May 6th, 2003, 08:13 AM
Boortz preachin the truth once again....
Edit: Just confirming what I have always believed....
WHY SHOULD YOU CARE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER?
George Bush wants the people to urge their representatives in congress so support his tax cut plans. Nice idea, but why would it work? After all, most of the people in this country pay little or no federal income taxes at all. We’re talking over 60% of all income earners here. Why would these people care one way or another if the other 40% get to keep more of the money they’re working for?
This, of course, has been the Democrats plan all along. They remember how Ronald Reagan successfully took his case to the American people – and got his tax cut. Democrats can only use your money to buy votes if they’re the ones spending it, so they started working to prevent a repeat of Reagan’s success. The goal was simple; remove the majority of the voters in this country from any federal tax liability. When the majority of people don’t pay taxes the majority of people won’t give a rats posterior about tax cuts. No more of this “going to the people” nonsense.
So … you’re now one of the protected class, protected from any liability for federal taxes. Why should you care one way or the other?
Where do you work? How do you earn your living? How has business been lately? Sales down? Are you concerned that there may be layoffs coming at your employer? So, what would it take to put a big smile on your boss’s face? What would it take to save your job? It might help if someone bought a little more of whatever it is that your company makes, and that brings us to another question. Does your company sell most of its goods or services to government or to the private sector? For most of you, the answer will be the private sector. So, it follows that your company is better off when people in the private sector have money to spend, more money, than it is when the government seizes that money and spends it. It comes down to this question. Which would help your business more? (a) People keeping more of what they earn and spending some of that money on items or services related to your business; or, (b) the government seizing their money and using it for various government programs? If the answer is (a) then you should contact your elected officials and get on board with the tax cut, whether or not you actually pay taxes.
Another reason: So you’re in the middle and lower income brackets and you don’t pay federal income taxes. Is this the dream you have for yourself and your family? Do you want to spend the rest of your days wallowing in the middle and lower income brackets? If you’re like most hard-working Americans you have dreams of second homes, nice vacations, big screen TVs, great colleges for your kids and comfortable retirements. You’re going to do what it takes to get into those upper income brackets. When you get there, do you want to keep that money you’ve worked so hard for? Or do you want to fork about half of it over to government? If you’re planning for your future, if your plan is to move into the higher income brackets, then you need to start working NOW to keep as much of that money as you can. Call your congressman.
Need more reasons? Fine, let me ask you this question. How do your view yourself? Are you an independent and individual American who enjoys freedom and economic liberty? Do you believe our government is getting just a wee bit too large? Try this. Tell me one activity you will engage in today that will be free of some type of federal regulation. Our founding fathers felt that, in times of peace, about 95% of governing should occur at the local lever, with 5% coming from the federal level. The reality of governance today would be a severe disappointment to the men and women who gave so much to protect our freedoms and establish our republican form of government. They felt that you should be as close to your elected officials as possible, the better to keep an eye on what they’re up to. Well, that’s not the way things are today. Almost all governmental decisions are made by bureaucrats in Washington. Your local city councilman can’t pave a sidewalk without federal involvement. In order to bring your government back to your community you have to starve the beast. This means cutting funding to that beltway monstrosity that controls you from afar. Government is like fire. A great friend when controlled, a fearsome enemy when out of control. To fight a fire you remove its fuel. The fuel feeding the raging spreading fire of our federal government is money. Take some of that fuel away. Call your U.S. Senator.
Politicians would like you to think that tax cuts only serve the needs of the evil, greedy rich. Tell them you know better.
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