Posted by
CPT on Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:30:01 AM
Listening to
Fox News Sunday today I was interested in the interplay between Juan Williams and Brit Hume. Brit seems to understand economics in the context of taxes, who pays them and how they impact job creation.
Juan, who is a smart person whom I believe is motivated by good intentions (feelings) appeared exasperated that anyone could support anything
BUT increasing on the "rich". He wants to know how anyone could oppose tax increases on the the top 2% of income earners. It was pointed out to him that lower tax rates on the highest incomes
increase that groups total share and total amounts paid of taxes. The top 2% pay 60% of all income taxes. Over 50% of "taxpayers" in reality pay little or no Federal Income Tax. Despite that Juan falls back on the jibe of "tax cuts for the rich" as if it is a bad thing. Despite the fact that this policy causes the "rich" to pay
MORE in total and percentage of receipts to the Federal Behemoth. He also used twice the common collectivist canard of the "rich" needing to pay "their fair share". I note that the "fair share" quantity is never verbalized. Maybe a leftist/progressive/collectivist/socialist/liberal would care to specifically quantify what a "fari share" is exactly. How much?
Next Juan expounded on the planned "investments" by Uncle Sugar in health care, energy and education. The panelists and hosts correctly doubted the ability to pay for these "long term investments" but neglected the central fallacy. NONE (not one) of these "investments" is the responsibility, province or purview of the Federal Government. Again, we would like someone to point out exactly
WHERE in the U.S. Constitution is federal spending, control or "oversight" enumerated as a function of the Federal Government? Good luck because it isn't there.
One of the greatest threats to
American Freedom is the collectivists and their fellow travelers ignorance and/or complete disregard for the Constitution (particularly the
9th and
10th amendments). What do you think? For leftist collectivists, how do you *
feel* about it?