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Tax The Vote!

Posted 06 Nov 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, Democrats, responsibility

I find it interesting that the day after Obama is elected president, the campaign is already trying to do damage control to lower expectations among its supporters. Obama knew he couldn’t provide the Christmas list he used to entice voters (for instance, Peggy the Moocher who voted for Obama, thinking he would pay her mortgage and provide free gasoline).

I had an unusual notion last night in the shower (isn’t that where some of the best ideas come from?) regarding future presidential campaigns. In a nutshell, your presidential vote would correspond to your tax rates and yours alone. Your vote couldn’t raise anyone else’s taxes.

This would first require that we flatten tax rates for all Americans…say, everyone would pay a flat 10% tax on income. Now bear with me a minute, I know some of you don’t agree with a flat tax but we’re gonna get past that and actually raise taxes on some folks. What makes my idea unique is WHO we’re gonna tax more, and why.

Presidential candidates would have to put together an actual budget to correspond with all his/her proposals and when a citizen votes for that candidate, they use their Social Security Number as part of their ballot and thus agree to support these proposals (and future programs during that president’s career) with a corresponding tax rate increase. That way, if your candidate wins, you will be supporting his/her priorities and not using the government to force your fellow citizens to fund things with which they disagree. And if your guy loses, your tax rates drop back down to 10%.

For instance, the 53% of folks who voted for Obama would pay more in income tax to fund all his policies, and the other 46% would get a huge tax break while still providing marginal financial support to fund basic government. How’s that for fairness?

I daresay that if voters had the onus on their wallet alone rather than figuring they can stick it to everyone, they might think – and vote – differently.

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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