On Wednesday evening during our commute to mid-week services we were (as always) listening to talk radio. A caller brought up one of this election's big issues: taxes. He said that he had figured out that if the 2.3 Trillion dollar budget was divided equally between each U.S. citizen that each individual would have to pay over $8000 a year in taxes. As i am currently making about $10,000 a year i was floored by this.
Well guess what Kerry wants to do as soon as he gets into office (if he's elected that is): raise taxes. Another caller said that she and her husband both own small businesses and if Kerry gets his way they will have a combined income of $60,000 a year after taxes. The rich already foot a lot of the bill because their taxes are so high (i, for example, don't pay taxes at all: i get it all back) and of course Kerry wants to raise their taxes, too.
Why are we punishing the wealthy for living the American Dream? All of us want to be rich, right? At least, that's the general mentality of this nation. We're capitalists and we look up to--even idolize--the rich, so what gives? We want to punish the ones who have achieved everything we're working for? Something doesn't add up here.
Kerry says "I will restore trust and credibility," yeah right! I happen to trust the man who's currently office, thank you very much. Sure, W isn't perfect, but i voted for him with my eyes wide open and i'm going to vote for him again. Bush is of the stuff presidents should be made of and trusts God for his strength; i'm sure that's more than we can say of Kerry.
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