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Effective tax rates for the rich have gone down tremendously, the middle class has shrunk, and the only "sharing of wealth" is going to the boomers in retirement. Unless were talking about corporate welfare...
I have paid my own way and then some every day since my 18th birthday. That is the difference.
All populations are divided between those who are productive which means they contribute more to society than they receive in return, and those who are non productive which means they receive more from society than they produce.
Where you stand on the subject of how much socialism society needs usually depends on whether or not you are productive.
The more dependent you are on socialism the more you support taking what your neighbor has earned and the stronger your feeling you are entitled to a share.
If you are self sufficient you tend to support the idea of the free market as the major vehicle for social transactions. You are willing to pay for anything you cannot produce yourself.
I have never met anyone who had actually worked for what they had with such an affliction.
Now if you work for the government I can see how that could be a problem.
1) We can't trust out Gov't now, why would we want more intrusion, which is what socialism would be bring.
2) Yes, the middle class has shrunk, but according to the IRS figures, the LOWER class has been between 12% and 16% since the 1960s. Since the lower class has been relatively stable, the shrinking MIDDLE class has to be moving up. That's the only place for them TO go.
I assume you went to private schools as well. You think you pay more into the system than you get back, but that is because you aren't adding up the full cost of everything you are paying for. It is easy to say you are against socialism programs when you are not fending for yourself.
What about the recipient class who get free housing, free medical, free education, free utilities, etc.....?
********* for lumping me in with a bunch of people who pay nothing while I bust my as 6-7 days a week and pay tens of thousands of dollars PLUS sales tax, property tax and every other damn tax that comes down the pike.
Seriously.... Why are Americans so Anti-Socialised? Reading on this forum I am speechless.
They hate government restriction, hate labor law protecting workers, and so pro corporates. Are people brainwashed or whats going on?
Take a look at Germany as an example... Socialized nation with lower unemployment rate than us, higher quality of life, much less or no poverty, and largest economy in Europe. They have 82 million people, still a lot.
I'm am shocked by the sheer stupidety of this comment.
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