I hear people complaining about paying taxes and what their taxes support. It all becomes a matter of priorities. We pay taxes. The question becomes one of what will our taxes pay for.
Will they pay for education to make our young people smarter and better workers? Will they pay to make certain children have enough to eat? Will they pay for medicine and medical care so people don't die unnecessarily?
Or will they pay for subsidies to wealthy corporations? Or will they pay for tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans? Or will they pay for more and deadlier weapons for the largest and deadliest military that has ever existed in the history of the world?
Some folks feel that disadvantaged people who get tax benefits are scamming the system - taking advantage of it, and being lazy, living off the efforts of others. The fact is, most disadvantaged people work, if they can find work, and want to work. Often they make so little money they can't afford food, shelter, clothing, and transportation.
The anti-tax folks say these people are responsible for their own problems, that they should get education to get better jobs. Yet once you are caught in those circumstances, it is exceedingly difficult to get the time and money to pursue that education. No doubt, a few people manage it, in spite of the odds, but we should be building stairs not barricades. We should make it easier, not harder for people to support themselves and advance.
