FearlessLeader2
Fundamentalist Loon
That got your attention, didn't it?
No, it hasn't happened yet. But what if it does?
We're going to have a LOT more unclaimed, unwanted children, and not many of them are going to be prime choices for adoption (let's face it, everyone wants to adopt that healthy white baby, the others...eh.)
(There are TWO abortion threads going right now. This is not a third. I am humbly petitioning the moderators to lifetime ban the first poster in this topic who uses the 'a' word in this thread. Or at least smack him hard with a dead fish.)
I see no way around it, revenues will have to be raised to care for society's orphans. The first and obvious choice is to make rich people actually pay taxes on their income at the same rate as us poor people do. 30-40% of my income goes to state and federal income taxes. If 30-40% of this country's Bill Gates's did, there'd be no defecit. In fact, we'd have so much capital we could pay the national debt off in cash in about three years, and then build a bridge to Mars so we could drive there. (Well, the bridge might be a slight exaggeration.)
Clearly, the rich will never pay real taxes, so that is a pipe dream. So how do we raise revenues?
No, it hasn't happened yet. But what if it does?
We're going to have a LOT more unclaimed, unwanted children, and not many of them are going to be prime choices for adoption (let's face it, everyone wants to adopt that healthy white baby, the others...eh.)
(There are TWO abortion threads going right now. This is not a third. I am humbly petitioning the moderators to lifetime ban the first poster in this topic who uses the 'a' word in this thread. Or at least smack him hard with a dead fish.)
I see no way around it, revenues will have to be raised to care for society's orphans. The first and obvious choice is to make rich people actually pay taxes on their income at the same rate as us poor people do. 30-40% of my income goes to state and federal income taxes. If 30-40% of this country's Bill Gates's did, there'd be no defecit. In fact, we'd have so much capital we could pay the national debt off in cash in about three years, and then build a bridge to Mars so we could drive there. (Well, the bridge might be a slight exaggeration.)
Clearly, the rich will never pay real taxes, so that is a pipe dream. So how do we raise revenues?
. It is a very difficult question. If we assume that the kids of even the most irresponsible crack whore are totally innocent (which of course they are) then what level of support does society owe them for conditions that are no fault of their of their own. I would argue they are even more innocent then the people of NO who at least chose to live in a place below sea level in a hurricane zone. Of course what they really need more than $$ is 2 stable loving parents and I dont think even taxing Bill Gate will get you that. I frankly am at a loss to help you here although more $$ and public awareness couldnt hurt. But then again I do not favor overturing Roe and dramatically increasing their numbers.
