I don't really think that is what I was advocating.
Well you were complaining about the half of Americans who are only living above the poverty line because they are in massive debt not paying enough taxes, so....
I've stated endlessly that the government is already taking in far more revenue than it actually needs to operate.
Compared to most other industrialized nations our government takes in and spends a below average amount of GDP.
I think we are all paying an absurd amount of taxes, not just income taxes, but all the embedded taxes in all the products and services we pay for, it's oppressive to everyone.
Well you're entitled to your opinion, but other than China and India which have insane poverty levels the US is taxing less than pretty much all major economic world powers.
We don't need to raise taxes on anyone, we need a MASSIVE reduction in the size of the Federal government and that isn't even going back that far,
Our federal government is one of the smallest in the world. As percentage of GDP it's smaller than the Mexican government. It's smaller than many African governments. It's our state and local government spending that makes our government spending even within the range of "below average" up from "one of the smallest governments in the world". Our federal government is basically an insurance company with an army. All other federal spending is insignificant compared to those things. And those things are incredibly popular among the population.
I'd argue that our federal government is insanely small for a country this size. We've lost hold over basic needs like policing over Wall St because the size of our government is too small. We have people losing their homes due to medical bills at a rate higher than any other country in the world because our government is one of the few in the world that doesn't provide everyone with medical insurance.
Stating that our federal government is too big is factually incorrect. If our federal government was any smaller we'd have to copy our federal system after Somalia. If anything, our federal government is too small to serve basic needs of the people.
Just because politicians have been repeating the lie for 30 years that our federal government is too large doesn't make it true. The facts do not back up that statement.
If you think I'm wrong, please show me examples of countries that are successful that have smaller federal governments than we do. (hint: they don't exist)
The problem is spending not revenue, if we facilitate this lunacy with more taxes on anyone, they will just spend more and keep coming back for more.
Taxes are at a modern low. Let's not pretend we have high tax rates here.
If the looniest of left wing loons got their way and everyone making over $1 million a year had a 25% increase in their taxes,
Then I'm the looniest of the left wing loons. Raising tax rates on the wealthy to a historically normal level isn't insane.