“Inflation Reduction” Act

[HarleyDog]

(08-19-2022, 10:04 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Well you didn't directly say it, that's why I was asking a follow up question about your beliefs.

Because, as far as I can tell, this bill is potentially offering what you want. A way to tax the rich properly that should not cost the middle class anything.

But you jumped straight to "Rich people aren't gonna pay for this and neither are corporations. I mean, on paper it may seem like they may, but in reality your going to pay more. They're not rich for no reason."

So it seems to me that any suggestion or method of taxing the rich would likely be met with the same cynicism and defeatist attitude which would ultimately lead to the belief that you should just not try anything.

Maybe you don't have the explicit belief to not bother trying to tax rich people, but it sounds like that would ultimately be the result of your beliefs that the rich are just too slippery to be taxed and the middle class will always be left holding the check for them.

In a winning or losing scenario, taxing the rich is a losing scenario for the middle class. My point is simple. The more they pay, the more you pay, therefor, they are taxing you in the long run. Politicians know this and still lick your ears with empty promises of the rich paying their fair share. It's never going to happen. I'm not saying the rich shouldn't pay, but I have zero confidence the government can do it without negatively effecting the middle class.