Is Welfare a Right?

[Jay]

Originally Posted by BeenThinkin

Ah! What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Nearly 50 % of the population pay no taxes. So isn't it only fair that the rest of us, (those who pay) should have the same privilege of not paying. Let's all get off taxes and eventually on welfare and then let's see who pays the bill!

BT

I love that tic bit. I have to agree that it does not make any sense at all the way things are currently set up. However, I lose nearly 1/5 or so of what I make through the year, and I am supposed to be happy when I only get about 1/4 of that back. State income taxes, federal income taxes, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are keeping me from getting ahead. If I was taxed at a flat five percent of my income by both the federal and state levels, with nothing extra, I would come out ahead in the short and long run.