PM to my Righties (Bob, Sled, Race, et. all)

Baseman

Curious on your fellas opinion of the current tax system? Personal income brackets? Corporate? The proper structure balancing pro growth with an ever growing deficit and national debt. Considering this, how can we? avoid ending up like Greece?

PostGameOrangeSlices

Revenue isnt a problem. Spending is.

Take for instance our friendly neighborhood Sound Transit

Baseman

PostGameOrangeSlices said:

Revenue isnt a problem. Spending is.

Take for instance our friendly neighborhood Sound Transit

Traffic sucks and cuts into worker productivity. What's the solution? Raising rider ticket prices is one way to start.

RaceBannon

Baseman said:

PostGameOrangeSlices said:

Revenue isnt a problem. Spending is.

Take for instance our friendly neighborhood Sound Transit

Traffic sucks and cuts into worker productivity. What's the solution? Raising rider ticket prices is one way to start.

So you want less riders?

We do collect enough revenue. Taxes are inherently unfair. I like a flat tax with everyone paying something

I don't hate producers like some folks.

PostGameOrangeSlices

The solution is not wasting fuck loads of money on never ending budget overruns and still coming up with garbage like the West Sesttle bridge

https://mynorthwest.com/1818005/graft-corruption-west-seattle-bridge/?

SFGbob

Baseman said:

Curious on your fellas opinion of the current tax system? Personal income brackets? Corporate? The proper structure balancing pro growth with an ever growing deficit and national debt. Considering this, how can we? avoid ending up like Greece?

Spending is out of control and has been out of control since 2008. We aren't taxed too little we just spend too much.

Fire_Marshall_Bill

Steve Bannon wanted a 44% rate for the top bracket

But he's somehow "alt right"

WestlinnDuck

It's a spending problem. The Portland area just passed another wannabe sales tax to "fix" homelessness. So, the working private sector will have their costs increased and having leftards spend money to "fix" homelessness will result in the same effectiveness as feeding rats to get rid of them. Ignoring crime and then trying to force people onto public transit seems a bit backward.

DJDuck

I’m for the Fair Tax- No April 15th for individuals, IRS will be smaller with no power over individuals, lobbyists will have minimal power and won’t have all the opportunities to enrich politicians. We will get all of our paycheck except maybe the payroll tax for SS.

Agree with Bob. Race makes sense too.

RaceBannon

I'd be willing to treat all income equal but not at 37%. If Buffet wants to pay the same rate as his secretary then lets do 15% across the board

Any changes require a change of mindset. The government isn't your ATM, you are. People don't work hard everyday so you can sit in mom's basement and yell at people about the flu while demanding the government pays the rent for you

This system works when people carry their weight and then there is plenty left over for those that truly can't

Wonder why one of the lessons of the Vid isn't how healthy single occupancy vehicles are and stand alone housing. Distancing. Instead the planner still want to jam folks together like a NY nursing home

Baseman

RaceBannon said:

Baseman said:

PostGameOrangeSlices said:

Revenue isnt a problem. Spending is.

Take for instance our friendly neighborhood Sound Transit

Traffic sucks and cuts into worker productivity. What's the solution? Raising rider ticket prices is one way to start.

So you want less riders?

We do collect enough revenue. Taxes are inherently unfair. I like a flat tax with everyone paying something

I don't hate producers like some folks.

Lower the marginal percentage on the first $100,000 of income, personal and corporate. Small business owners like you actually end up better than you are now. As profit grows the marginal percentages increase. How about the growing deficit and national debt? Eliminate Medicare and Social Security? How can we justify for the folks who've already paid in?