Thread: Are you willing to pay higher taxes, and if so, for what?

Are you willing to pay higher taxes, and if so, for what?

You can vote for more than one.

deficit reduction

i can afford to pay a little more in taxes.

but not for wars. I wont do that.

I am willing to pay higher taxes. I am willing to allow my democratically elected representatives in government to do the job they were elected to do.

Originally Posted by haymarket

I am willing to allow my democratically elected representatives in government to do the job they were elected to do.

Not me... not that I have any choice. My democratically elected representatives have proven to me that they will spend the treasury broke to keep themselves in office.

Originally Posted by MaggieD

Not me... not that I have any choice. My democratically elected representatives have proven to me that they will spend the treasury broke to keep themselves in office.

You should run Maggie. Show em who is boss.

Not interested, I am willing to forgo my "entitlements", in order to reduce the deficit though.

Originally Posted by haymarket

You should run Maggie. Show em who is boss.

You must mean "Run like hell."

I'd be willing to pay higher taxes in return for a balanced budget and those making more than me not being able to game the system.

I am willing to pay more for infrastructure, because I think we so desperately need updating, but with a couple caveats... 1) that the extra money actually goes as extra money to infrastructure, and doesn't get offset by taking other general fund money originally meant for infrastructure and spend it elsewhere, and 2) that it be at the state level (or lower), not the federal level.