In Reply to: Did you mean to say... posted by Alan on June 13, 2004 at 01:59:05:
I'm sure glad that we got over that hurdle. Please refer to my original comments:
>>> The problem is the family that with two incomes can't hardly make 25K and are just above the poverty line. Those are the ones who are supporting the US economy right now and republican policy is shutting down the doors to them.
>>> Another problem is that there is no interest in creating a climate of consensus in fiscal policies. Most republicans (and I am not a democrat-lover or liberal either) are above that line of desperation the vast majority of americans have to live under.
I agree that my post and the thread were about taxes but what I was meaning to say is that the vast majority of people (and then I realized it is only 50%) of them) pay a bigger chunk of their income. True that the percentage is less but the final amount of money means more to those with little spare funds than a larger percentage to those who have more to spare.
In that sense, and I can see how my explanation is not to convincing but it is enough to me, as a christian I see that those with less give more because they give from what they DON'T have while those with more may give more but they give out of their abundance.
I also agree that this is a moot discussion because we are not experts - at least I am not. And the truthis that I am happy to be able to pay my taxes, even though I try to minimize them as much as possible. I purposely try to avoid any interest to understand our fiscal policies. I am not a gambling person so free market economies are to me good enough in principle but when protectionist measures are taken to promote this or that industry I get lost.
Continuing the current trend, we will embrace even further the idea of globalism in which our largest corporations will move elsewhere to maximize their earnings thus moving their tax contribution as well. This will greatly affect those whose salary is close enough to that famous "median".