How can they be so vile and yet still be this boring? A Bond film were the baddie is a mid level tax accountant

It's not like the Democrats are any better...both parties are basically all about spending as much money as they can while in office.

Democrats have been tax and spend, but it’s the republicans that are tax cut and spend. And what they want spend on is very different. Democrats generally want to try and improve lives. You may disagree with the how, but it’s nice that they try. Republicans love to spend money on the military while cutting the revenue to pay for it, then claim we need to gut the programs designed to help people to pay for it.

So yes, one side is better than the other

The problem is the Democrats have no control. They want to keep taxing and keep spending. Sooner or later they'll be running so many bloated programs that citizens will choke under their tax responsibilities.

I don't see how running headlong into even more debt is any better than inefficiently managing the debt we've got.

The deficit has gone down under Democratic presidents, then a republican gets elected and balloons it even higher than before.

Try ignoring the both sides do it bullshit and actually do some research. The info is out there and google can get you to it.

Um...our debt has only gone up since Bush was in office. Our economy has grown to lower the deficit gap at times, you are correct, but debt is still debt (not good).

It started under Reagan. Tax cuts for the already rich and unpaid for wars. The fact that Democrats can’t wipe out the deficit (like Clinton almost did) is the public then elects a republican that goes on a spending spree.

Democrats understand you have to bring in revenue to pay for things, but republicans only care about the deficit when they aren’t in charge. Happens like clockwork since 1980

I’m not talking about history (though you’re not wrong there). I’m talking about now, which is an era of a choice between “tax and spend” or just “spend”.

Personally I think it’s better to not tax folks more than we do now. Again, this government is the most well-funded institution on earth, and our per-capita taxed wealth is easily high enough to fund decent welfare programs. If the Democrats can’t craft policy to effectively use the money they’ve got, why should they deserve more?

Better in my mind to keep Federal revenue the same, or preferably cut it slightly. We can do far more with far less. The bloated military and welfare budgets are killing us purely because of their inefficiencies.

I know this is more of a wishlist than actual policy suggestions, but I’m sick of people saying “we need more money!!” They already have the most money. Reform the system and quality of life will for us all will rise while needed funding falls dramatically. Neither party is prepared to do that right now.

Thanks to republican tax cuts, the 1% pay less a percentage of money than the poor do.

It’s not spending that is the problem, it’s the revenue generated to pay for that spending has steadily gone down while the costs have gone up. And yet the wealthiest of us are gaining by leaps and bounds because they no longer pay in like they should.

The lie is they are the job creators and helping them helps everyone below them, but they don’t. Wages have stagnated for 40 years now while the wealthiest have now grown to three men owning more wealth than the bottom 80% combined. And what do they want? Another tax break.

I’ve always supported a flat tax myself.

The rich would love that! Progressive tax works because those with more can afford more and guess what? They would still be rich!

I know economics is boring, but stop letting others do your thinking for you with easy to digest sound bites. It’s complicated and the nuts and bolts of it have put me to sleep more than once, but they count on you being misinformed.

Curb the condescension, I’m not an idiot. I despise the progressive tax system because it punishes people for trying to be successful. People with more money still pay more taxes than folks with less under a flat tax. It’s just a fair divide, rather than an unfair one. If you’re going to complain to me that it punishes poor people, well that’s why we have minimum taxable income levels.

You want equality? Everyone pays an equal percentage. That is fair. I don’t want to punish Mr. Zuckerberg because he built one of the most successful companies ever and I didn’t.

But, as I said earlier, tax and spending reform will never happen under current Democrat or Republican Party leadership. Let’s hope things change in the future.