[FredZarguna]

Coburn is absolutely right. The ~50% of Americans who pay no income tax should be called on to help fund the military and other Constitutionally mandated programs which benefit us all. Social Security taxes should be increased on those who collect the highest percentage of benefits: those who pay the least in.

If you want less of something, tax it; if you want more, subsidize it. It's time to tax the poor.

[Minus_The_Bear]

You're not getting it.

And neither is Coburn.

Are the ~50% of Americans who pay no income taxes going to start paying taxes? No. Taxes are going to raised.

We don't need to raise taxes on the few producers we still have.

We need to cut the funding to deadbeats. That is called cutting spending.

It's a spending not a revenue problem

[MinorityRepublican]

We need a flat tax. Let’s say 20% for everyone. And yes, the poor have to pay their share. We cannot exempt them from taxes.