What percentage of your Federal Income tax dollars go to social programs?
You scoff at what amounts to about $50 of your annual tax liability, yet the $5000 you pay annually for a bloated defense budget and socializing costs for big business never hits your radar. Hmm. Kind of sounds like you just stumbled in to the emergency room bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound to the head, and instead is simply bitching about a stubbed toe.
So ya, both Democrats and Republicans have politicians who take advantage of the system, and are bought and paid for by big money. I think you would agree with that.
Yet, your answer to that is to elect Republicans, who have virtually no public policy platform for the common person, so they can make sure the status quo is not fucked with. Last I checked, legalized bribery in the form of campaign contributions, and attempts to regulate big money in politics ONLY comes from the left. Full stop. Maybe not a lot of Democrats, but it's sure better than voting for a party that is absolutely guaranteed to strike down or veto any mention of regulating campaign contributions or the corporate lobby.
Oh ya. And it makes perfect sense to have your entire party revolve around tax cuts for the rich. Well guess what, when there are only 2 paying groups in to the nation's tax liability, and you LOWER the contributions of one group, guess where the slack gets picked up? And don't give me this shit about how the rich pay the most - they do, they also command most of the wealth - therefore if you and I sit down to eat dinner and you order 70% of the food for yourself, you better expect you should be paying 70% of the bill. The rich do not pay a commensurate amount of tax in relation to the amount of wealth they control.
Now go back to your bitching and whining about having to fund $50 annually for food stamps so some kids can eat properly, while simultaneously having absolutely no problem with shit like the Pentagon routinely "not being able to account for" trillions and trillions of dollars. They get away with it precisely because of people like you, who wraps yourself in stupid culture way shit of the middle class vs the poor. Lemme guess. You are one of these types who is pro-life, and insists that no fetus should be murdered, yet spend all your days on Sherdog forums bitching about poor people and what an inconvenience they are to you.
