Heard on the radio this AM

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Heard on the radio this AM
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Thu, 08-21-2008 - 12:47pm
That the British version of Vanity Fair is going to do an article that Obama may not like.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2006
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 11:42am

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2006
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 11:43am
What connection?

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 11:44am

But the question is do you feel it is fair that most of the lower and middle class pay nothing in the first place? I think last time I looked it was 42% of all wage earners paid "zero" federal income taxes with a large chunk actually getting a stipend (i.e. money back that they never paid).

Don't you see the danger when you have upwards of 10% of the filers paying almost 100% of the taxes?

How do you prevent the very large majority of earners from continuing to vote more and more benefits for themselves at the expense of a very small minority?

Isn't the government supposed to protect the minority from the majority?

I see the government as having failed to limited themselves to the bounds of the constitution--this is very troublesome.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2006
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 11:49am

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Most work hard for a living.

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2006
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 12:01pm

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Just take a look at how James Madison viewed the opulent

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 12:02pm

Can you explain your though process here?

Since the bulk of all taxes are paid by a small percentage of high income earners already how does what you said make for a reverse argument?

Since the wealthiest are the least likely to use any of the entitlement programs how are they being given anything by those who pay little to nothing in the first place?

Do you really think it's a good trend that so few foot the bill for so many? Can you see the inherent danger there? If everyone where paying something then voters would think harder about the affects of voting for certain government spending programs.

Gosh I read a good analysis of this not long ago. It would have been great to share here but I can't remember where I saw it!

Can you imagine the difference though if everyone had their own money at stake? Nobody wants "their money" wasted and when the price you pay is little to nothing compared to what you have to gain you vote much differently, now reverse that argument.

iVillage Member
Registered: 05-14-2008
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 12:09pm
Yes. He understood that constitutional "rights" apply to the minority. Just like Lincoln and Johnson and many others not mentioned. It's the basis for many of our laws and regulations today.
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2006
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 12:15pm

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In this argument that often get tossed out on political boards, the other side of the coin barely gets looked at.

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-30-2004
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 12:15pm

Very few of the middle class use these "entitlement programs," as you call them.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2006
Sun, 08-24-2008 - 12:23pm

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Lincoln and Johnson

 

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