Another graph that has no place in an intelligent honest discussion. A growing GDP and corporate taxes won't necessarily correlate. This is because taxes are marginal and GDP includes offshore profits which are not subject to Federal taxation.
I'm quoting a reply from a few pages back but was thinking over the weekend that I'd probably never be able to move back to Louisiana if health care was decided at the state and local levels (due to our historically inept state government).
I live in Texas also and hope to be here until my kids are done with school (i.e. decade or two). In a perfect world, I'd be able to move back to Louisiana around the age of retirement so the work environment aspect would be N/A.
yep. nothing but democrats end up running these machines. the young republicans come in with a more "Go getter" attitude. they spend a few months or a year, get their feet wet and move on and up. the democrats have about as much drive as a drunk driving a chevy volt. but they get all that "Free" medical and food and cell phones to offset it.
Many ways, those tax dollars can be used build bridges and fix roads, fix communities, maybe go into schools, or help the poor. Build and fix roads and bridges put people back to work don't they? More money for teachers and firefighters and policemen mean better, safer neighborhoods. Why should a handful of dudes reap the benefits of billions of dollars when MANY could reap the benefits of those tax dollars? I'd rather those tax dollars in the hands of the people who at least are supposed to help out the majority of Americans. I'm not saying they do it all the time but at least I can write them, curse them out, show up at their events and throw fruit at them. Fuck I don't even know who runs Exxon, and what can I do to get him out of power? Stop buying gas? Please.....
why should that handful bother making millions if the government is just gonna rob them of all their hard work ? why not put the lazy ass able bodied people living off the taxpayers asses to work earning their money? they can build schools and fix potholes and cut the grass and paint and be volunteer firefighters and do neighborhood watches just like people with jobs do when they're not working.
you mean rob them of all the money they keep when all the hard workers make it for them? If you don't believe in any taxes whatsoever, go make your own country somewhere. There must be taxes. And the vast majority of it should come from the people who reap the benefits of this country the most.
If you don't believe in any taxes whatsoever, go make your own country somewhere. There must be taxes. And the vast majority of it should come from the people who reap the benefits of this country the most.[/quote] i know taxes have to be paid but if i could i would start my own country. Nodemocratsallowed would be the naame of it. How exactly do people that bust their asses working and studying to become successful reap the benefits of this country? if someone works for it the only thing they're benefiting is the fruits of their labor. if anyone is reaping anything it's the lazy fucks that are raping the hardworking taxpayers. the only people I owe anything to is my family and the US military personnel who fight and die for the freedoms we enjoy. you mean rob them of all the money they keep when all the hard workers make it for them? if they have to be fed by taxpayers. and they get their medical paid for by taxpayers. and they get half their utilities and rent paid for by taxpayers and can have kids and stick the taxpayers with the bill and still be able to afford an Ipad, 24" rims, and bling, and a yukon. then that means they're receiving stolen money, tax money, from people that actually worked for it. then they can be put to work providing services to the taxpayers.
