Re taxes: It’s all about whether you pay as you go or you spend now and pay later. Of course that is what we have done for most of the last generation. People have feared the tax and spend Democrats so we have had the don’t tax but still spend like a fleet of drunken sailors Republicans.
Now we are going to have to pay the debt for Star Wars anti-missile fantasies, supplying arms for every tin pot dictator who kissed our massive ass, picking fights with every nation that wouldn’t pucker up, and finally embarking on an ill fated war just to fulfill a lot of 60’s draft dodgers’ wet dreams.
We allowed, no we encouraged those activities and now we are going to have to pay the bill plus interest. Where is the money going to come from? It’s obvious we have little if any credit, so that means increased taxes. Personally I believe in taxes on those who have been undertaxed. I think millionaires should pay the same 25% of their gross income that I do. I think capital gains, money that comes from things you buy, should be taxed at a higher rate than every $ you labor for. I think if you inherit $1 million you should kick a little of that back to your country. I think that there should be no cap on social security taxes, if you earn $250,000 you should pay SS taxes on all of it.
And as for the rest of us, because the majority of us fell for the BS, we all will have to cut back. We will have to give up the SUV, the 3500 sf house for the family of 4. We will have to give up weddings that rival those of royalty. We will have to realize that we don’t have a constutional right to shop til we drop. We will have to pay now for what we have allowed to be overcharged for, blown up and otherwise allowed to be wasted-tough luck for the minority who didn’t vote for the wastrels because we will pay too.