Editorial: Fair Tax: Why real/true tax reform is needed

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I am all for cutting out a lot of this welfare and cut back on fraud.. for one, why are illegal aliens getting medicaid and big fat welfare checks? I don't understand that ... Read More 

I am all for cutting out a lot of this welfare and cut back on fraud.. for one, why are illegal aliens getting medicaid and big fat welfare checks? I don't understand that one.. I refuse to call them undocumented workers because they are here illegally, breaking the law.. sorry if I have offended anyone. I am all for immigration, but it needs to be by the law and they need to contribute to society, not just drain it dry.

 

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You can't just blame the President. What about all of the members of Congress who want tax cuts, just not in their back yard? They are all guilty, the Dems and Repubs.. ... Read More 

You can't just blame the President. What about all of the members of Congress who want tax cuts, just not in their back yard? They are all guilty, the Dems and Repubs.. Case in point,there are Republican Congressmen who get huge farm subsidies and they always vote to not discontinue those.. so what is good for the goose is not good for the gander, right? They are all guilty in my opinion. Everyone wants cuts, just not in their back yard.

Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp, by any measure one of the party’s most conservative members, took a bit of federal cash -- just $258 in a disaster relief payment. But according to the Environmental Working Group, H & H Farms, which is owned by Huelskamps’ parents, received $1,169,499 in federal farm subsidies from 1995 to 2009.

One of the top subsidy recipients among GOP rookies is Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler, who with her husband, Lowell, received $774,489 from 1995 through 2009 for their family farm, according to USDA data compiled by the Environmental Working Group. Indiana Rep. Marlin Stutzman’s farm received $179,370.13 in the same period. Ohio Rep. Bob Gibbs’s farm got $27,304.59.

 

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Can't tell the difference between a Democrat and
a Republican piglet. Both of them depend on government
sow.

 

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The farmer does not fill up the slop trough unless
the piglets are there to devour it.

 

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Not blaming anybody, but just saying that this president refuses to cut spending and does not allow a choice. Vote sequestor -- or else.

 

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Senior, don't blame this on the president...how about those 174 GOP members voted in favor of the "Obamaquester" S 365 - Budget Control Act of 2011 - Voting ... Read More 

Senior, don't blame this on the president...how about those 174 GOP members voted in favor of the "Obamaquester" S 365 - Budget Control Act of 2011 - Voting Record
Also, the 2 GOP senators too.

 

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Spending obviously must be cut -- something this president refuses to do. There are plenty of programs that are bloated or not needed, making a good starting point.

 

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A "fair tax" that collects the same amount of revenue
as the present system collects does nothing to pay
down the national debt. It will not fix the entitlement
mess. ... Read More 

A "fair tax" that collects the same amount of revenue
as the present system collects does nothing to pay
down the national debt. It will not fix the entitlement
mess. Either the benefits will have to be reduced or
taxes will have to increase. The chickens are coming
home to roost. Just one more feel good "do something"
farce.

 

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Working overseas I see advertisements you will never see in the US, eastern European and Scandinavian countries are courting businesses with low corporate tax rates and relatively ... Read More 

Working overseas I see advertisements you will never see in the US, eastern European and Scandinavian countries are courting businesses with low corporate tax rates and relatively inexpensive skilled labor forces, Income tax in Russia is 13% and their economy is growing. Singapore has a 20% income tax and no capital gains tax; the wealthy and business owners are heading to Asia for similar deals. Here we sit complaining about "Big Corporations", taxing them to death and making policies that kill small business by punishing success. THAT’S WHERE THE JOBS ARE!!! And they are leaving for more fertile ground! We NEED to stop taxing ourselves into "prosperity" before we become the world’s largest welfare state and a third world country in one fell swoop.
In the words of old Earl Pitts "Wake up America!!!"