These ?do we really need a tax cut? polls are completely meaningless. Not only that, but they?re dangerous.
The principle thing that bothers me about polls is that they are based on a ?majority rules? premise. The news organizations who conduct these polls seem to be telling us that ?this is the way the majority of people in this country think, so this is the way things ought to be.? Our founding fathers recognized the dangers of mob rule; we have forgotten that lesson.
Now, specifically addressing these ?do we need a tax cut? polls. Politicians, and I?m talking Democrats and Republicans here, have been working diligently for decades to shift the burden of taxes to a small, high-achieving minority of income earners. For all practical purposes all federal income taxes in this country are paid by less than 50% of income earners. The vast bulk of income taxes, over 80%, are paid by just 30% of workers. The other 70% are, more often than not, beneficiaries in one way or another of the money that is seized from the 30%. So, what do you think you?re going to hear when you go out there and ask these people if we need tax cuts? Tax cuts? Hell, I?m not paying taxes anyway! Why would I say we need tax cuts?
The reality is that George Bush?s tax cut proposals would put thousands of dollars back into the pockets of the individuals who actually earned that money ? the top 30% of income earners. And just what would they do with that money? Would they stuff it in a sock and hide it behind the washer? Hardly. They would either invest it or spend it. Either way, our economy would grow. Economic growth would mean more manufacturing. More manufacturing would mean more jobs. More jobs would benefit who? Those on the lower end of the income scale who are suffering from layoffs and wage stagnation, that?s who. Trouble is, the very people who would benefit from the increased economic growth that would come from Bush?s tax cut are people who are too economically illiterate to recognize it.
One more problem with these useless polls is the way the questions are worded. I kid you not ? some of these ?Do we need a tax cut? polls have asked questions like ?Do you favor the Presidents tax cut proposals which would mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans?? Or how about ?Do you think the congress should refuse to pass the President?s tax cut and spend that money on shoring up Social Security and Medicare instead??
Let?s get rid of these idiotic polls and concentrate on some real news and information
The principle thing that bothers me about polls is that they are based on a ?majority rules? premise. The news organizations who conduct these polls seem to be telling us that ?this is the way the majority of people in this country think, so this is the way things ought to be.? Our founding fathers recognized the dangers of mob rule; we have forgotten that lesson.
Now, specifically addressing these ?do we need a tax cut? polls. Politicians, and I?m talking Democrats and Republicans here, have been working diligently for decades to shift the burden of taxes to a small, high-achieving minority of income earners. For all practical purposes all federal income taxes in this country are paid by less than 50% of income earners. The vast bulk of income taxes, over 80%, are paid by just 30% of workers. The other 70% are, more often than not, beneficiaries in one way or another of the money that is seized from the 30%. So, what do you think you?re going to hear when you go out there and ask these people if we need tax cuts? Tax cuts? Hell, I?m not paying taxes anyway! Why would I say we need tax cuts?
The reality is that George Bush?s tax cut proposals would put thousands of dollars back into the pockets of the individuals who actually earned that money ? the top 30% of income earners. And just what would they do with that money? Would they stuff it in a sock and hide it behind the washer? Hardly. They would either invest it or spend it. Either way, our economy would grow. Economic growth would mean more manufacturing. More manufacturing would mean more jobs. More jobs would benefit who? Those on the lower end of the income scale who are suffering from layoffs and wage stagnation, that?s who. Trouble is, the very people who would benefit from the increased economic growth that would come from Bush?s tax cut are people who are too economically illiterate to recognize it.
One more problem with these useless polls is the way the questions are worded. I kid you not ? some of these ?Do we need a tax cut? polls have asked questions like ?Do you favor the Presidents tax cut proposals which would mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans?? Or how about ?Do you think the congress should refuse to pass the President?s tax cut and spend that money on shoring up Social Security and Medicare instead??
Let?s get rid of these idiotic polls and concentrate on some real news and information
