To me, as a veteran of twenty years in the United States Army, the expression "Freedom Isn't Free" doesn't refer to taxes, but to the price that many of us paid in the form of separation from our loved ones, sacrificing some of our own freedoms to secure freedom for the rest of the country, and foregoing more lucrative careers for a cause greater than our own.
Some of my comrades-in-arms ended up paying the ultimate price for the freedom of all Americans.
But as long as we're on the topic of taxes, let me say for the record that unlike Democrats like Timothy Geithner, Tom Daschle and Charlie Rangel, I've paid my taxes - all of the them.
Other than the MOST extreme radical libertarians, who, like their far left supposed polar opposites believe in some kind of utopian government-free zone, conservatives that I know personally and read in forums and posts and blogs and in professional positions DO NOT engage in the fantasy of a government free or tax-free world.
That is absurdist. Nor as a sole-proprietor businessman do I "cry" over taxes any more than spilled milk. But life requires balance, and a relaxed stand in some cases on issues like taxes could boost the economy. The notion put forth by Pelosi and other that we have "historically low taxes", while technically correct on the average data, actually means that the majority of revenue-gathering is coming from a smaller portion of Americans. With 53% of American able to trace much if not most of the income to federal benefits and payouts, and government work garnering 75% more than comparable private sector pay (this does not include benefits, BTW) we can be sure that balance is now tipped.
See for example: http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2010/05/taxes-at-a-historic-low.html?printer=1
And that handy reminder also includes the realm of federal and state budgets, as well as the things we expect from government, and the freedoms that will no doubt have to be pared down at least to some extent on things like HCR.
I could go on, and did over on another thread with the "word salad" as Ted mentioned regarding budgetary concerns. But more than one economist has pointed out that this administration's latest ventures and moves are going to create liability for decades.
Taxing the living hell out of people, which might come in the form of VATs or carbon usage fees and a host of other fees (and now the Obama administration has switched gears and plainly admitted that HCR will not only have to be bolstered with taxes, it IS a form of tax) is NOT the answer.
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To me, as a veteran of twenty years in the United States Army, the expression "Freedom Isn't Free" doesn't refer to taxes, but to the price that many of us paid in the form of separation from our loved ones, sacrificing some of our own freedoms to secure freedom for the rest of the country, and foregoing more lucrative careers for a cause greater than our own.
ReplyDeleteSome of my comrades-in-arms ended up paying the ultimate price for the freedom of all Americans.
But as long as we're on the topic of taxes, let me say for the record that unlike Democrats like Timothy Geithner, Tom Daschle and Charlie Rangel, I've paid my taxes - all of the them.
Crude demagoguery, at best.
ReplyDeleteOther than the MOST extreme radical libertarians, who, like their far left supposed polar opposites believe in some kind of utopian government-free zone, conservatives that I know personally and read in forums and posts and blogs and in professional positions DO NOT engage in the fantasy of a government free or tax-free world.
That is absurdist. Nor as a sole-proprietor businessman do I "cry" over taxes any more than spilled milk. But life requires balance, and a relaxed stand in some cases on issues like taxes could boost the economy. The notion put forth by Pelosi and other that we have "historically low taxes", while technically correct on the average data, actually means that the majority of revenue-gathering is coming from a smaller portion of Americans. With 53% of American able to trace much if not most of the income to federal benefits and payouts, and government work garnering 75% more than comparable private sector pay (this does not include benefits, BTW) we can be sure that balance is now tipped.
See for example: http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2010/05/taxes-at-a-historic-low.html?printer=1
And that handy reminder also includes the realm of federal and state budgets, as well as the things we expect from government, and the freedoms that will no doubt have to be pared down at least to some extent on things like HCR.
I could go on, and did over on another thread with the "word salad" as Ted mentioned regarding budgetary concerns. But more than one economist has pointed out that this administration's latest ventures and moves are going to create liability for decades.
Taxing the living hell out of people, which might come in the form of VATs or carbon usage fees and a host of other fees (and now the Obama administration has switched gears and plainly admitted that HCR will not only have to be bolstered with taxes, it IS a form of tax) is NOT the answer.