[quote=SD Realtor]
My problem is that those who do not have the energy to improve their lives will never do so given incentives not to. Redistribution of wealth IMO does not lead to self improvement or change of ones financial stature. Forcing small businesses to provide universal health care and such doesn’t cut it. My wife has a small business with a few employees and guess what, if we have to provide health care for them then we will fire all of them. If you cannot aspire to something more in life then answering a phone or greeting a client at a receptionists desk, then you should not expect a full salaried job with benefits. Putting a yoke on the middle class or considering folks that make over 75k or 100k rich is simply crazy.[/quote]
SD R, I really agree with you on this one and I’ve been trying to make this point a while back in one of the other thread. The small business owners (rich people as some on here would like to call them) will not eat the cost. They will definitely pass on the cost one way or another.
[quote=SD Realtor]
In the end as Alan said, no candidate, probably not even someone like Ron Paul could fix the mess that we are in….
I believe Obama will win, our nation will swing hard left, things will get worse and then we will swing hard right again 4 years down the road.
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I agree with this analysis. I do think Obama will win as well and we will see what will happen when we get this wealth redistribution. All I got to say is, good luck to those receptionists, etc. They might save a few hundred in taxes but they might not have a job so they might not have to pay any taxes at all.
I do think those like Ron Paul will help take us one step in the right direction in term of economic though. I completely agree with his view on the IRS, which is, we don’t need them. Let those who work hard for their money keep their hard earned money. We can easily offset that by increase the sales tax and make those crazy spenders pay and reward the savers. Maybe, this will help enforce the idea that the government will reward hard work, saving, and bring us out of the negative savings rate spiral.
