The recent flack for the child credit increase for taxpayers on their 2002 taxes has got me into a minor rage. Seems the Democrats are upset because the checks being sent out to those "taxpayers" who had children to claim on their 2002 taxes, aren't being sent to those people whose income was too low for them to pay taxes in the first place.
The argument that they do pay taxes in other formes, gas taxes, sales taxes, payroll taxes etc. just doesn't hold water. These checks aren't being sent out as a cut in those taxes, but as an increase in a dedutible allowance against income taxes. If your income is too low to pay taxes, then there is no issue here, you don't get any money back because you never paid any money into the system.
I can't remember where I read it, but this thought has always stuck with me, "Democracies fail when the governed learn how to vote themselves money from the treasury". Increasingly the Democratic party advocates more spending for individual segments of our population in order to win elections and further their quest for power and influence.
Every election cycle I see people asking candidates, "If I vote for you, what's in it for me? What are you going to do for me?" It's not about the good of the country, it's not about what furthers American ideals and goals, it's become "If I help you get into a position of power an influence, what are you going to do for me?"
It is a sad state of affairs when our hospitals and medical practices are suffering because of cutbacks in Federal Medicaid payments. How did these supposedly smart doctors and administrators allow themselves to hang their hat on Government social program spending?
Defense companies are hurting when the Defense Department spending is cut, some of these companies were profitable in other lines of business in the 50's and 60's but have now grown to be wholly dependent on Defense contracts.
Too many people and companies rely on Government spending for their very exisitance. I have a neighbor down the street. He is a low wage earner. He does not pay Federal or State income taxes. He only pays 1/2 of his home rent, the State pays the other 50%, he gets 400 dollars worth of food stamps a month, his church gives him a frozen turkey at Thanksgiving and a ham at Christmas along with enough other food to make up a complete holiday meal for his family of five. The local fire department drops off a couple of toys for each child at Christmas, gathered from local toy drives, and he's bitching about not getting a check from the Government like I am getting.
I paid $13,835 dollars in Federal income taxes for 2002! No one pays my bills for me, no one helps me out around the holidays, forgive me for sounding hard, while I could survive without the check, I am going to gladly receive it, take the family out to dinner and finally buy some paint for the peeling shutters on my home.
Get real, if the Government didn't return the money to taxpayes when it is freed up through tax cuts, then the Democrats would surely find a way to spend it with new programs or increased spending on old failing programs. Which in turn would lead to more tax increases as these new "entitlement programs" become more expensive to maintain.