• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Rich-Poor gap widening

it's been plenty good to me, i plowed my tax savings straight into savings and never missed it :)

but you seemed to miss the part where i said i wanted to reduce the tax burden on the middle class?


You must have missed the part then where you have been paying higher taxes to provide your millionaire buddies their $91,000 tax break.
 
You must have missed the part then where you have been paying higher taxes to provide your millionaire buddies their $91,000 tax break.

really? when did my taxes get raised?

irrespective, we're trying to lower them on generally everyone.
 
tax capital investments

so wisconsin public school teachers don't have to work (181 days a year) for slave wages

LOL!
 
When Reagan dropped the top income tax down from 70 to 39 percent (back in the thirties it was 92 percent), manufacturing prospered and the national debt tripled. Unfortunately, very little of the extra money trickled down to the workers, and more and more manufacturing has gone over seas.

The windfall also paid for developing robots and other time saving devises that eliminated thousands of workers, and financed overseas manufacturing which put thousands more out on the street.

ricksfolly

So, you would argue that lowering the tax rate was in part responsible for making things worse?

causal arguments are often difficult to prove, but I certainly agree little trickled down, and there is little reason to suspect it ever would. To live well here, people need to make a good wage. They need benefits. And this means employers must do horrible things, like pay well and provide benefits. Third world countries know better, and hence can provide service for much less pay, and without benefits. Of course we could do that here I suppose.

But that is where some of the battle lines are. How does the worker keep a reasonable standard of living and business do well without taking advantage of the worker. I wish more people today cared as much about the worker as they do the wealthy person. Even an equal concern for both would be an improvement.
 
Back
Top Bottom