A man is running on for Governor of Illinois with the promise of making taxes more fair. By that he means soaking the rich and cutting taxes for "the working man." [Don't the rich work?] How can you know the tax curve should be steeper unless you know how steep it is already? The answer seems to be the steeper the better so you have a rachet effect. The extreme of fairness becomes no tax up to a certain level of income and 100% of the excess. That certain level depends upon how much money you need [want?] to collect. You can't cut taxes for the poor because they don't pay any. Since raising taxes is unpopular and cutting them is popular, the object is to cut them for enough people to get elected.
My own definition of fair is more taxes for other people and less for me.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Ramblings
I put ramblings in my journal today. I'll spare you the details, but they were the result of attempts to clear out my basement.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Health Insurance
I keep hearing about the terrible situation of the many people who don't have access to medical care because they don't have health insurance. I can remember when no one had health insurance, but they did recieve medical care. The doctors even made house calls. Granted, the care today is much better, but is there a shortage of money to pay for care or a shortage of care?
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