Loading ...When you said yesterday that we should pay more taxes, that puzzled me.
In the era that you often talk about, the entire reason women were able to stay home with their children and men were able to own a home and do those things is because federal taxes were 3%. There was no problem taking care of roads or infrastructure. Obviously, the purchasing power of the dollar is a main issue, but an expanding government and high taxes are a drag on the economy and innovation.
IMHO, the government is THE problem. The country didn’t run deficits in those days after WWII, lifeguards and firefighters didn’t have $300K a year pensions and the best benefits available. My sister-in-law was a 1st grade teacher, she pulls down a $90K pension now.
This in addition to endless wars, fat military industrial contracts, corrupt, mismanaged projects that line the pockets of Gov’t. cronies have broken us. 90% of the gov’t jobs need to be eradicated, ridiculous regulation eliminated, and the innovation of private individuals let loose. That’s the country we had in that era, that’s why things were affordable.
Unfortunately, this was a one-time beautiful country with a wonderful Constitution and freedom. It will never be seen again on this planet. These kids have no idea what they’re missing, we were so very lucky to have lived in those times. The elites have destroyed everything in this country for selfish, corrupt gain.