Imo we'd be fine with a smaller military. I say this as a son of two veterans and a partner of someone in active duty. We don't need a big active military. We don't need to fight so many wars.
And for all the spending the US does on social safety nets, it's not nearly as good as other wealthy countries. Most of us in middle and lower class would find it suffocating if taxes were higher or social programs were lost. Many already feel suffocated, it's depressing how normalized it is for us to live paycheck to paycheck.
You know who would be fine with a little less? Probably the people deciding we should go to war. Probably the people in charge of deciding whether our insurance claims are valid or not. Probably the people who have net-worths in the billions while their workers keep two jobs just to make rent.
They used to pay a larger portion of their wealth towards taxes. Some of the profit they made off of us went back into supporting society. Now they take as much as they want, and for some reason the government, supposedly by the people and for the people, doesn't ask for their financial assistance to benefit the majority of people.
We have over 900 billionaires in the US. And the US government decided to stop taking record of food insecurity, because billionaires don't starve. The rest of us don't matter to them.
Before I add my two cents worth, will first say that I much appreciate the perspective you advance which IMO&O is really the perspective of 99% of The People and time during the midterms bearing hard upon you to take full advantage of them and turf most of the elected who serve themselves instead of providing government by The People, for The People and most of The People!
With a focus on these qualifiers, are ought not the first and last qualifier be non-negotiable and certainly not by proxy as who else can have the insight to make decisions that are best for The People?
Imo we'd be fine with a smaller military. I say this as a son of two veterans and a partner of someone in active duty. We don't need a big active military. We don't need to fight so many wars.
And for all the spending the US does on social safety nets, it's not nearly as good as other wealthy countries. Most of us in middle and lower class would find it suffocating if taxes were higher or social programs were lost. Many already feel suffocated, it's depressing how normalized it is for us to live paycheck to paycheck.
You know who would be fine with a little less? Probably the people deciding we should go to war. Probably the people in charge of deciding whether our insurance claims are valid or not. Probably the people who have net-worths in the billions while their workers keep two jobs just to make rent.
They used to pay a larger portion of their wealth towards taxes. Some of the profit they made off of us went back into supporting society. Now they take as much as they want, and for some reason the government, supposedly by the people and for the people, doesn't ask for their financial assistance to benefit the majority of people.
We have over 900 billionaires in the US. And the US government decided to stop taking record of food insecurity, because billionaires don't starve. The rest of us don't matter to them.
Before I add my two cents worth, will first say that I much appreciate the perspective you advance which IMO&O is really the perspective of 99% of The People and time during the midterms bearing hard upon you to take full advantage of them and turf most of the elected who serve themselves instead of providing government by The People, for The People and most of The People!
With a focus on these qualifiers, are ought not the first and last qualifier be non-negotiable and certainly not by proxy as who else can have the insight to make decisions that are best for The People?
OK. Let’s start where it started.
Howdy Doody Ronnie & the so-called “Movement Conservatives” (read Reactionary or Voo-Doo Economics).
1981 top Marginal Tax Rate slashed from 70% to 50%.
There’s a lot more including some 1986 “adjustments.”
Deficit immediately doubled.
& every Republican administration has merrily cut taxes on the wealthy & wealthy businesses ever since.
That’s it folks.
Trickle Down Economics.
How’s that workin’ for ya?