In the face of the troubles our country is going through, it seems that politicians in Washington, as well as Olympia and Everett, really don’t seem to get it. Democrats say that lack of revenues for the country is the main problem with our national debt, and the answer is to turn the screws once again on “the wealthiest Americans”; surely they can afford it.
The Tax Policy Center says, though, that 47 percent of Americans pay no taxes. At all. Meanwhile, the ranks of people lining up for food stamps and public assistance just keeps growing, exploding during the Obama administration.
As a modest proposal, I’d like to suggest that we think of our own responsibility, and urge our lawmakers to look at expanding the number of people who do pay some, at least modest, federal tax. In addition, we have a huge hangover of old liberal ideas like Earned Income Tax Credit, which is a handout to non-working people. I view with alarm the certainty that all of us will vote our self-interest, or at least most of us.
I know these ideas are going to attract a lot of negative comment, but let’s get it out in the open. Only a foolish person can say our national debt is not of highest importance to deal with. If we fail, then our children will have to deal with the country crashing down. Revision of the tax code is desperately overdue.
Thomas Albertson
Edmonds
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