William Howard Taft signed the enactment of the 16th amendment on Feb. 7, 1913. This amendment gives the government the right to collect income tax. This president was a Republican, not a Democrat! Thanks to him, we have income tax.
The first tea rally took place in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts. The so-called patriots destroyed a lot of money in tea bags to protest the tax. This rally led up to the tearing up of Indian voter registration cards.
Now, 100 years later, the tea baggers are protesting taxes because of entitlement and healthcare and are trying to pass anti-immigration laws like the voter ID law. This group is like a renegade group from the KKK but much smarter and much more dangerous because they will align with the poor blacks and Hispanics and even the devil if they have to, only to make their point. Hispanics and blacks that support them want to continue being slaves and will say anything their bosses (patronas) tell them to say.
Entitlements are called welfare, freebees and commodities. Oh, did I say commodities? For the uninformed, the greatest commodity is your freedom, a commodity that veterans have paid a high price for, but, well, I guess for some you, the only good veteran is a dead veteran, because if you really cared, you wouldn’t try to deny us the help that we so need now. Our Social Security checks, VA benefits. Our health care! Our commodities.
A U.S. veteran, Cipriano Carabajal Perez
What is a burden on the middle-class is the trillions of dollars we spend protecting these corporate entities and their "interests" around the globe. And this has been a policy of failure as our national debt proves, and our influence around the globe as a beacon of hope for democratic rule has been tarnished. Do we really need to have an army larger than all the armies of the world combined?
So, my point is, if the answer yes, we need all this defense, then those who benefit from it most should pay their "fair share." And I'll let the accounts determine what a fair share amounts to.
All of this national debt will be the burden of the middle class. There just aren't enough rich people, too many poor people, while the largest segment of the population are somewhere in the range of the middle class. Based on sheer numbers the middle class will bear this burden.
The last ten years of wars costing the U.S. $2 trillion and climbing, plus the loss of thousands of lives, were not paid for by the usual method of raising taxes to pay for war. In fact, taxes were lowered for the very people who benefit the most from these wars..the very rich. And we wonder why the national debt has gotten so high. It's time to pay up. And in my opinion, should include all Americans.
As a fellow veteran, I would be more than happy to drive you to the VA for your medication.
--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.