Your proposal would be partially solved.

They will both pay less in taxes if the law permits it. What we need is a Congress with a backbone and the willingness to speak out, without fear of the next election.

voters to elect a congress that will pass laws increasing taxes apparently for various social or welfare programs.

OK but couldn't our Wealthy Democratic Elite set an example by paying their fair share?

Of course I have no idea what a Fair Share is!

A fair share is whatever it takes to have a healthy and equitable society. That means a progressive tax system that does not stop at 13 or 18%. I can assure you that that is not a "fair share". It's not realistic to expect one or two people to pay more as an example for everyone else if it is not part of our tax laws.

without government controls on population growth.

If you disagree, please cite the economic research supporting your position so I can study it.

Thanks jody

Romney paid 13.6% tax rate in 2010. He may have paid much less or maybe even nothing for several years previous. Do you think that is fair and equitable? That's a simple question that requires no further research.

agree.

Mitt Romney is not the only sample size one. There are many examples where corporations and individuals pay no income taxes. If we are talking fairness and equity, I don't know how anyone can argue your point.

know such research does not exist so I'll end my side of this delightful exchange.

Have a great day. jody

Not decisions that individuals make.

Take your republican talking point elsewhere.

This whole austerity shit is planned and being implemented all over the world. Taking jobs to other countries isn't really helping those countries either. But they're opening markets that have billions of people, as opposed to just a mere 300 million Americans. We're nothing more than a drop in the bucket as customers. Not when India and China have billions of people between them. They don't need us at all.

And another myth is that we have some sort of super social safety net in this country that borders on European socialism. We really have a very minimal safety net. We have way too many homeless people, jobless people, hungry people, uneducated people, etc that we should be using our taxes for, rather than weapons of war and corporate imperialism.

Although Greece may not be doing so well right now? They had a very liberal socialistic safety net for many years. I think that was recently dealt a severe if not deadly blow by their financial situation.

China.

If those ideals of a socialist state don't work and our ideal of a capitalist state doesn't work, what do you propose?

we done been needing to eat these motherfuckers and start invading their enclaves with torches and pitchforks.

Granted.