baldi is right...the racists are coming out of the closet, big time. i thought nothing surprised me anymore...but, i'll admit, i'm surprised.
pmg911's arguments have nothing to do with racism. unlike mccain/palin, he's apparently a proponent of a flat tax.
why should you pay 30-35 percent while others pay 20???
because the ones who pay 20 do the country's "real work". they're the ones who put their lives on hold for years to serve their country to protect you. they're the ones who get dirt and grease on their hands. they're the ones who move the freight and build the homes and deliver the mail and pound a beat and fight fires and teach your kids.
theres nothing wrong with spending one's life playing "monopoly" and other games with real money...but you should expect to pay to play. that's the cost of keeping out of harm's way and keeping your clothes clean and not having your back hurt at the end of the day. it's a fair tradeoff.
personally, i believe in the 90 percent tax brackets we had in the 60's. people still had the incentive and the ambition to make money. what they didn't have was the incentive to make money by laying off tens of thousands of workers as if they were chattel in exchange for high bonuses. i'm no socialist. we know how it worked in russia. capitalism is the engine that drives this nation. greed is the monkey wrench in the gears.
as far as bonuses for serving the country...along with opposing your flat tax, mccain opposes a g-i bill that might make a difference in veterans' lives. too "socialistic", i guess. it's better to rebuild iraq so the haliburtons of the world can get rich and pay no taxes.
as you may know, my cousin is ending her deployment in iraq in a few weeks. she's a blackhawk pilot who just got promoted to captain. her husband just returned to iraq for his second tour. he won a bronze star for bravery in his first go-round. they've been married over a year and have been together for only a few weeks. they'll never make any real money. what's their fair share in taxes...the same as yours? i guarantee if you pay 90 percent, your take home is still far greater than both of them combined. believe me, you're entitled. you're the one who asked about "fair share".
we can argue forever about clinton. i'm convinced if gore had the stones to continue to fight for the presidency that was "stolen" from him, we wouldn't be in the mess we're in today. when bush number one left office, the economy was in a shambles. when bush number two leaves office, the economy will be in a shambles. you can blame the democrats all you want, but i see a pattern here.