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Originally Posted by AGDee
People jump on that "47% of the people don't pay federal income tax" and make assumptions.
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
I think the 47% issue is perhaps a different problem that just reducing it to makers and takers, which I know a lot of folks want to do.
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And I think the bottom line of using the 47%/half of the people mantra is to create an us-vs-them dynamic.
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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
I'd also like to add that most of these "social programs" for the middle and upper class are actually designed to benefit the government in the long run in terms of spurring economic growth and generating higher tax revenues. It's very beneficial for the government to get people owning homes and paying property taxes as well as getting educations and earning higher taxable income than just minimum wage.
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I was going to ask if it's the government that benefit or if it's the country and the country's economy that benefit, but others have raised a similar theme in the last few posts.
Not saying government can't be wasteful (or even self-interested), but when that's the case, then as Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he is us."
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