tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3768385908636081666..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Black and BlueDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-12240936914731695682015-03-06T13:07:24.902-08:002015-03-06T13:07:24.902-08:00On a side note, I mentioned neither Smith or black...On a side note, I mentioned neither Smith or blacks … but if you've read any Smith, you'd know him to want to tax only as necessary to sustain a reasonable government …the way we do it now lends itself to larger government. And their are many more poor! middle class people who are white. So I'm not sure why race is relevant.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-85534294288507552232015-03-06T13:04:05.199-08:002015-03-06T13:04:05.199-08:00Actually, what I was referring to was the fact tha...Actually, what I was referring to was the fact that if you take the entire tax structure as a whole, includingFICA, state and federal income, sales tax, gas tax, property tax, bridge and road tolls, the new 40% tax on medical insurance 'benefits' and whatever else I forgot … the tax code is weighted to take a greater % of a poorer middle class person's income than the rich. And then that income is supplemented by government aid, which the rest of the taxpayers pay. You may not agree that the rich should be taxed at a higher average rate than the poor, but I think we CAN probably agree that the poor should not be taxed at an average rate than the rich…and that the large number of taxes and fees, collected in so many different ways is highly inefficient. Republicans want to decrease top tax rates; to an extent, that can increase revenue. But they don't want to mess with the cap on FICA taxes, since they get a huge benefit by not paying 17%, effectively, on most of their money. The poor don't get that option. Democrats want to raise taxes on the rich, which may or may not increase revenue as well, but even if it does … it's spitting in the ocean. And cutting loopholes? Try getting rid of the mortgage interest deduction. That would *really* go over well with the middle class … no one really wants to actually address the larger issue, which is that the logical solution of a single income tax, split between fed, state, and local would be highly efficient … and show people how much they actually pay in taxes.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-42024542993698308502015-03-06T09:07:18.054-08:002015-03-06T09:07:18.054-08:00Yeah, max, that Adam Smith guy's ideas don'...Yeah, max, that Adam Smith guy's ideas don't do anything for blacks. Sheesh.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-12508816931419874412015-03-05T23:43:29.401-08:002015-03-05T23:43:29.401-08:00Nothing is going to help until the tax code is com...Nothing is going to help until the tax code is completely reformed. The right's ideas are just as bad as the left's … they just achieve bad results differently.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-52753499638072476682015-03-05T20:47:43.980-08:002015-03-05T20:47:43.980-08:00The Left's ideas just don't work--except f...<i>The Left's ideas just don't work--except for the elites.</i><br /><br />It doesn't matter - the LIVs will still continue to dance with the one that brought (bought?) 'em, even if (figuratively speaking) he turns out to be a wife beater ~Niels Henrik Abelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00554447042962336254noreply@blogger.com