Warren Buffet: RAISE MY TAXES!!!

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In the words of Bill Nye the Science Guy "...NOW YOU KNOW!!!"

However, you must never forget...

 

To hopefully put some perspective on this issue. While the deficit increases, this country's spending is increasing faster than it ever has in the whole of history. There is something fundamentally wrong with that equation. Of course, it is only reasonable that tax loopholes finally be closed, but that would only help moderately and only in the short-term if the spending continues to increase as it has. Many people are shouting that there is a need for "increased revenues" which is basically a happy euphemism for "tax increases." The scariest part about tax increases is that the government is already spending beyond it's means. Will it magically stop if it has more money? Ummm... I'll let you take out your crystal balls on that one. The more money the government takes, the more opportunity they have to squander it and overspend.

There are plenty of ways to fix the spending problem, but way too many lobbies to shut up to make it happen. It is easy to focus on programs that help the poor because, well, the poor can't afford to buy politicians to help their cause and are most often too worried about daily survival to cast a vote. I'm fed up with the rhetoric that denigrates people who are genuinely in a bad way as parasites to society.

I absolutely will not shed a tear for the insanely rich people who buy politicians to complain that their historically low taxes and loopholes are still to high while poor people aren't suffering enough.

Rush Limbaugh relents:

"Where to find food.... It's a thing called the refrigerator. You probably already know about it. Try looking there. There's another place if none of these options work to find food; there's always the neighborhood dumpster."

Yes, starving people of America, if you are hungry, the common sense solution is to open up your refrigerator. Or dumpster. But don't forget to give your fair share of dumpster goodies to the government, or it would be unfair to the CEO of Kraft. Why should he give up more of his lobster money than you must of your already been chewed breakfast? It's a shame, really.