Rand Paul's report on $1 Trillion in guvment waste in 2024

Because that would double-stress the economy, but probably more importantly, you would be penalizing taxpayers who didn't ask their government to overspend its receivables in the first place.

 

What services are you talking about?

 

Most Americans are taxpayers

 

More talking points that make zero sense. Almost all those who don’t pay are retired, students, or poor. But good idea. You retired folks should be paying out your ass for what you left behind.

 

IOW, tax the poor more, so that Trump and people like him can get tax cuts.

Hilarious how most MAGA voters have been conned to vote against their own well-being.

 

We know exactly what you mean; tax the poor more, so that Trump and people like him can get tax cuts.

 

And what percentage of the wealth is held by the Top 10% vs. the bottom 50%?

 

Sure. "Only" is doing a lot of work there, given that the average American family makes half of that. But you didn't answer the question. What percentage of the wealth in this country is held by the Top 10% and what percentage is held by the bottom 50%?

 

Okay and?

 

You're saying that raising taxes would penalize taxpayers and I'm saying that cutting spending would also penalize taxpayers. You're just choosing one negative over the other because for a certain group tax cuts are always viewed as a good thing

 

Some cuts are better than no cuts. Got to start somewhere

 

Revenues tend to go up from year to year unless there is a recession. But they go up a lot more when there are tax increases than when there are tax cuts.

 

Math is hard.

 

About 32% of Americans make less than $15/hr, meaning that they are affected by their state or the nation's minimum wage. (Even if someone is making slightly more than minimum wage, an increase in minimum wage means that they will likely receive at least some increase in salary.) The national minimum wage has not been increased since 2007. Inflation has not been zero since 2007. Had minimum wage been adjusted for inflation, these people would be making over $10/hr right now. Basically, Congress' refusal to raise minimum wage has been a 25-30% pay cut for the working poor over the last 17 years. You want the working poor to pay 15% income taxes after they received that kind of pay cut? They can't afford food and rent as it is.

 

Derp derp. You can’t even defend what you type. Waist of pixels.