Is there anything you would pay more taxes for?

[Politically_Incorrect12]

What are some things you would be willing to pay more taxes for, and what percentage more would you be willing to pay?

[Politically_Incorrect12]

I know some of you are going to say "nothing," but I'm sure there are things that you think are worth the cost. What are some things that make you think "If this could get better" or "If this would happen, I'd be willing to pay more for" ....??

[humok]

PI have you lost your mind? We are way overburdened with taxes now for everything from land to food. Get a grip.

[billisonboard]

Let me be the first to say it: waste and fraud.

[Deleted]

What are some things you would be willing to pay more taxes for, and what percentage more would you be willing to pay?
A Congress that can add. A Congress that is responsible.
More welfare programs.....NO.

[Deleted]

Oh & for the next 2 or 3 years I would be willing to pay 20% more.

[Deleted]

Dec 26, 2010 13:56:34 GMT -5 @oldtex said:

What are some things you would be willing to pay more taxes for, and what percentage more would you be willing to pay?
A Congress that can add. A Congress that is responsible.
More welfare programs.....NO.

I think Tex might have a good idea, if Congress can balance the budget/pay down debt and really accomplish it, I'd pay more taxes.

Of course the irony of those things is that the govt would need less money not more.

But hey if we were not completely broke as a country, a national health care system would be about 1000 times more palatable to me than being as broke as we are now, but coming up with more ways to get even deeper in debt.

[deziloooooo]

Show me they are seriouse in working together to solve our problems..let the taxes for the wealthiest, the millioners and above at least, to stay in effect..get us out of the war over there or to a point we still can protect ourselves and influence but this constant waste of resources with a non government and playing with the Pakistan's military, they are the government over there, they eat with us during the day and sleep with the Taliban at night and we are giving them over $3 billion a year..cut the subsidy to Egypt and Israel, {think that one is almost run it's course} and put money into research and development for industries for the 21st century , which we are not doing, so we can find the new industries and discoveries that will get out people back on the road to recovery, ..discuss those Bi Partison commissions suggestions AND impliment some , not all, but some.
I won't have to offer them more taxes , my taxes will go up but if they do those others I will understand and try to keep my bitching to a murmer..can't expect no sound, just not natural.

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

Hmmm ... I'd pay more taxes if that would eliminate (a) Spam computer messages; (b) commercials during shows I really like; (c) political signs and advertisements; and (d) mosquitoes.

[warsaw (banned)]

Good cheap day care and paid parental leave, smaller class size in schools, much cheaper higher education. Halve the defense budget, double foreign aid. LOL!!

[warsaw (banned)]

Good cheap day care and paid parental leave, smaller class size in schools, much cheaper higher education. Halve the defense budget, double foreign aid. LOL!!

[stayput]

What are some things you would be willing to pay more taxes for, and what percentage more would you be willing to pay?

Read more: notmsnmoney.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=politics&action=display&thread=415#ixzz19HqFq7gS

We pay far too much in taxes now, even stopping the DNC from jacking up our tax rates just recently, we are still overtaxed. In fact, we now have the highest corporate taxes in the entire world. One of the main facts is that the current tax rates are still far, far too high, and spending in Washington is completely out of control.

We need an enormous surge in our military presence to wipe out any and all last resistance, so as to get our troops out of both Iraq and Afghanistan. Wipe everyone out, and either get the hell out, or stop all of the BS and just annex those countries (wiping out all resistance religious sects) and use their oil to pay off all of our debt.

[sanityjones]

and use their oil to pay off all of our debt.

We should probably wait until oil is priced in Euros (or Yuan) rather than dollars LOL

[Shirina]

We pay far too much in taxes now, even stopping the DNC from jacking up our tax rates just recently, we are still overtaxed. In fact, we now have the highest corporate taxes in the entire world.

I suppose that makes up for having the highest paid execs and CEOs in the world.

We need an enormous surge in our military presence

In other words, you think our taxes are too high, but you want to increase military spending with money that will come from ... where, exactly?

or stop all of the BS and just annex those countries

I don't condone a foreign policy of national rape. America is better than that.


As for what I would pay more taxes for:

1) Improving and updating our infrastructure
2) Affordable health care
3) True alternate energy research - not wind and solar, but the good stuff.

[deziloooooo]

"We need an enormous surge in our military presence to wipe out any and all last resistance, so as to get our troops out of both Iraq and Afghanistan. Wipe everyone out, and either get the hell out, or stop all of the BS and just annex those countries (wiping out all resistance religious sects) and use their oil to pay off all of our debt"

LOL..Ok, problem is, according to what was reported in Woodwards book, the cost of each military on the ground is $250,000 Per so with what we have in Afganistan now, plus a surge the $ will run up and we are broke, especially since the real rich aren't having the tax cuts stopped for them, now if that hadn't gone through that might have helped but they, wealthy, didn't want to kick in so,,and don't forget still got 50,000 troops in Iran plyus we are running out of troops and they call me again, screw up, I'm not going. Possible one here might volunteer but they had my LB of flesh and they are getting no more..As far as Afganistan , there is nothing there but sand and rock, no oil and the same with Pakistan, no ouil..the whole area worth nothing , worth squat, and the only reason Pakistan is important..they got Nucs and so do we, in fact were going to get rid of 1000 of them with this new treaty with the Russians..don't need any more of theirs..so you have to come up with a new mouse trap to solve all this ..but good try.

[Politically_Incorrect12]

Dec 26, 2010 20:58:48 GMT -5 warsaw (banned) said:

Good cheap day care and paid parental leave, smaller class size in schools, much cheaper higher education. Halve the defense budget, double foreign aid. LOL!!

Shouldn't the defense budget count as foreign aid?

[ugonow]

Our foreign aid is Isreal's defense budget. And it is a pretty good sized one.

[marshabar1]

Dec 26, 2010 10:18:31 GMT -5 Politically_Incorrect12 said:

What are some things you would be willing to pay more taxes for, and what percentage more would you be willing to pay?

I am willing to say what I want my tax dollars to go toward and what I object to tax dollars being spent on.

I am not a a wealthy godlet liberal who says taxes should be raised while they themselves conveniently forget to pay their taxes, or forget how to pay their taxes.


I would like to see more tax dollars going toward job training for Americans who have missed the boat or been pushed out of the boat by cheap illegal labor. I would also like to see more tax dollars going toward repair of vital physical infrastructure in this country.

Of course everything the federal government does is so tied up in insane regulations it is hardly possible to fix a pot hole anymore for fear of destroying the scum that lives in it.


Vote Out Liberals and Hold Conservatives Accountable.

[Politically_Incorrect12]

Dec 28, 2010 11:10:47 GMT -5 @marshabar1 said:

Dec 26, 2010 10:18:31 GMT -5 Politically_Incorrect12 said:

What are some things you would be willing to pay more taxes for, and what percentage more would you be willing to pay?

I am willing to say what I want my tax dollars to go toward and what I object to tax dollars being spent on.

I am not a a wealthy godlet liberal who says taxes should be raised while they themselves conveniently forget to pay their taxes, or forget how to pay their taxes.


I would like to see more tax dollars going toward job training for Americans who have missed the boat or been pushed out of the boat by cheap illegal labor. I would also like to see more tax dollars going toward repair of vital physical infrastructure in this country.

Of course everything the federal government does is so tied up in insane regulations it is hardly possible to fix a pot hole anymore for fear of destroying the scum that lives in it.


Vote Out Liberals and Hold Conservatives Accountable.

Marshabar,

I haven't seen you in a long time.

[marshabar1]

#19 - Hi PI, how's it going? We'll see how it goes here. . . whether politics and the markets can be discussed with good humor and civility, eh? Been at UK MSN news politics board. Fun but lots of cussin' and name callin' if you know what I mean.

[ed1066]

Our foreign aid is Isreal's defense budget. And it is a pretty good sized one.

What we give to Israel is a tiny drop in the bucket compared to what we have given to Africa over decades to "fight poverty" there. Does it seem to be working? And it's not even a blip compared to the spending on domestic social entitlements and other welfare programs, which also yields virtually nothing (except more people on welfare under Obama than ever before). I prefer an actual return on investment...

If the government can prove themselves competent to wisely spend what they already get, then we can discuss what they could do with more...until then...

[magichat]

Dec 30, 2010 14:17:12 GMT -5 @ed1066 said:

Our foreign aid is Isreal's defense budget. And it is a pretty good sized one.

What we give to Israel is a tiny drop in the bucket compared to what we have given to Africa over decades to "fight poverty" there. Does it seem to be working? And it's not even a blip compared to the spending on domestic social entitlements and other welfare programs, which also yields virtually nothing (except more people on welfare under Obama than ever before). I prefer an actual return on investment...

If the government can prove themselves competent to wisely spend what they already get, then we can discuss what they could do with more...until then...

This link would seem to dispute your first sentence.

www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/politics/us-foreign-aid.htm

[deziloooooo]

"One-third of ALL US AID
goes to Israel and Egypt."

I believe the aid to Israel is being fazed out..I believe it was a 10 year phase out , some years have already been done. Actually Israel is quite comfortable..GNP is over 100 Billion..the aid we give them is really not necessary and they admitted it too. Egypt is not as well off, has much larger population, more poverty, hugh underground conservative movement and there is no one , coubntry, threatening them . Yet our aid there too , is mostly military. Why? Want to give aid to a important country in the region, keep them stabilized, not a threat to peace, why not less bulletts and more education, job related aid..health related, incrastructure..why just the arms??

[deziloooooo]

I went looking for a thread on the agreed stopping of aid to israel that has been agreed on but found this instead..ound interesting on the subject.

Better than Christ »Foreign Aid to Israel and Others
January 18, 2010 by guywhite

Prozium aka Hunter Wallace wrote:

If Israel can stand on its own two feet, why does it need to be coddled by the U.S. military? Why do Israelis need to be subsidized by U.S. taxpayers? Why does American Jewry spend so much time trying to manipulate American foreign policy?

Expect to be labeled an “anti-Semite” for asking these questions.

I am opposed to all foreign aid: financial, military, etc. Were I President, I’d cut off US aid to Israel. But the question Hunter asks could be asked of many other countries.

No country received as much aid as Germany. The conflict with Soviet Union was firstly about keeping West Berlin and West Germany free. Direct financial aid and the massive amounts spent on American troops in Germany dwarf anything sent to Israel, but the country is the favorite of the AS so it gets a pass on everything: Communism coming out of the German historical thought; sponsoring the Bolshevik revolution as a hostile act to undermine Russia during war; two World Wars against every major white country; and most recently being the world’s biggest promoter of in-your-face homosexuality.

It is true that Israel is the biggest beneficiary of direct aid, but on the other hand, the US isn’t paying for bases that protect it from the Arabs. Besides Germany, the rest of Europe, Korea, Japan, and many others required permanent American intervention.

The US is now an Empire and not a Republic. Our government decided in the 20th century that it has interests all over the world and must interfere everyone for and against various countries.

Thus, when the Arabs received help from the Soviet Union, the US jumped in with its own aid package to Israel and several friendly Arab and Moslem states (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Pakistan, etc).

Obviously nobody will say no to free money

[floridayankee]

Dec 30, 2010 14:21:44 GMT -5 @magichat said:

Dec 30, 2010 14:17:12 GMT -5 @ed1066 said:

What we give to Israel is a tiny drop in the bucket compared to what we have given to Africa over decades....

This link would seem to dispute your first sentence.

Actually, it wouldn't because it doesn't cover the "over decades".

IMHO, either way, it's apples and oranges comparison of US Foreign aid dollars sent to a single country with aid dollars of a whole continent.

[magichat]

Dec 30, 2010 15:29:25 GMT -5 floridayankee said:

Dec 30, 2010 14:21:44 GMT -5 @magichat said:

This link would seem to dispute your first sentence.

Actually, it wouldn't because it doesn't cover the "over decades".

IMHO, either way, it's apples and oranges comparison of US Foreign aid dollars sent to a single country with aid dollars of a whole continent.

Then refute it, because I bet you can't.

[floridayankee]

Dec 30, 2010 15:35:05 GMT -5 @magichat said:

Then refute it, because I bet you can't.

Refute what? If you actually read what people wrote instead of foaming at the mouth every time a conservative posted.....

First, ed said "decades"...who knows how many, but more than one. Your link gives data for 2001-2010...a single decade.

Second, I said, comparing the aid to a continent (Africa is a continent in case you didn't know) to a single, relatively small country of Israel, is an apples to oranges comparison to begin with.

[Deleted]

More taxes?? No. My state taxes are up. My taxes on electricity, gas, water, cable, are up. My bills are twice what they were 10 years ago. I've been out of work for 2 months now. My son-in-law just lost his main job out of 3 yesterday.. when the fine restaurant he is a chef in gave notice to it's employees that 12/31 is their last day in business. Lucky for him his part time chef job is instantlly elevating him to full time-- that only leaves us out 20 hours a week......
We get no gov't assistance, nor do we want it.

More taxes?? No, don't think so.

[Deleted]

Krickitt,

what about higher taxes to builder a bigger wall topped with armed guards and attack elephants between the US and Mexican border.

[Deleted]

No need for that, Archie the Mod. Use the idle troops all over the USA. Put them on the border, stop the nonsense, stop the anchor baby incentives-- lay it all down-- using what we already have. Let the flipping illegals in prison for drugs, murder, kidnapping, rape, etc. build the wall.

Let me guess-- that is racist, huh??

Remember-- they are here ILLEGALLY.