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1/ Payroll withholding. Eliminate it and make people write checks for what they pay. More transparent.

2/ unequal taxation. Incentivizes "the poor" to vote themselves more money. If we are all equal citizens, we should pay the same tax.

I am on the left side, and fully agree with #1. The problem is that most people I know blow their whole paycheck and couldn't write a $2000 check or whatever.

I disagree with #2, in that most people ask for free stuff and vote that way. The poor are actually quite bad about getting it. Rich people are really good at getting free stuff, and old people are even better at it.

I think the big problem is money in the system. And there is an easy solution, all donations must be anonymous. Instead of giving to someone and have them change their stance to meet your requirement, aka bribery. Give to the person that espouses your POV. Voting used to be public and people said it would break if we made it anonymous, and now its a cornerstone of our democracy.

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Posted by BigJim

Baton Rouge

Member since Jan 2010

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Posted on 2/12/14 at 6:29 pm to Hawkeye95

You can borrow money to pay your operating budget.

Fix is a balanced budget amendment. A lot of other evil flows from this.

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Posted by LSUwag

Florida man

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 2/12/14 at 6:30 pm to MagicCityBlazer

We could fix it all with the following Constitutional Amendments:

Flat tax
Term limits to Congress and Federal Judges
Balanced Budget Constitutional mandate.

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Posted by catholictigerfan

Member since Oct 2009

56609 posts

Posted on 2/12/14 at 6:34 pm to MagicCityBlazer

we think the government is the solution to all of our problems

poor people only way to fix it is to give handouts
people without health care only way to fix it is government overhaul of healthcare.

etc.

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