11-21-2016, 11:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-21-2016, 11:13 PM by Eric the Green.)
(11-21-2016, 07:36 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Eric's position on taxes is ridiculous. Perhaps he believes that only billionaires pay taxes, which is close to the opposite of the truth.
The petrodollar could be restored and inflation exported again if we started living up to our obligations to protect commerce by sailing the Navy in harm's way rather than leaving it rusting in home port. I'm not sure if Trump has figured that out, though.
They won't pay much under Trump, that's for sure. They don't pay as much as they should.
Who cares about restoring the petrodollar (assuming it needs restoring)?
We could reward work by raising wages and salaries, not by cutting the already low taxes people pay. There's just a not a whole lot there to cut, so it wouldn't make much difference to "motivation." I mean, among most people who actually "work." And of course, not including what you call ponzi schemes, which are just prudent retirement programs.
The extremist libertarian views that you, Galen and most Republicans and Libertarians hold, has nothing to do with a sensible, balanced policy. Taxes that are too high on anyone can be a problem. But that's just not where we are, in most cases.