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RE: Rich people should pay more taxes. Do you agree or disagree?
Tariffs and taxes voted on by the people throughout the year for specific projects. That way the people have some say in where their hard-earned money goes.
I am only suggesting the income tax should be zero, that we should not have money automatically deducted from our paychecks without a choice in the matter.
To pay for the things you mention, the first thing would be to cut all the military spending. We also have the issue of paying the interest on our extraordinary national debt.
In theory I agree, but that's assuming an electorate that is educated on all issues and that will never happen. I am in no way qualified to have a say or opinion on tariffs of tea leaves from China, nor do I want to be. At some point we have to rely on people knowledgeable in fields other than our own.
As for cutting military spending - would the world be a better place if everyone did that? Absolutely. But it wouldn't work unless everyone did that, and that will never happen (unfortunately).
And don't even get me started on the debt.....sigh