Comments on: Taxes are good for you http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/29/taxes-are-good-for-you/ Intellectual discussions on pressing issues Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:12:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Lester Spence http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/29/taxes-are-good-for-you/#comment-436 Lester Spence Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:18:57 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/29/taxes-are-good-for-you/#comment-436 when the people believed to be associated with the service are black, citizens place a much higher burden of proof on the government to show that the services are either needed or are conducted efficiently. now this may be partially because the needs are greater, particularly in the case of the public schools. when the people believed to be associated with the service are black, citizens place a much higher burden of proof on the government to show that the services are either needed or are conducted efficiently. now this may be partially because the needs are greater, particularly in the case of the public schools.

]]> By: albatross http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/29/taxes-are-good-for-you/#comment-435 albatross Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:34:08 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/29/taxes-are-good-for-you/#comment-435 Is it that people decided they didn't want government services, and then decided to cut taxes? Or is it that many people decided that they were paying a lot of taxes and not getting worthwhile services back? I'd use your decision to homeschool as an example. Is the problem with Baltimore's public school system primarily money, or primarily bad management? My impression is that big city schools spend a lot of money per pupil, but still get rotten results. If Baltimore's schools got a 50% budget increase, would you want to send your kids back there? I don't recall anyone saying it wasn't FEMA's job to help out in a disaster too big for local authorities to handle. I do recall several people pointing out that the disaster was a good lesson about the wisdom of counting on FEMA to save you in a disaster. Is it that people decided they didn’t want government services, and then decided to cut taxes? Or is it that many people decided that they were paying a lot of taxes and not getting worthwhile services back?

I’d use your decision to homeschool as an example. Is the problem with Baltimore’s public school system primarily money, or primarily bad management? My impression is that big city schools spend a lot of money per pupil, but still get rotten results. If Baltimore’s schools got a 50% budget increase, would you want to send your kids back there?

I don’t recall anyone saying it wasn’t FEMA’s job to help out in a disaster too big for local authorities to handle. I do recall several people pointing out that the disaster was a good lesson about the wisdom of counting on FEMA to save you in a disaster.

]]> By: JD http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/29/taxes-are-good-for-you/#comment-431 JD Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:50:23 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/29/taxes-are-good-for-you/#comment-431 If you look at the blue vs red states and the last several presendential elections, you will discover, the war between the states is still on,states rights vs federal rights.Taxes are an expense for all but most high income whites can figure out how not to pay much tax money. The issue is not the Tax but that it might be spent to help poor people and especiality, God forbid, poor black folk. That is why, poor white southern red necks voted for Bush even though it hurts them. Their jobs are out sourced or gone, their kids are stuck in Iraq, they have poor infrastructure, scools, bridges, roads etc.They voted republican because they are afraid the democrats may try to advance the black poor, then whom could the southern red neck look down on? Come visit blackinbusiness.org If you look at the blue vs red states and the last several presendential elections, you will discover, the war between the states is still on,states rights vs federal rights.Taxes are an expense for all but most high income whites can figure out how not to pay much tax money. The issue is not the Tax but that it might be spent to help poor people and especiality, God forbid, poor black folk. That is why, poor white southern red necks voted for Bush even though it hurts them. Their jobs are out sourced or gone, their kids are stuck in Iraq, they have poor infrastructure, scools, bridges, roads etc.They voted republican because they are afraid the democrats may try to advance the black poor, then whom could the southern red neck look down on? Come visit blackinbusiness.org

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