On Friday, November 23, 2018 at 11:07:40 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, November 23, 2018 at 3:57:16 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Friday, November 23, 2018 at 8:05:57 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > > On 2018-11-23 6:58 a.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
> > > > On 11/23/2018 5:50 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > > >> On 11/22/2018 11:44 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> > > >>> But Cindy, those low wages you speak of were plenty enough to support
> > > >>> a family of four with a
> > > >>> stay-at-home mom.Â* That is rarely possible any more unless the
> > > >>> primary wage earner is in a
> > > >>> profession such as being a lawyer or a doctor or a dentist, etc.Â* it
> > > >>> isn't possible for the typical
> > > >>> office worker.
> > > >>
> > > >> Not sure which came first, the chicken or the egg.Â* I believe that
> > > >> once two wage earning couples became the norm that housing costs
> > > >> started to rise.Â* If no one could afford the higher prices the
> > > >> prices would be forced to stay low.
> > > >>
> > > >> nancy
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I think tax increasesÂ* of all sorts was one of the major factors
> > > > mandating a two income household.
> > >
> > > So what cuts would you like to see to enable a cut in taxes?
> >
> > There's cuts that one would like to see and then there's cuts that are easy and therefore likely i.e., in Social Security benefits, and Medicare benefits.
>
> Social Security and Medicare are the third rail of tax cuts. Given what
> a large proportion of active voters are over 60, most politicians are
> reluctant to touch either.
>
> Defense contractors could certainly use a haircut, and I'm sure there
> we could find little economies spread throughout the budget.
>
> Personally, I don't think taxes are all that high, especially considering
> all the loopholes.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

The American way is to take stuff away from the poor and the powerless. You might consider the boomers to be rich and powerful but I don't. There's not much use in trying to figure out which of us is right - only time will tell.