Reply #4: Simply put, if you don't have a populace who has buying power, then [View All]

you cannot sell anything to anyone. We'd still be living in homes without any electric or A/C. Henry Ford realized that the people working on the facory line needed to make enough to buy the product... So, if no jobs, no wealth, no company anyway.. AND because they make more of the money, you need to have it spread back into the population to provide things like roads and bridges to get to work and schools that produce "workers" who are able to compete in the market and law/ justice in order to keep society safe... These are what we get with taxes.. Now, there's pork and assholes that people elect who do horrible things to our budget and make deals with the devil.. This is why its important to be vigilant of our democracy. Joe's right, taxes are patriotic and people don't mind paying as long as they are still able to pay for milk and gas and have some savings... which hasn't happened, duh, under Bushie.