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| This is where we are in agreement. The massive spending by the so-called Defense Department is one of the major points of transfer for money that travels from the poor to the wealthy. |
The DoD spends some $300 billion a year. Even if it were reduced to zero (hah hah hah), it would still take some 25 years to pay off the deficit, and even then ONLY if other departments were slashed out of existence to balance the budget.
There are other things that need to go:
(1) Rural Electrification Administration: founded in the early 20th century to bring electricity to rural areas. Still in existence, even though rural areas have had electricity for over 70 years.
(2) Farm subisides: essentially paying farmers and agribusiness giants to grow less food. Get rid of the Dept. of Agriculture.
(3) Federal education spending: states control and fund education, not the governmnet. Get rid of the Dept. of Education, it has no purpose.
And so on....
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| The system isn't flat, so any taxation that acts like the system is flat slopes towards the wealthy. |
A flat slope towards the wealthy? What sense does that make?
Flat by the nature of its existence slopes in no direction. In this case, you get taxed based on how much you spend. If you don't like being taxed, you just save more and spend less.
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| What is the poverty line? About $100,000 a year? |
Funny. Except you're not, so stop trying.
The federal poverty line for a household of one is $9,310 a year. For every additional person in the house, add an extra $3,180.
That means for the average household of four, $18,850. Any amount of money spent up to that amount goes untaxed. Of course, it will be dramatically easier to spend when you have less money being shelled out to the federal leviathan in taxes, but this just means it could be easier to save, too.