raising taxes is raising taxes, whether you just do it or eliminate “loopholes” (provisions allowing people to keep THEIR OWN MONEY to invest and spend)
Some of We the People may have been born at night but it wasn’t last night
On “fee” and “insurance” hikes, we say it is spinach and we say “to hell with it”.
Just get Boner’s government OUT of our faces and let us keep more of our own money to take care of ourselves
Cut me a break. GE paid zero dollars in taxes last year, even though it made billions in profits because of tax shelters and loop holes. I assume you are against a flat tax? The flat tax would reduce tax rates, but it would increase revenues (not to mention, eliminate 10's of thousands of pages of internal revenue rules/regs). It would probably even broaden the base, causing taxes to be applicable on a portion of the 47% that currently do not pay federal income tax.
Face it, we have to assess taxes somehow, some way, to pay for the legitimate functions the feds are required to perform. The fact that 47% of income earners pay nothing in federal taxes, sucks. That's right, I'm in favor of changing the tax code to ensure a large chunk of the 47% pay something. They need to put a skin in the game. Hence, changing (reducing) the tax code to include more taxpayers would increase revenues, without raising rates.