Taxes and Tiger

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13930159

I love how politicians always think that they can have their cake and eat it too. The idea that you vow to not raise, and block, any tax raises is asinine. To completely reject something before you even know what the budget situation will be like is simply bad policy AND politics. Taxes are the biggest way the government raises money and as much as we all hate it, they sometimes have to be raised. I would love to see people who bitch about current rates, and current proposals to raise them, live during the 50s, 60s, and 70s. The tax rates then were far higher than they are now.

Now sure, you can cut budgets and government spending to try and close shortfalls but that can only take you so far. If you cut government programs that greatly benefit society, who is left to pick it up? The private sector won’t because as Sen. Stephenson said they are “hunkering down.” So when education, infrastructure, safety, health, etc get cut the quality we have come to expect drops dramatically. It also is pointless to raise taxes in one area only to reduce them in another. That simply changes taxes by appearance but it won’t help raise revenue because any possible new revenue from the raise gets eaten up by the cut.

I also love how the Senate Republicans plan to meet to decide their positions on the “big issues.” How in the hell can you compromise with people who already have their minds set in stone? I sincerely hope the Senate President won’t be in this meeting because if he is then he might as well take a stance on taxes before he sees any budget numbers too.

I understand that raising taxes doesn’t solve everything but neither do massive cuts in government spending. Especially when the government is the only entity left to spend on certain things because the private sector can’t or won’t fork out the money. If things are so bad that massive cutting is needed then why not tax nonprofit groups? They benefit just as much (if not more) from the government as everyone else does. Even a .5 or 1 percent tax on them would be better than nothing and such a small number won’t completely destroy them.




On a side note, can the world shut up about Tiger Woods? He is human people, just like the rest of us. We are all animals and have basic animal instincts. If we didn’t have a strong urge to have sex and reproduce we wouldn’t be the species we are today (which is debatable on whether that’s good or bad). We are no different than every other species on this planet. We all have basic instincts and basic requirements to live. Evolution doesn’t give a damn about a piece of paper that says “marriage license” on it. Any guy, or girl, who says they have not had sexual urges toward someone other than their spouse, girlfriend, boyfriend, etc is flat out lying. I am not excusing the fact that he cheated, nor am I saying that I have no problem when people do it. All I am saying is that wanting to have sex with as many people as possible is part of not only being human, but of being a living creature. He made his decision and he has to deal with it in his own private life.