We can't have a functioning society without taxes: No parks, libraries, police, fire houses, sanitation, museums, highways, hospitals, military, traffic lights, satellites, internet, food safety, courts, post office, disease prevention and cures, FDIC, social security, GPS, air traffic control, public transportation, etc..
Robin Hood would have the rich pay their fair share of taxes by moving the percentages back to pre-Reagan levels. That would also fix income inequality since the middle-class and working-class would no longer be burdened with paying taxes that the rich refuse.
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jonathan_k80 (6436)
2 years ago
I agree 100% with every point you made here. We need taxes to fund our services and safety net programs. And we need everyone to be paying their fair share... no loopholes, no hiding money in offshore bank accounts, etc. And equitable distribution of profits.
We need an American Robin Hood because the political system has become corrupt beyond repair. The question is, where will we find such a person these days?
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Keelai (32646)
2 years ago
Unlike Robin Hood, we live in a democracy where each citizen has a voice.
Vote for the people who will help common folks instead of themselves, get involved in local politics or run yourself.
We're all Robin Hood.
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jonathan_k80 (6436)
2 years ago
The problem is this: there aren't many candidates who want to help the "common folks." They pander to the big donors who finance their campaigns, rather than representing the voters.
"Each citizen has a voice" is another one of the fairy tales taught in middle school civic classes. Here's an article from 2014 that is just as relevant (or maybe more so) today:
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746
The U.S. is basically a single-party oligarchy.
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Keelai (32646)
2 years ago
"The U.S. is basically a single-party oligarchy."
Only one party supported Citizens United v. FEC, is fighting the college debt forgiveness program, against restoring taxes for the rich, against national healthcare, against unions, slashes social programs, supports weakening your voice with voter suppression laws, less money for education, etc..
Choose your representation wisely! Research their past votes and their present goals. Make sure the ideas are doable and not just lies to get your vote.
BTW, I don't disagree that the rich are empowered, but there is a path to weakening their grip.
My local representatives aren't perfect and I disagree with some of their ideas, but I know the alternative would be much worst. Sometimes the steps to change are small. Complacency is worst.
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Mortificator (20)
2 years ago
US income tax didn't exist before the 20th century. I have to inform you that human society has existed for somewhat longer.
Nations with a sovereign currency do not put tax dollars in their purse. It's a mechanism for currency destruction that has nothing to do with the securement of funds. Not that pigs should be funded in the first place.
And lol at the idea that inequality was fixed before Reagan came along.
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mikethemartian (6277)
2 years ago
FDIC is actually not taxpayers paid but rather by the depositors who have their accounts at the bank. I used to work there in the early 90s.
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