Quote Originally Posted by Spasm View Post
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1. The rich pay the majority of tax because they make and have the majority of the money. You see, taxes are based on percentages.
2. The middle class's taxes are still among the lowest in first world nations.

Quote Originally Posted by Andrew_Pavlik View Post
Every child deserves an education, maybe not necessarily a private one. However not everyone deserves a new car(aka cask for clunkers)
Every person deserves an education, yet that same person isn't deserving of a healthy life unless they can afford the ever growing costs while wages are continually cut? The health of the citizens should be a pillar of a society, just as education and safety are. Though it is funny that no one has issue with federal/state/local controlled fire and police departments, nor public schools -- it is only health care. These are the three most important fundamentals of a society, it is the very reason why villages became towns and in turn became cities. To claim one is poor policy while standing by the others is hypocritical and blatant selfishness.