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Originally Posted by mpotter";p="
Taxes should simply be a straight percentage across the board. Government should adjust spending instead of changing how they do taxes. Quit wasting so much. I say we go with something like 20-25% of your income regardless of how much you make, unless you make close to minimum wage, and at that point I think they should not take any. Those of you who have tried to live off of minimum wage would understand that 20% of you check is A LOT!!! when you are only making minimum. Those who are rich like Donald Trump, should have to pay the full amount. Even people who make $10/hr. I dont' know maybe I'm just trying to be too fair. THat's not how politics work. The rich are supposed to get richer and the poor get poorer. Ok, sorry I said anything...
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A flat tax rate across the board would be much better. But the best of all would be user fees. Everyone pays for what they use. If you don't pay you don't use. If you don't use you don't pay. That would be the "fairest" possible system of all, wouldn't it? I mean why pay for someone else to use something.... that's not very "fair" at all. Its also not "fair" to take one person's money and give it to another person, just because they have less of it. Why work at all if you can't even prosper from the benefits of your labor, from your own property? This is exactly why socialism could never work. No incentive.... and with a welfare system... the same thing. Its exactly why so many welfare recipients refuse to go out and get jobs. Why work for the same amount you can mooch for?