Reply #9: Other. Make the megacorporations pay their FAIR SHAIR of US taxes, and then we can talk about...

[Hekate]

... raising mine. They hide behind offshore accounts and post office boxes in the Bahamas, yet they want every consideration of the US government and protection of their interests by treaties, trade agreements, and the US military. PAY UP, YOU GREEDY BASTARDS!

Reallocate even a fraction of the Pentagon/weapons research/war machine budget toward universal health care, and we can talk about raising my taxes. They freaking get OVER HALF of the budget!

I want to make it perfectly clear that I have never begrudged a penny of the taxes I pay that go toward the common good, whether it be food stamps, welfare, roads, schools, even what is actually necessary to maintain a protective military force.

But over the past 9 years I have reconsidered my point of view to include the above. THIS COUNTRY HAS THE MONEY TO PAY FOR TOP-NOTCH MEDICAL CARE FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD WITHIN OUR BORDERS, AND WE CHOOSE TO SPEND IT ON CRAP LIKE MISSILES THAT GET BLOWN UP FOR PRACTICE.

:rant:

Having said that, of course I will pay more in personal taxes if that is what it will take to get a good UHC system going. I just dearly wish that Congress would re-prioritize the existing budget and tax code.

Hekate