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To: yetidog
"...what is so wrong about raising taxes to some negotiated extent on the most wealthy taxpayers in the US?

This corrupt, intrusive, overbearing, tyrannical government is not entitled to another red cent from any source.

There is nothing in the US Constitution about wealth redistribution, promoting class envy or inculcating a sense of dependency among 50% of the population. Nor is there any authority for the federal government to establish bureaus and agencies to dictate every aspect of how we will be permitted to live. More money only means the government will get bigger, more intrusive and pursue more unconstitutional activities.

The "War On Poverty" is 45 years old, trillions have been spent, but we have more people officially in poverty every year. No matter how much money the government takes from others to finance wealth redistribution they will never solve the poverty issue. They only create generation after generation of people who don't, or won't, lift a finger to help themselves if they can hustle a free ride (free to them) from the government.

My family was of very modest means but I never heard a word spoken in envy of those who had more. We did give thanks for what we had. Perhaps that sense of appreciation and self reliance came from parents who lived through the First Great Depression and WWII.

The only thing I ever wanted from a person who earned more than I is the opportunity to learn how they did it.

As for people who are born into wealth, fell into a gold mine in their back yard or won a box of $1,000 bills - that is the luck of the draw. There is always someone bigger, faster, wealthier. Stay busy making the most of your own life and none of that matters in the long run.

The constitution guarantees equal opportunity. Our troubles began around the time leftists tried to force equality of outcome without concern for quality or quantity of the input.


86 posted on 08/01/2011 7:38:12 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The more effeminate & debauched the people, the more they are fitted for a tyrannical government.)
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To: Iron Munro; yetidog
There is nothing in the US Constitution . . .

Were the creators of the U.S. Constitution poor or wealthy?

101 posted on 08/01/2011 8:03:02 PM PDT by Age of Reason
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