Are there any liberal/democrat solutions that aren't solved with a tax increase?

Question

For the sake of this question, tax = any additional cost paid by the citizen and used by the state...I know they call taxes "fees" and other things lately.

So far, defunding our national security is the only liberal solution that would save money...in the long run, I have my doubts about this.

Answer 1

The Democratic solution to every problem from diaper rash to caring for the homeless is to throw money at it. And if that doesn't work then blame it all on the Republicans and throw even more money at the problem.

Answer 2

You have to pay for things. Things like war, you can't run a huge multi-billion dollar war and not expect to pay for the bullets can you?
I'm laughing at the idea Republicans want to lower taxes, and Democrats raise them. Could it be because the unfunded mandates like No Child Left Behind, get added to the states taxes, or the cost of war has been put off until the next presidency, and yes that will need money to pay for it,
Bush ordered the war and ordered the tax cut for the rich so now the middle class will have to pay for it.
You will believe anything at all if Rush says it won't you?
Even if you see the evidence right in your own wallet.
Even if you know whats happening to you.

Answer 3

Which is worse, taxes or debt from borrowing money from other countries? The neo-cons in the white house masquerading as republican conservatives are borrowing at an alarming rate. Eventually this debt will have to be paid & the longer we wait to pay it, the more it will grow. I can't even imagine the interest on a trillion dollars! Oh well, we can just pass it on to our grandchildren & pretend we aren't responsible for the debt. Right?

Answer 4

We could cut taxes for millions of Americans if the US government would stop giving away BILLIONS in Corporate Welfare.
According to TrueMajority.org, we could fully fund public education K-12, head start, adress the issue of world hunger, provide every American child with health care, and fund research and development for alternative energy resources with $50 Billion per year. Whereas TrueMajority.org advocates reducing Pentagon spending by $50 billion, I am merely advocating that we end Corporate Welfare and stop robbing the American tax payers to give to the select rich.
In 2006 alone, the US government spent $92 BILLION on Corporate Welfare. Those who received Corporate Welfare were companies making millions and billions of dollars in PROFITS. If we were to END Corporate Welfare and spend $50 billion on those programs I've listed we could also cut $42 billion in taxes for the American people. That seems win-win to me. A little liberal spending on social programs and some conservative spending on tax cuts. You can't get any more moderate than that!

(By the way, Mike Huckabee, a "conservative" Republican is the only politician I've heard of lately who has used the term "fees" to describe his increase in taxes.)

Answer 5

A solution to the war wouldn't entail raising taxes. The country might actually SAVE money instead of throwing it at Iraq.

Answer 6

Yes,

Same sex marriage; Of course that is not only a liberal Democratic solution...There are Republicans who hope this will be passed so that they can do it without seeming to have wanted it...it's so uncomfortable and inconvient having to sneak & shack around. Dig the Guilliano's, Gynrich's, Jessie Jackson's etc when it comes to how you're supposed to act when you are married. Can you really see any difference in how folks conduct themselves whether they claim to be conservative (I guess that's supposed to mean "moral" or take the rap for being "liberal" (I suppose that means "immoral")? When will folks stop lying to themselves about the "liberals" and the "moral ones"? Or is it that folks don't think it is immoral to lie to themselves? Oooooooooo well. The answer lies in the term "ego"...that deadly thing that tells one that he/she must prove themselves to have the right answer, the last word, control, and on and on. The answer has nothing whatever to do with a desire for truth. Often times, the questioner does not seem to be looking for truth anyway but for more confirmation for an already built-in system of lies. Why are wemfinding out more and more about the low morals of Republicans? Does anyone really believe that "conservative" Republicans are more moral than "liberal" Democrats? Does anyone really believe that more Democrats want abortions than do Republicans? Does anyone really believe that the statistics on abortion and welfare users could be as high as they are without there being mass Repubublican representation among the takers? Why do you suppose there is such a shift in approval for stem-cell research and homosexuality when it comes down to a family member or oneself? Dig the CONSERVATIVE Republican preachers who condem homosexuality only to be found out to be actively engaging in homosexual. Check out the LIBERAL Democrat who thinks it's okay to use racial slurrs against other races and his own but does not think it's okay for others to do so. There goes your bullying control freak. The problem here is not about wanting truth; it is about human ego wanting gratification...that deadly stuff that needs treatment vs. gratification...before it infects the masses even more. Each human being has an obligation to take care of such matters...check out ones's own motives . If it is found that one's motives has to do with ego-tripping (control issues, insecurities, need to insult, punish or bully, etc) this is a clue that some attention needs to be paid to the self. Nothing better than self-development and character-building...a great investment.

Answer 7

I have a better question. Rather than complaining about taxes being raised, how do you proprose we pay for the Iraq waq, a failing infrastucture and a growing deficit? Let's face it, the government can not continue to spend without getting some sort of income. You don't live that way, I don't live that way and the government can not continue to live that way.

Answer 8

The issue lays in the fact that somewhere along the way the Democratic party became a socialist party. In order to have a socialist government, it is required that a the government provide programs that require heavy funding. The only place to get that funding is from people that work and earn money...taxes.

Answer 9

Explain how you would pay down the fanatical spending of this administration? Do you also believe in the Easter Bunny

Answer 10

Well, we could take advice from the con/Republiican side and get some China and other foreign-backed credit to pay for Bush's big spending. Then maybe in the future we can default or bomb them and never have to pay it back.