Once Again The Democrats Are In The Business Of Discrimination

A recent article mentions that Democrats want to propose a tax hike of 5% for people making a million dollars or more. While this doesn't discriminate against one's background or gender, it does discriminate against one's income. This is clearly wrong in any sense. They have the robin hood mentality of stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. The last thing the poor need is a handout.

Back in Old Testament times, when grapes were harvested, for example, the grapes that fell on the floor that the farmer didn't want were not collected and given to the poor. They were left there for the poor to go and collect. This was done so that the poor feel like they worked for their keep. The government didn't have to take any grapes from the farmer, nor did they have to give anything to the poor.

Unfortunately, all these handouts have spoiled everyone give people a sense of entitlement rather than the drive to want to work. We've cultured a lazy society not wanting to work. Yes, the Democrats want to take that 5% to use for being able to hire more people but no this is not the way to go about things. Why should we form brackets to where someone making just under a million dollars a year dreads receiving a raise to their salary. Why should they who have worked hard for their income have to pay to give a handout to those unwilling to give it their best effort?

Here is a superior way to go about things. First, we must cut on taxes by shrinking the size of the government. We have a large, constipated, government which operates very inefficiently–sort of like Microsoft. We need a smaller, government which operates very efficiently by eliminating bottlenecks and inappropriate regulations–sort of like Apple. Second, we must shrink the size of the IRS by eliminating the need for most citizens to have to file for taxes each year. The simple way to do it is to charge the same fixed percentage of everyone's paycheck, interest, profit from stock sales, at the time the paycheck, interest, or profit is given. This can only be done if all Americans were on the same tax bracket, which in turn would cut on a lot of the IRS administrative costs and reduce our tax rate. Then people are paying less taxes and there is no need for itemization.

As far as the poor go however, they should be the ones who have to file for taxes each year if they make below a salary deeming them below the poverty line. In doing so, only the poor who give the effort to file their taxes are the one who get a refund so it doesn't feel like a handout. There would be no need to go out an police people who don't file their taxes either since not getting a refund is their penalty for being lazy.

This is the simple way to correct the tax code to provide more income for households regardless of their salaries as well as to let the poor get a little extra cash without having a sense of entitlement for being poor. Moreover, since everyone hates filling taxes it will inspire the poor to strive to get out from under the poverty line. This is a way to reduce the number of poor in the nation without increasing everyone's taxes–which takes more money from use causing us to be poor as well.