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I don’t care about the “middle class”
October 8, 2009 | Tagged candidates, middle class, politicians, talking points, taxes | Leave a Comment
It seems like every politician cares about the middle class. It doesn’t matter if the politician is a Republican or Democrat; they “care” about the middle class. “I’ll do this…” and “I’ll do that…” for the middle class seems to be their mantra while they are on the campaign trail and in office, arguing how they are a friend to them while the other party is the enemy. Well, I would like to tell the current and all future politicians that I don’t care about the “middle class.”
Yes, that is what I said. I don’t care. I don’t care about some arbitrary category of individuals. What I do care about all the individuals, regardless of class. This constant game of class warfare has to come to an end. As the Declaration of Independence states, “All men are created equal.” A person making $50,000 is no more important than a person making $1,000,000. A person living on the streets is no less important than a person living in a nice suburb. So why are the politicians wasting our time with this?
I want a politician to get on the stage, look America in the eye, and state, “I don’t care about the middle class. I care about everyone.” I want a politician that will work to ensure the tax burden on all taxpayers is reduced, not just token tax credits being allocated to a particular segment of society. This is done by focusing our resources on items that improve our national security readiness, infrastructure for commerce, investing federal funds into regional markets that are hurting to create business environments that will bring in new companies, and eliminating the special interest group tax deductions for the tax code.
Taking a responsible business approach to the spending of our taxes can lead to a positive return on investment, resulting in future annual surpluses. In return, the government can lower the tax rates on all taxpayers and could even raise the tax-exempt level for many more at the same time. Why our politicians do not advocate this boggles the mind. I’m left with only two possible explanations. The politicians either do not understand how our economy works, or our they do not care about our taxpayers and see no reason to be fiscally responsible. I will let you decide which explanation is correct. In the mean time, I will continue to wait for the politician that does not care about the “middle class.”
Source: U.S. Common Sense blog
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