Well..broke 100 replies on a vanity post that resulted in about 75% personal attacks with the remainder consisting of some very thoughtful and courteous replies. I do hope that my intentionally provocative post had the benefit of emphasizing taxation inequities and the need for revenue reform along with a big reduction in governmental spending. BTW, I am perfectly aware of the fact that 48% of Americans who do not pay taxes should and that the shopworn notion of “my (immoral) hand in your pocket” is not a matter of raising taxes on the rich, rather it is a reality that has been with us since the institution of a progressive income tax in the US
My tagline may answer your question
And therein lies the problem. Perhaps we should solve the problem by eliminating the situation that put us in this predicament in the first place.
“...post that resulted in about 75% personal attacks...”
Hey buddy... when a fella sits in the front pew, farts a gale of Schlitz and onion rings and then leaves... fingers are going to point.
I don’t find the trickery humorous OR productive.
The others can speak for themselves, but I don’t need to be fooled into defending self-evident truths. Especially those also codified by our founding documents and by the Creator recognized therein.
“Thou shalt NOT steal... ah... unless fifty percent plus you see something enviable on thy neighbor’s side of the fence.” (nope, still don’t sound right)
I applaud your general desire to emphasize the flaw of progressive taxation. However, if such dishonest tactic were the norm here, I’d leave. This place is annoying enough with all the bashing of fine conservative candidates.
If you can’t help yourself, perhaps your next street theater could include a lesson on how Americans have mistakenly come to believe that democracy is what we stand for rather than freedom. When in reality the Constitution is there to protect us FROM democracy.
What Jefferson would likely have considered a modern tyranny of the majority, many today have come to regard as healthy compromises of minority rights for majority comforts.