Here's one for you gator: I have "NEVER" seen a tax and spend liberal agenda that has
worked!
In fairness, it depends on how you define "tax and spend liberal agenda" and how you define "worked." (Let's not try for "is" at this point. <g>)
Social Security has certainly "worked" to reduce poverty among the older population. Of couse, it has increased poverty among the working class and their children, but that just means we need a new tax to support them <g>. Medicare has "worked" to save seniors from spending all their childrens' inheritances on medical bills, making the children, who tend to be in their 50s when Mom and Dad die, happier. The cost, again, is on the working poor, but again, that just means another program is needed to overcome that.
The Clean Air act has worked to clean up the air. Actually, that's less a tax than an increased cost on the things we buy. When a government program is paid for by taking money directly from the consumer and using it to pay for a program, it's a tax. When a government program is paid for by making employers or businesses pay for the improvements and pass the costs on to the consumer/taxpayer in increased prices, that's not a tax, it's just a cost of doing business.
(Query: how do you eliminate the Social Security tax and still keep seniors financially secure? Answer: require employers to hire at least one person over 65 as a "senior consulting employee" for every three regular employees they have, pay that senior consulting employee $25,000 a year, and require only that that employee telephone the company once a year to confirm their address, which will help for census purposes and to make sure they are still alive. No tax! Just a new government program funded by the private sector. See how easy government is???!!!) |
