Taxes

I'm watching the presidential news conference at the moment. He's speaking out against raising taxes.

Taxes. Everybody hates them. Having more take-home money is always nice.

On the other hand, I really like the postal service. I like the interstate. I like public buildings. I like public parks. I like it when the road gets plowed. I also think that it is good for a government to care for the human needs of people, such as housing, food, and healthcare. Without tax-income, the government is unable to provide these services.

Of course, if we bought a few less aircraft carriers, made less bombs and fought less wars, we could provide all of these services and more without any raises in taxes.

Here are a couple of different charts showing where our tax dollars go...they don't exactly agree, but you can go to the source website to read about that.