Dear TNCP,
I’m a father, retired business owner and a military veteran (Army, infantry, Viet Nam). As I reflect on this tax season, I marvel at how well the elites have convinced us that they, the upper 5%, have the absolute right to rule our country. It reminds me of the feudalism that controlled Europe for 600 years.
The elites, via their media, and well-paid serfs, tell us that what is good for them is good for us. They branded the estate tax as a “death tax”. So, a tax that only effected the top 2% was eliminated. Billions were removed from our revenue stream. Income taxes are bad they say. So taxes on the richest are branded “repressive” and massively cut. Billions were removed from our revenue stream. Medical bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy in this country but universal health care is bad they say. So it’s branded “death panels” and never considered because the elites want to protect the billions they make from insurance and drugs. We have wars and our kids suffer and die, but the war contractor elite brand it “fighting for freedom” and make billions in profits from our tax dollars, and pay virtually no taxes.
No amount of program “cuts” will improve this nation. We need to expand programs to help We The People, and thus we need more revenue. During the Eisenhower years the elites were taxed at 90%. They survived and the nation prospered.
We have, I believe, feudalism wrapped in red, white and blue and branded “democracy”.
Arnold Stieber
8330 Waterloo Rd
Grass Lake, MI 49240
734-216-1814
April 10, 2011 – April 23, 2011 Edition
