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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (111684)2/24/2008 12:37:21 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 132070
 
if i'm paying for the billionaire's portion of the government, then i am subsidizing them.

1 - You aren't paying the3 billionaires portion of the government. In fact the very rich pay a very large share of taxes.

2 - Even if you where paying more than they where, you would only be subsidizing them to the extent the money was being spent on them. The money has to be going to them in order for it to be a subsidy to them.

so, how do you all of a sudden know my taxes don't cover my percent ownership in america?

Taxes are unrelated to ownership. They are mostly based on income. (Well you do have taxes on real estate and other property but they are a much smaller part of the tax picture.

look, if you can turn your libertarian dream into reality, then i'll work within that *reality*.

I doubt the US will ever be as libertarian as I want it to be, in fact its more likely to get worse in this regard rather than better, but none of my points are based on the idea of the US being very libertarian, they are rather based on current reality.
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