Email I received:
Doug,
You quoted the percentage of democrats who are on the goverment handouts.Where did you get your numbers
My Answer:
The reference was in connection with the "pay their fair share" argument. The 40-plus percent was in reference to people who receive entitlements, who also largely do not pay federal income taxes. People on entitlements tend to vote democrat because they want to keep the checks coming in. But if they are worried about people who pay their fair share, then how is it the left justifies over 40 percent not paying federal income taxes?
More than 40 percent of Americans are on Some Government Program - Heritage Foundation
Chart: Top 10 Percent Paid 70 Percent of Federal Income Taxes - Heritage Foundation
Now, obviously we all pay some kind of tax, be it property tax, sales tax, etc. The point being made, without splitting hairs, is that while we are being told by democrats the rich don't pay their fair share, a large portion of the democrat constituency pays nothing, or very little, by way of income taxes.
Also understand that I am against a direct tax, and in my opinion the federal income tax should be completely eliminated. However, I brought up the "pay their fair share" issue to show the absurdity of the Left when they whine and cry about equity through taxation, demanding that the rich pay their fair share.
In the end, it is all a Marxist idea. Karl Marx believed that utopia would demand that ultimately the rich would be history, everyone would live communally without a need for money or possessions. To think that a person will give their 100% on a job because of their loyalty to the State over the opportunity to gain profit is absurd. Marxism, or if you want to call it liberalism, fails whenever it is tried. It is a failed ideology. And the strategies they use, such as demonizing profit, and screaming about the rich paying their fair share, is deceptive, and ultimately fails.
Blessings,
Doug
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