Is it redistribution? [View All]

[busymom]

Here me out.

If you don't pay taxes because you earn too little (for whatever reason) then you will be given a check that is not a rebate....

If you earn 200k/year, you will pay out over 42% of your income to social security and federal taxes....if you live in a blue state, you will also pay state taxes, be subject to the alternative minimum tax, not be able to take your children or the interest on your home off on your taxes...and despite the fact that you pay not just a higher percentage of your income in taxes...but a good sized dollar amount, you won't get a penny and you will be seen as the bad guy for going to 8 years of college (with loans that you are also still paying off) and working 80 hours a week for the last 10 years. The American dream?

I 'get it' that people who earn more feel resentful. My brother will get a rebate check....but he doesn't pay taxes because he earns too little. He didn't graduate from high school, doesn't have job training, lives with 3 other guys and plays computer games all night and is 35. My sister will get a tax increase, no rebate and she has worked so hard that it makes me upset for her.

There has to be incentive for hard work too.

Don't we all want the opportunity to earn more if we work hard and play by the rules?

There has to be a middle ground...