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With a $31 trillion national debt threatening the American economy, legislators need to consider increasing taxes on television consumption and television advertising to whatever the top 1% of income earners are supposed to pay in income taxes. To ignore this suggestion is to otherwise have a head-in-the-sand approach to solving our nation's problems.
The $31 trillion national debt cannot be ignored and it MUST be paid down. Drastic spending cuts will only help balance the budget. Drastic spending cuts will not help pay down the $31 trillion national debt.
Increasing taxes on the super-rich...WITHOUT increasing taxes on television consumption will be unwise as it will place the burden of the $31 trillion debt on only 1% of the population, which would be unfair and irresponsible for the majority of the population to assume others will pick up the tab, while continuing to waste much of their lives being spectators as they empower extremists in the media.
Increasing taxes on the super-rich to a more reasonable amount of 53% on all yearly income that is above $523,600 while increasing taxes on television consumption (and television advertising) to that same rate of 53% is reasonable, fair, and much needed. If that sounds unfair to those who would argue for a flatter income tax, consider that anyone making $523,599 a year or less would not be affected by the increase in income taxes on the rich. The rich need others in society to do their jobs well for them to make so much money and to live in such luxury. The rich need teachers, cops, firemen, military personnel, engineers, medical staff, and others...people who make less than $523,600 a year...to do their jobs well. And so a flat tax would place an unreasonable burden on those needed members of our society.
Progressive taxes have been a cornerstone of federal revenue for much of the past century. They were successful in helping America develop a strong middle-class and helped America pay the bills throughout many different trials...wars and economic downturns for nearly a century...enough to keep things from being even worse than they were before 2009. In 2009, the national debt problem began to grow even faster than before, which ironically, is when many in power became aware of the need for our nation to discard television. That irony is not a freak accident.
In order to improve America's economic situation, we need to take what's been successful in the past, and add what needs to change for the future, and mix it with wisdom and common sense. Wisdom and common sense...things you won't find on television these days.
I do believe my debating topics are being moved around by the moderators to keep them from getting the attention that they deserve.
How is the topic of taxing television for the purpose of paying down the national debt not a debating topic? Makes no sense.
The $31 trillion national debt cannot be ignored and it MUST be paid down. Drastic spending cuts will only help balance the budget. Drastic spending cuts will not help pay down the $31 trillion national debt.
Increasing taxes on the super-rich...WITHOUT increasing taxes on television consumption will be unwise as it will place the burden of the $31 trillion debt on only 1% of the population, which would be unfair and irresponsible for the majority of the population to assume others will pick up the tab, while continuing to waste much of their lives being spectators as they empower extremists in the media.
Increasing taxes on the super-rich to a more reasonable amount of 53% on all yearly income that is above $523,600 while increasing taxes on television consumption (and television advertising) to that same rate of 53% is reasonable, fair, and much needed. If that sounds unfair to those who would argue for a flatter income tax, consider that anyone making $523,599 a year or less would not be affected by the increase in income taxes on the rich. The rich need others in society to do their jobs well for them to make so much money and to live in such luxury. The rich need teachers, cops, firemen, military personnel, engineers, medical staff, and others...people who make less than $523,600 a year...to do their jobs well. And so a flat tax would place an unreasonable burden on those needed members of our society.
Progressive taxes have been a cornerstone of federal revenue for much of the past century. They were successful in helping America develop a strong middle-class and helped America pay the bills throughout many different trials...wars and economic downturns for nearly a century...enough to keep things from being even worse than they were before 2009. In 2009, the national debt problem began to grow even faster than before, which ironically, is when many in power became aware of the need for our nation to discard television. That irony is not a freak accident.
In order to improve America's economic situation, we need to take what's been successful in the past, and add what needs to change for the future, and mix it with wisdom and common sense. Wisdom and common sense...things you won't find on television these days.
I do believe my debating topics are being moved around by the moderators to keep them from getting the attention that they deserve.
How is the topic of taxing television for the purpose of paying down the national debt not a debating topic? Makes no sense.
