furman University in Greenville, SC is between $25,000 and $30,000 a year . . . compare that to your state colleges/universities).

I am just saying the better off you are, the more is expected of you. Yes, that does mean higher taxes so the burden won't be left up to those who can afford it the least. Higher taxes on the poor and middle class won't offer an incentive to make more. It will eventually cut out the middle class (which is the largest class in America . . . if we cut them out, this country would be overwhelmed by more welfare recipients). The poor will just get farther in the hole. The rich will keep exploiting others to get richer.

Furthermore, I never called you a dumb idiot. I was just making a comparison. I simply stated that college graduates are expected to be smart individuals and not act like dumb idiots over anything. Yes, we may slip up but that's human nature.

Also, I want to ask you a question. I am not trying to offend anyone or flame anyone by this question. If you make a lot of money, does that give you the right to slack off just because you feel like it and you earned a high position/a lot of money on the totem pole? Should you just leave someone hungry or die of a disease because they didn't work as hard as you?