Redistribution Of Wealth Is Socialism
Posted: August 28, 2012
Why doesn’t Mitt Romney release the total of his IRS payments for the last decade. Not his tax returns, but the amount he has contributed to the building of roads, bridges and other government projects paid by taxpayers. It’s probably more than President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid combined.
The amount of federal grant money available this year is $832.6 billion. Why don’t we stop reshuffling taxpayers’ money to others who spend it on themselves, and cut the deficit instead?
The Democratic Party attacks the Republican budget as favoring the rich. But the President’s budget received no votes in the Democratic-controlled Senate, which didn’t offer a substitute budget of their own.
In terms of fairness and government, as each of us enjoys the same benefits we should shoulder the same cost burden, which, in 2011, would amount to approximately $12,000, each, as spending was $3.7 trillion and the population was 315 million. Claiming that those who make more should pay more is not fairness, but the socialist redistribution of money.
The amount of federal grant money available this year is $832.6 billion. Why don’t we stop reshuffling taxpayers’ money to others who spend it on themselves, and cut the deficit instead?
The Democratic Party attacks the Republican budget as favoring the rich. But the President’s budget received no votes in the Democratic-controlled Senate, which didn’t offer a substitute budget of their own.
In terms of fairness and government, as each of us enjoys the same benefits we should shoulder the same cost burden, which, in 2011, would amount to approximately $12,000, each, as spending was $3.7 trillion and the population was 315 million. Claiming that those who make more should pay more is not fairness, but the socialist redistribution of money.
Jack Daulton
Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg