Seeing as about 45% of the population pay no federal income tax at all, how are the "poor" funding anyone's tax cut?
Originally Posted by goodolboy
Yes, everyone on this board (I assume) pays tax and your correct that a large part of our population doesn't, although that's not exactly true.
Previous generations have decided that there are some socially beneficial programs that are good for everybody, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, police and fire departments, public schools, grants for education, underpriveledged scholarship programs, etc.. You may not consider the cuts in these programs to be 'payment', but if you for a moment open your mind, they are.
By the way, unless your last name is Cuban, Hunt, Koch, Walton, etc.. At best, you're coming out even. But, you too are most likely coming out in a worse position. You should probably back your own self interest.