" Obama took a not-too-subtle swipe at his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, declaring: “I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth.” There remains a role for government to give everybody a “fair shot,” Obama said — not just the wealthy."

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 1 pts

The only way we can have a strong middle class is to curb the rampant devaluation of our currency! Taxes are not the most detrimental issue we are facing, it's the loss of spending power we have from the fact that our do

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 3 pts

Sure, if that is indeed what we need. However, 48% of our population pays $0 federal taxes, and 1/3 receives more money from the government than they put in. For a society to work properly, every member of the society ha

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 1 pts

I was only speaking to federal income taxes, since that is what the Buffet rule is speaking to. I feel state taxes should be higher, while federal lower. States are the ones that provide the services societies need (Road

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 1 pts

If you are interested, this article is very detailed about the wealth inequality in the US. It is only up until 2007 though, and the numbers have just gone up. But you can start to see why the distribution of wealth is t

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 1 pts

If by screwed you mean paying a higher share of the taxes while not controlling an equally higher share of the wealth, then yes. The argument then comes in that they still have millions of dollars. That one is made out o

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 2 pts

Again, when talking about a federal income tax reform, we must discuss the numbers from that solely. I agree, sales taxes, property taxes, gas taxes, etc are all paid by everyone. I am not trying to make it sound anythin

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 1 pts

Yes, I agree. However, you must understand that we are a republic. The state tax system is not controlled by the federal government. Enacting a federal tax, or eliminating it for that matter, will not directly affect the

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 1 pts

Is that not what the EU is? Central currency, yet the individual member states/countries have their own governments etc. The difference is, we were designed as a republic, so our laws make it easier for interstate commer

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 1 pts

I agree with you in concept, but in practice it does not seem to work. I too wish we could all just be human and work together, putting our differences aside. However, absolute power corrupts absolutely. My reason for wa

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 1 pts

I really wish we were investing more into science too. I wish more people got excited about learning! People look at me like I'm crazy when they see me researching everything I can think of. They ask me why I care. I alw

Comment · Thu, April 19, 2012 · 1 pts

No, not exactly. I feel states need to rethink the way they run their education systems, with the federal government overseeing to make sure they are not going nuts! Then when one state starts creating an efficient syste

Comment · Fri, April 20, 2012 · 1 pts

I think that you just have a lot more confidence in your government that I do! I really wish we could do that and it would work efficiently! However, the US political system is fucked!!! I don't have any confidence in it

Comment · Fri, April 20, 2012 · 1 pts

That's life I guess. As long as we keep trying to move forward and keep the lines of conversation open, we still have a chance to change it! That's why I love traveling the world! I get to experience so many sides to so