An Absolute Necessity
You wouldn’t know it by listening to some of these politicians, but taxes are an absolute necessity. I live in a suburb, with a paved street and nice sidewalk. The people who did the work paving the street and molding the concrete, and the machines they used, were all paid for with taxes.
Think about your local town or city. Every teacher, every school, the police and fire station, all of it was paid for with tax dollars.
We’ve had a series of hurricanes hit the United States recently, causing great damage to Houston, South Florida and Puerto Rico. As of this writing, Puerto Rico is still without power, weeks after Hurricane Maria struck. The combined damage from Harvey, Irma and Maria are estimated to be upwards of $200 billion dollars.
You can’t raise $200 billion dollars fundraising with candy bars and lemonade. That kind of money only comes from big governments with large amounts of tax dollars at their disposal.
Climatologists predict that hurricanes and super storms will be only more frequent. Next year, we could be recovering from another big storm, shelling out another $100 billion in tax dollars.
The problem is, the United States spends more every year than we take in in taxes. Our deficit this year, basically the amount we’re putting on our National Credit Card, is $693 billion dollars. The total bill, the National Debt, is $20 trillion dollars. That works out to $61,981 per citizen, whether or not you are old enough to vote. People who are not born yet will be paying off this debt with their taxes.
I could go on and talk about Social Security, Medicare, wars in the Middle East, etc., but I think you understand. Tax dollars make all of this possible.
Talking about cutting taxes, reducing Federal revenues, is utterly irresponsible. Taking in less money will only give us less for teachers and police officers, less for hurricanes, less money to pay off that enormous debt. If anything, we need to raise taxes.
You have skin in this game, my friends, to the tune of $62,000. You need to make your voice heard.
Check out this link for more information: http://www.usdebtclock.org/
Think about your local town or city. Every teacher, every school, the police and fire station, all of it was paid for with tax dollars.
We’ve had a series of hurricanes hit the United States recently, causing great damage to Houston, South Florida and Puerto Rico. As of this writing, Puerto Rico is still without power, weeks after Hurricane Maria struck. The combined damage from Harvey, Irma and Maria are estimated to be upwards of $200 billion dollars.
You can’t raise $200 billion dollars fundraising with candy bars and lemonade. That kind of money only comes from big governments with large amounts of tax dollars at their disposal.
Climatologists predict that hurricanes and super storms will be only more frequent. Next year, we could be recovering from another big storm, shelling out another $100 billion in tax dollars.
The problem is, the United States spends more every year than we take in in taxes. Our deficit this year, basically the amount we’re putting on our National Credit Card, is $693 billion dollars. The total bill, the National Debt, is $20 trillion dollars. That works out to $61,981 per citizen, whether or not you are old enough to vote. People who are not born yet will be paying off this debt with their taxes.
I could go on and talk about Social Security, Medicare, wars in the Middle East, etc., but I think you understand. Tax dollars make all of this possible.
Talking about cutting taxes, reducing Federal revenues, is utterly irresponsible. Taking in less money will only give us less for teachers and police officers, less for hurricanes, less money to pay off that enormous debt. If anything, we need to raise taxes.
You have skin in this game, my friends, to the tune of $62,000. You need to make your voice heard.
Check out this link for more information: http://www.usdebtclock.org/
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