That 5% definitely does NOT have too much influence with the government. Quite the opposite. Know why? Because the 50% they pay isn't by choice -- it's by command. It's not like the government won't get the money if they don't do favors for the 5%. It's taken by force!

Politicians don't need the votes of that 5% to get elected -- they can suck up to the nearly 50% who pay nothing at all. That's why it's unfair.

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Got no problem being the world's leader in using toilet paper.... it's far better than being the people in LAST place for that poll...

ONly a total jerk posts as an imposter under another persons name.

The "Hmmmmm" post at 3:49 is not me.

Imitating another person is pathetic you jackass.


Question, if those top 5% of wage earning taxpayers have such inordinate influence over the government, why are they paying so much in Federal income taxes and almost half of wage warners paying nothing?

Nice logic.

Posting stuff I didn't even know about!!! LOL@ButtNekid

Smarty if people with zero of positive by $2 (ya'll giving me a headache with that one) get to be the majority... well we will be in for a world of hurt.

The pay tax get to vote would still not get money from the underground revenue, so no tax or FairTax.

That better?

Because our tax system is flawed and it is not the fault of the people that are given a refund or tax credit for their vote.

Don't penalize the people because politicians are gaming the tax system, change the tax system.

If a military family has a zero of positive net federal tax or receives food stamps, should they not vote?

If someone's net federal tax is $2, they get to vote but the person whose is zero of positive by $2 can't?

Don't blame the people for a corrupt tax system engineered by politicians to game it for power with bribes.

I understand your frustration, but creating a caste of second class citizens will lead to revolution by bloodshed once they become the majority.

Fair Tax is the solution.

I could be wrong but my understanding is that any politician holding office whether in the House or Senate is automatically their party's choice for the next election unless they decide not to run. No primary election is held for the incumbent's party. So...let's say you have a Republican that won't support the Fair Tax, next election, he is the automatic choice for the Republican ticket although 6 other Republicans that support the Fair Tax would like to be but have to wait until he is voted out before they can run for office.

If that is the case, then I have to choose between a incumbent Republican that does not support the Fair Tax or a Democrat that doesn't support the Fair Tax. So I have to vote for the Democrat and wait 2 years before I have a chance of voting for a Republican that does in a Republican primary election?

If that is the case, most people are NOT going to vote for the opposing party in order to wait 2 years to vote for a more palatable candidate of their own party. That is why we are stuck with career politicians. That is why we need term-limits or change the party rules for incumbents.

Do you see what I'm saying? If that is the case, we need to the party rules so that every incumbent has to win their primary before they can run for the House or Senate against the opposing party. At least change the party rules for the Republican party.

Is my understanding of how the process works correct?

should Voter registration be Automatic, when someone pays their taxes - But it should be Unavailable to anyone else! How many businesses have board of directors that are ruled by people who own no stock/have nothing invested in that business?

Of course the did, they actually make a product that people want w/o all the interference from unions

The hussein administration is waging asymmetrical warfare on the DoD. DoD, accounts for less than 25% of discretionary spending, yet accounts for 75% of hussein's discretionary spending cuts.

The dp will eventually tell Matchbox how to run their company and what kind of toy cars to make so they are bankrupt too.

There is no way the dp will leave a pool of wealth as big as 401Ks alone for long. They also want to make sure those 401Ks give no one financial independence. I would also watch for the dp to start dictating where part (all doesn't even sound out of the question these days) of these funds are invested, to finance leftist organizations, contributors, and causes.

Living where people use more tp than anybody else is a good thing. I bet Americans bathe/shower, brush our teeth, and use deodorant more often than most of the world as well. It takes advanced rectal-cranial inversion syndrome to expect us to be anything but proud of such things, if true. The fools try to turn us into a 3rd world country and call it progress.


The GOP is so down the dp/msm will have a hard time blaming the GOP for the mess they are making (not that they won’t), if you can call that something going “for” them. The dp is blowing hundreds of billions of federal tax revenue on their political infrastructure, to expand their constituencies, their election/census fraud machine, and further stack the deck against any political competition. GOP contributions can’t get in the ballpark of matching that, even before the dp tax increases on the productive rob them of their ability to contribute.

Their expanded judicial bench will see that it stays that way or gets worse, and hussein will likely pass the Presidency to a picked underling in 8 years, like putin, rather than keep going as presidente for life, like his buddies castro and chavez.

patriot i don't usually respond to comments however this will be the exception.

my war chant for years has been DRIP don't return incumbent politicians. I have violated the rule once I voted for RONALD WILSON REAGAN a second time.

voting for the other guy keeps term limits at your finger tips. term limits would work if I could get you and many others to start believing in DRIP.

incumbents in favor of the fairtax can be replaced by others that are in favor of it...

you and I are going in the same direction, just not on the same path.

DRIP don't return incumbent politicians!

... that the people who make Hotwheels and Matchbox cars made more money last year than the people who make Fords, Chryslers and Chevys?

Well Duh! Hotwheels and Matchbox cars are a helluva lot more fuel efficient than Fords, Chryslers, and Chevys!

LMAO Neal. At least your comment shows that you know what you're doing ;)

Those contributions from the top 5% are overwhelmed by the millions coming from the UAW, left newspapers looking for a bailout, and rich wackos like George Soros.

"Lets try this. If you dont pay federal taxes, you dont get to vote in the federal election. Pay to play."

Does that include the federal tax on gasoline and other federal taxes hidden within the price of goods and service passed along to the American consumer? Those federal taxes are paid by everyone that votes and many that aren't eligible to vote.

Someone explain to me how the top 5% percent pays 50% of federal taxes but corporations don't pay tax they just collect it and pass it along to the federal government. It seems contradictory.

Also, does the federal government give any special favors to the top 5% in exchange for all the taxes they pay not to mention the additional campaign contributions they make to the politicians who can give special favors (tax breaks/corporate welfare, legislation that eliminates or restricts competition of the contributor), government contracts, etc.?

most people that vote Republican whine, bitch, moan and groan about how Obama is running the country in the ground without offering any alternative solutions or holding their own party accountable for their broken promises such as growing government larger than the previous Democrat administration, not fulfilling their Contract with America for term-limits or abolishing the Department of Education, ignoring their party's principles by snubbing the Fair Tax...and I could go on and on.

Did you also know....the Republican party strategy is to hope Obama's failure to turn our economy around will be so bad that people will vote for the only other party.

Hey Republicans politicians, pundits and voters...if you have better solutions, let's hear them instead of all your bitching and tell us why we should believe you this time. Also, making abortion illegal or adding an amendment to prevent gay marriage won't mean anything to people who are unemployed and can't feed their children so please spare us with your hypocritical social values BS.

Before you accuse anyone, take a good look at yourselves...

Lets try this. If you dont pay federal taxes, you dont get to vote in the federal election. Pay to play.

"... that Democrats are working for legislation that would automatically register to vote anyone who obtains a driver's license or who qualifies for welfare benefits? There is no move to automatically register anyone who actually obtains a job, becomes successful and pays taxes."

Because people with jobs don't get driver's licenses, amirite?

In keeping with Alexander Tyler, anyone
on government subsistence shouldn't be allowed to vote.

They need to add a line for voter registration on the 1040 form.

Not every person who qualifies for a driver license can legally vote. In my work, we are seeing many foreign nationals who are legal, but who get in serious trouble because the feds find out they registered to vote. It's always because some uniformed DMV agent told them they could do it.

Neal, your comment about it not being able to breathe through the top of his head was priceless. I am still laughing.