You know, in all this talk about “greed,” in the normal list of evil, greedy people (including corporations, who qualify as “people” on the greed scale but aren’t “people” when it comes to giving their money away), have you noticed that greedy politicians are never included? As I sit here, making my low wage (which still pays the bills thanks…
Tag: taxes
Why Soaking the Rich Won’t Help Pay Government’s Largess
Being a libertarian, the insane amount of money our government is spending, making what George Bush did look like chump change, just pisses me off something fierce. I’ve heard that ultra-rich Michael Moore trying to say the country isn’t broke because apparently folks like himself have been stealing it from the poor in make themselves rich. I’ve long believed that…
"Cuts" in the Federal Budget
Gah! I hate politicians and I hate certain political groups. I just saw some hideous commercial weaving a tale of doom on all because of the cuts to health care. If you see the commercial, you think that the budget submitted by the President is going to kill a lot of people and cause others to not have health care…
The End of a "Rich Man’s Tax"
On April 25, 1889, the United States Congress declared war on Spain, thus starting the Spanish-American War. Since wars cost money, politicians immediately look to raise taxes to pay for the increased expenditures. As such, Congress passed a tax levy on the 1400 “rich” Americans who owned phones. This tax levy added 1-cent to the cost of each telephone call…