When I heard Barney's comments today, I found myself yelling at the radio again... While it must be entertaining to my fellow drivers, it can't be good for my blood pressure. Since this topic irks me more than just about any, it's the subject of today's post.
Ladies and gentleman, here's Barney:
Now, why this bothers me so much I'm not totally sure. I'm not likely any time soon (if ever...) to find myself in the targeted tax bracket. I should probably adopt the same attitude that so many other americans have taken lately: "if it doesn't affect me, then who cares" or "what's in it for me."
How can anyone think that stealing money from private parties, families, and small businesses to bail out failed government policies is the morally correct thing to do. Government has very few responsibilities in my opinion, including keeping us safe and not much else. If the world became such a dangerous place that I needed to pay more in taxes in order to keep my freedom, I would understand that. But to tax us just so our miserable government can get bigger and more miserable is unfathomable to me.
"I think there are a lot of rich people out there who we can tax at a point down the road to recover some of this money."
As far as I'm concerned this is legalized stealing. I hope he's planning to repent after he plans to steal from us.
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So Emily said I should leave a comment on your blog, but I'm not sure that you'd still let her be my friend if I did. . . Seriously though, I think Lincoln would agree with you. The whole idea of taxing the rich to help the poor really bothers him too.
Ha ha, as if Emily would care what I think anyway... I already know your one flaw--you should feel free to disagree as you wish:)
Lincoln here...
I've tried three times to write something about this guy's idiotic statement, but I can't think of any words I'd let my kids read. Why is it never a good time to pay for stuff now? His mentality is EXACTLY what got us into this economic crisis to begin with! We should stop expecting the 'rich' to cover for failed government programs and take immediate accountability for our financial mistakes...
I could not agree more!!!!! I can't believe how flippantly he made that comment as well. Ridiculous.
BTW, if you make more than 60,000 you are consider "rich" by democratic standards, prepare to say good-bye to your money.
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