“Shared Sacrifice” has become the mantra of the Democratic Party. The talking points pages are filled with urges to Democrats to repeat the phrase over and over. Listen to any on the left for just a moment and I promise you’ll hear it. So let me, a libertarian Republican, agree. It’s time the share in the sacrifice.
There’s a huge difference between what I see as a shared sacrifice and what those on the left support. Democrats don’t really mean sharing. What Democrats have repeatedly done is go after the same tax payers time and time again. In today’s talking points memo it means “millionaires and billionaires, corporations and corporate jet owners. In truth they’re after anyone making over $200,000 a year not just millionaires. These are the same people that already pay, in my opinion, an unfair share of taxes.
I now call upon all citizens to share and sacrifice. I would include the majority of Americans who pay zero income taxes. That’s right; 51% of Americans pay no income tax. Isn’t it time all Americans shared this sacrifice? Isn’t it time for everyone to have some skin in the game?
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