[Dec31,1999]

It's time to face reality and raise taxes on the rich to pay off the national debt. I know this will not be a popular idea around here, but as a solution, it will at least help.

It's high time to get our financial house in order, least we become a banana republic, where the rich control everything and pay little or no taxes and the poor have no means to better themselves.

This issue is the Republicans' Achilles heal and will come back to bite in the next election cycle.

[Timocrat]

It's time to face reality and raise taxes on the rich to pay off the national debt. I know this will not be a popular idea around here, but as a solution, it will at least help.

Complete fallacy. Every time tax rates on the rich have been lowered they pay more in absolute terms. The solution is to cut government spending drastically. Elimination of the unconstitutional Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Labor would be a modest first step.

[little jeremiah]

How about trimming the fat from gov't spending? HUD, NEA, NEH, pork to states, corportate welfare, entitlements to all manner of people, groups, entities, the Ad Council, etc etc.

When you read even a small list of what the gov't actually spends money on it's enough to turn you into an anarchist.

50% could be trimmed off immediately with only good results*. Sure, some people would get shook up a little. But about effing time. And when people get to keep more of their hard earned money, they'll give more in charity to organizations *they* deem worthy.

*And more later on. There's so little the fedgov should actually be doing.

[1rudeboy]

Check out #7. I'm laughing too hard to respond.

[bill1952]

Are you a nut?

Raising taxes is a dead end proposition, as any CPA will tell you.

That is the Socialist solution, and also the dems.

You don't raise taxes, which only causes capital flight, (investment chases return).

You lower government spending. Period.

[Toddsterpatriot]

It's time to face reality and raise taxes on the rich to pay off the national debt. I know this will not be a popular idea around here, but as a solution, it will at least help.

Great idea!! What rate were you thinking? 60%? 70%?

I think the rate should be raised until the top 10% of taxpayers pay 66% of all taxes. Tax 'em till they squeal.

[Havoc]

None of you really get it - do you.

[LowCountryJoe]

That's brilliant. No, that's "Bono-like" brilliant!

[chudogg]

This is from someone who went from an 8MPG Beast (Hooked up 85 Monte Carlo) and recently upraded to a more practical 15 MPG vehicle (ESCALADE!).

Gas prices aint high.