2861U2 said:
I shall answer. Sorry I didnt answer immediately, melon. Some people have better things to do on Friday nights than hang out on Interference.
Except that martha's question wasn't written on "Friday night"; it was written during the day while you were here writing about vast left-wing conspiracies, and you ever so conveniently left after that was asked.
You also have a history of not answering many questions. So cut out the dramatics.
She wants to steal money from companies. She must think the government is entitled to take whatever it wants. She wants to repeal our tax cuts. She wants to take away from the rich and give to the "common good." That is socialism, and I dont like it. Maybe you guys all do.
Then I hope you write your congressmen, pushing for the repeal of government-funding of "faith-based charities," because money is "stolen" to fund those.
And, as far as I'm concerned, you know nothing about "socialism," except in how to use it as a derogatory word for policies that you perceive as "leftist." Because what you describe is not "socialism," but, instead, the nature of government.
Additionally, unless you like America's national security being determined by unsavory foreign nations, we need to have a sustainable tax base. As it stands, we are borrowing heavily from foreign governments. Why can't we tackle nations like China for things like human rights violations and currency manipulation? Because they happen to hold very large USD currency reserves, and they've flat out threatened to trigger such a large sell-off as to heavily devalue our currency. Why can't we tackle Saudi Arabia for being a nation of fanaticism? Similar reasons; they have over $1 trillion invested here.
As far as I see it, all you "tax cut" fanatics are living in la la land. You want a strong government, but you don't want to pay for it--and national polls consistently indicate this. Compared to other Western nations, we pay very little in taxes--yet if you listen to all the wingnuts out there, you'd think that we're still being robbed. All the while, we have a crumbling national infrastructure, from aging bridges, sewers and dams, an expensive but never-ending war with amorphous "goals" that are questionable as to whether they can be met, a large national population with questionable education and skills, meaning that they're especially vulnerable to corporate outsourcing and downsizing, etc. And all you are worried about are your goddamn "tax cuts." I've never known one single rich person ever go poor from paying taxes, and I doubt that will change. So quit bitching.