Should we enact a lead by example tax, where those who feel they do not already pay enough in taxes get to pay more and leave the rest of us to enjoy the full benefit of our labor.
2006-07-09 06:25:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I know, Immigrants
2006-07-09 06:32:34 · update #1
you spelled the word wrong, emigrants are people that are leaving the country not coming to.
2006-07-09 07:47:55 · answer #1 · answered by Princess 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
An emigrant is someone who leaves the country, not someone who enters it which would be called an immigrant. It's like Exportation and Importation.
Taxes are really a bad thing for the working class. Taxes should be no more than 5% for the workers, 5% for the companies and 10% for the really rich and wealthy.
2006-07-09 13:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where does your source come from?...that Americans & capitalism is bad? Capitalism is what makes America great (that we do not need to be supported by the Govt) like communist countries. The problem is that we (or rather- the govt) puts our economic system above their own people (Americans) by having open borders or allowing our ports to be monitored by foreign bodies from other countries. That's the reason we have so many immigrants, open border policy. Ain't America great? Or at least our Govt? Here they can make more than $5 a day, with free schools, free food, free medical assistance AND a free path to citizenship! Only in America!
2006-07-09 13:55:47 · answer #3 · answered by Nancy L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Capitalism and Americans are not more bad than anyone else (inherently); but we don't have just capitalism. We also have socialism which is enjoyed by large corporations like Sallie Mae. Their welfare makes the welfare recieved by single moms (so called welfare queens) imperceptible by comparison. So billions of dollars a year are wasted so that corps like Sallie Mae can run virtually no risk!
With capitalism, you pay for services rendered, such as a medical doctor's care, which is only right and fair. But we don't just pay for services rendered. We also pay for land, which no one invented, no one toils to make in a factory, no one has to deliver - no one deserves money for it and a good capitalist would not expect money for it or pay money for it, just as we take it as read that breatheable air comes with no charge. Because land is a commodity which is priced such that it is out of reach for most of us unless we take out a bank loan, it is the sole reason we live under the thumb of those bankers and our bosses, living in fear, and stress, and in too many cases, mental depression, etc. because if we don't maintain gainful employment, in many cases pretending to love a boss we despise, then the sheriff will drag you and yours into the street. Because someone, whether King or Emperor or government, has always "owned" the land, it doesn't occur to most of us to question it, but when we do, it will be because we want to be capitalists with integrity and so we will have to address those areas of our lives where we do not behave like capitalists, but rather like socialists and monarchists and plutocrats. This won't happen tomorrow, because of the stigman of being "radical", but since the days of Babylon things have been changing, and so one day this too will pass...
Life is better here because power is decentralized, at least compared to much of the rest of the world. Find me a place in the world that is strife torn that is not oppressed by a tyrrant, where power is not centralized. The more power is decentralized, the better off the people. Centralizing power is, however, a powerful temptation and folks in America work night and day trying to achieve it for themselves. There will always be somebody who thinks they should be in charge.
Hope that helps.
2006-07-09 13:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by Vosh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that the idea behind criticism of America is that people consider it inherently bad. Rather, it is that this country could be so much better than it is or has been, and that it has an obligation to be better sense it has hoisted itself up as the dominate imperialist power! Ergo Noblis Oblige!
As for the immigrants determined to flock here, opportunism and usurpation always wear the same face.
2006-07-09 13:44:04 · answer #5 · answered by namazanyc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Capitalism is bad in the end. Greed is what runs capitalism. And when the goal is to have more than the other guy,eventually it will just a be a few with everything and many with nothing....that is the final result of capitalism, we haven't seen it yet but we will.
2006-07-09 13:38:13 · answer #6 · answered by The Angry Stick Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because you ran into a couple of people that are'nt afraid to say that this country has it's faults does'nt mean they think this country is awful, and if you want things like policemen and firemen and public schooling, then keep paying taxes, if not, don't call 911 next time your on fire or getting robbed.
2006-07-09 13:30:41 · answer #7 · answered by JoeThatUKnow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Capitalism and Americanism is the best in the world and
everyone knows it and so emmigrants yearn to live where
the best is just the normal here. Those that don't think so
don't have to live here, eh?
2006-07-09 13:30:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Immigrants also come to Canada, the UK and other countries in droves ... it is not just the US they are looking for.
2006-07-09 14:10:29 · answer #9 · answered by Angela B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is an interesting thought, but wouldn't it be just easier to voice your opinion and leave it at that?
2006-07-09 13:29:32 · answer #10 · answered by Molly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋