Why should taxpayers foot the bill?

Question

Hurricane Floyd produced torrential downpours and flooding across New Jersey. Hardest hit was the Raritan River Basin in
the north-central part of the State, which received seven to eleven inches of rain in less than 24 hours. The main stem of the Raritan River at Bound Brook set a new peak of record on 9/17/99 at 42.13 feet.

Now the money to fix it is mine and yours, assuming you're not one of the one-third of Americans who pay ZERO taxes or actually have a NEGATIVE tax bill (meaning you get income back through various tax credits). The government has no money that isn't provided by we, the taxpayers. It is a limited pool of funds and is intended for legitimate governmental purposes. Using it to substitute for individual accountability and the common sense, everyday risk management we each should exercise regularly is not one of those legitimate governmental purposes. What's next? Should the government pay your deductible when you have a car accident?

Answer 1

Rub my feet?

Answer 2

I dunno. I pay 1/3 of my wages towards various taxes. I feel like I am getting ripped off by being at the lowest of the lower middle-class.
I watch people collect social security and disability every day who are fully able to work. I see money wated everywhere and things paid for by "the state" (taxpayers).
I thought it was pretty crazy watching this lady on Oprah with octuplets whom everyone treated like a hero claim that she was getting a lot of help from the state. She took fertility drugs to get pregnant, and now has 8 children whom are being supported by us taxpayers. It made me a bit irritated.
And then there is all of the federal cash that "goes missing" somehow. 800 bucks for every man, woman and child in the US to support this jokew of a war. (I assume that it is more for the people who actually pay taxes, because like you said not everyone does)... and then there are some of the immigrants who come here to have a kid and then move back and the US taxpayers continue to support them because their child is a US citizen.
So yah. Basically, I have insurance, I pay taxes, I work a fulltime job...but I still can't afford to buy a house. But if you are an unemployed drug addicted mother of 5, HUD will happily put you on a list to get you into a house. I love it.

Answer 3

I think this country should do more for the people who pay there taxes here, there are millions of people who were born and bred here who are living on the poverty line who get no help at all, there are school, hospitals, and old peoples home all closing because the government will not help these organisations were is the help for the genuine British people,who have paid there taxes all of there lives. Why should we fund these asylum seekers to live here, and benefit from all the hard work that the British people have done,I think if they want to live here, they should pay double the taxes we do, pay for private health care, education, and get no benefits of any kind which has to include the houses benefit until they have worked here for at lest ten years,that would find out if they really wanted to live here.

Answer 4

That is what and why the Property owners in the State of New Jersey pay one of the highest property taxes in the Country. Those moneys that PROPERTY OWNERS pay go towards instances like this. My parents paid more in the last 5 years in Property taxes than what they purchased their home for back in the 60's, they own their home free and clear, yet with the taxes they pay on their home its like having a mortgage on their home all over again

Answer 5

quote excerpt from your post
"Now the money to fix it is mine and yours, assuming you're not one of the one-third of Americans who pay ZERO taxes"

Since you see fit to not provide links to backup any of your statements I can only use my imagination and think that maybe this one third of Americans might be minors.
Minors are citizens also....are they not?

And the one third that do not pay taxes.
You provide no link to any sort of data there.
And I am not going to do your research FOR YOU.

Central Park recorded the heaviest rainfall in 125 years!!!

Federal Disaster assistance is good for business.
It helps keep people in their homes..in the area....and at work.
It provides funds to municipalities to repair/ replace lost infrastructure.

Whats the matter with you?
"we the taxpayers":):)

here's another quote from your question
"The government has no money that isn't provided by we, the taxpayers. It is a limited pool of funds and is intended for legitimate governmental purposes. Using it to substitute for individual accountability and the common sense, everyday risk management we each should exercise regularly is not one of those legitimate governmental purposes."

legitimate government purposes....
such as.....
An illegal invasion of IRAQ?
Filling the pockets of disreputable contractors?

Individual responsibility and common sense?
Against what?
Rainfall that hasn't been seen in 125 years.

And while we are at it.....
New York and New jersey are BLUE STATES.
And that is where the money is.
They just getting their legitimate return on their tax dollars paid.
And they pay plenty.

"we the taxpayers"!!
what a joke.

NOTE: and here is a link for you
quote from link
"Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures: New Jersey is a Donor State
New Jersey taxpayers receive less federal funding per dollar of federal taxes paid than any other state. Per dollar of federal tax paid in 2004, New Jersey citizens received approximately $0.55 in the way of federal spending. This represents a decline from 1992 when New Jersey received $0.66 per dollar of taxes in federal spending (also ranked lowest). Neighboring states and the amount of federal spending they received per dollar of federal taxation paid were as follows: New York ($0.79), Pennsylvania ($1.06), and Delaware ($0.79). "
http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/topic/44.html
If you need an interpretation ...
it means that NEW JERSEY pays MORE in taxes than it receives from the feds.
unlike those red states that are tax burdens in nice weather.

Answer 6

In theory, insurance should take care of everyone in event of disaster.

Truth is, many people cannot afford insurance, and when disaster strikes, they need help or else they starve/freeze.

Not to mention that when so many people are made homeless at the same time, even if all are fully insured, there are still expenses involved in setting up emergency shelters, medical aid, repairing infrastructure, etc.

Answer 7

I wish the gov. would pay my deductible! Other than that, I'm not sure what I feel about it. I do know that the government has continued to use our tax money for some of the most ridiculous **** I've seen, and I would love for that to stop, but I'm not sure I'd oppose this particular act.

By the way, how can I pay zero taxes?

Answer 8

Having been able to just survive thanks to the EITC I guess you could say I'm one of its poster children.

Those days are far behind me now but I was damned appreciative of it when I was eligible to receive it and have no problem with folks of lesser means partaking of the fruit of some of my labor now.

100 years ago, folks just stepped in and helped out their neighbors when they needed a hand and got a hand when they needed it themselves. We've forgotten that part of our American heritage today so the government has to step in and coax it along now. In the end, it's no different that it always was, just the flow of the $$$ has changed slightly.

Put your teeth back in, now.

Answer 9

Governments hand out crap like this in an attempt to bribe the poor to vote for tham.

Answer 10

boo hoo