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Reply to ". Tax policies aimed at the rich give 400 billion to the wealthiest Americans."

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Originally posted by Jugflier:
...the government gave them 400 billion...


I'm replying without reading any of the responses...so I'm not sure where the discussion is going...But I wanted to point out, this whole mentality is THE problem...the basic problems addressed in Jug's post and article isn't because of the "evil" of wal street, the rich, etc...it's government interference in the market.

It says the "giving" of 400 billion was acomplished by "tax breaks, tax credits and preferential tax rates....

First of all...politics aside...how the hell do you give somebody money...by letting them keep their own money?!!!

This automatically assumes the government "owns" all of our money/productivity...and decides how much we get to "keep".

But once again the root of the entire problem is not "evil" rich people...it's government doling out favors to special interest groups...whether they be ACORN/Union types or Wall Street types.

A government restricted and chained down by the Constitution would not have the power to hand out these special favors...And a market free of government influence...only influenced by the free choices of consumers and producers...would not support such corruption.

That's why partisans on BOTH sides don't want to reduce the power of government...because as long as they can use the force of big, centralized government for their purposes, it's "good".

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