Raise America’s Taxes

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Originally Posted by Terrax

I'm in the minority, but no pain no gain. If the US would actually stick to a plan and drive down debt, as a citizen, I would gladly pay more taxes. I myself HATE being in debt & am working my ass off to get out.

But our budget is a typical situation. I'm way over simplifying it, but pay off one debt, & another pops up. Get the mortgage paid off & then the the family wants a new car. Most people can't save money, excess $$$ must be spent. You've got to make sacrifices to dig yourself out a hole that you've made for yourself. Our government should be the same way.

Agreed -- we'll need to pay more in taxes fund the government services we expect, or we'll have to learn to do without a lot of those services. Either way, it's a sacrifice.

OTOH, I'm not too keen on the idea of making deep sacrifices myself in order to pay an extra million to the multi-billionaires in this country.