Quote Originally Posted by FastMan View Post
It's about time EVERYONE started paying their "fair share". That they don't is a major root of the problem. Half the population with their hands out, paying nothing in. Easy votes to buy, just keep promising them more, and tell them the rich will pay for it.
To presume that the 48% of the citizenry have their hands out is hyberbole f not plain dishonesty. A substantial portion of those people have jobs, but make too little to owe federal income tax. They still pay plenty of other taxes, especially consumption taxes. They follow the same tax code that (presumably) you do. I know I don't want to lose the mortgage deduction, do you?