Some big myths, your average american pays plenty taxes when you total them, gas tax, sales tax, property tax, tax on about any service or item you buy or use.
The issue with corporations is regulation and trade laws, if we taxed the crap out of the stuff they make that comes from China, you would see small business be able to compete, that would force them to bring jobs home. I agree, give breaks to those that create jobs here.
As millions of jobs are shipped overseas, that leaves millions here without jobs that seek entitlements.
The government didn't just pay SS, unemployment, Medicare, most pay into those systems for year. No doubt cost are going up, so people should start paying more into medicare.
Why we have a high base corporate tax rate, they're able to use shelters and loopholes, in the end we pay the lowest rate with you take that into account.
The goal is never to let the right hand know what the left hand is doing.
We built the strongest middle class in the world when we had a high tax rate, fair trade law and correct regulation. One can see that getting a way to that has ruined this nation.
The biggest issue of course is spending...maybe when we finish rebuilding other nations spending trillions, will look at our own roads, etc.
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