It always boils down to taxes. Oh you poor victims having to keep up your part of the social contract.
I think a good trade off is that if an individual doesn't not want to pay 100% percent of their tax responsibility then why should that individual get the benefit of the protections that those taxes pay for?
I actually agree with this statement above... especially as it pertains to the very large number of able-bodied people who pay zero taxes and often even collect the earned income credit.
I pay more than my share, so I have absolutely nothing to feel ashamed or guilty about.
Those who are simply too lazy to get out and find work, and have no skin in the game, should not have the same rights and benefits as those who actually pay to keep this country running and functioning. For starters, those who do not pay taxes and are on the dole should not have any right to vote themselves even more taxpayer funded benefits.
But that would be the death of the Democrat Party... a win win for the nation.
And if Nancy-boy nca225, rocky mtn bill, and ClapperZapper see some social contract obligations in our Constitution, which clearly does not exist, then they certainly have the freedom to donate a large portion of their earnings to the people they pity. But they do not have the right to make themselves feel noble by dipping into others pockets.
By the way, no corporation ever really pays a dime in taxes. Any taxes paid by General Motors, ExxonMobil, or Coca-Cola is simply passed on to the consumers of their products. The taxes of every one of their suppliers is rolled into the price these corporations pay for parts or ingredients. Then it is all passed on to us. If the cost becomes high enough to send consumers looking elsewhere, those companies lose out to foreign competition, and their employees lose jobs and no longer pay taxes either. Start taxing Jeff Bezos to death, and he will simply move to someplace else, and perhaps take much of his company with him... as is happening right now in high tax nations, and high tax liberal left Democrat controlled cities and states. Don't believe me??? Just look at Andrew Coumo begging wealthy New Yorkers to come home... so he can continue to screw them!
https://fee.org/articles/andrew-cuomo-is-worried-wealthy-new-yorkers-won-t-come-back-he-should-be/
