Quote Originally Posted by ironchef
Rather him keep the current tax levels in place, if not lower them. However he should focus on redistributing government spending, trimming the excess (which there is way too much of), and balancing the budget.

In a perfect world legislators don't add pork spending to bills with genuine intentions, but we don't live in a perfect world. If politicians don't get funding for their constituents then they lose their seat when the next election comes up, our system is not set up to trim excess spending.

To continue to fund a $9 Billion a month war, explore alternative energy sources, even drill for new oil is going to cost money.. that money comes from somewhere.. the taxpayers. So again I ask, who should foot the bill? Middle class? The poor? Or the rich? Or do we continue this misnomer that lower taxes on the rich trickles down to the average U.S citizen.