Editor:
We have spent $207 billion since Democratic President Johnson declared war on poverty in 1965.
This year, we set a record high for poverty. I am pretty sure President Johnson also complained that the wealthy did not pay enough in taxes.
It will not matter how much money we take from the rich under the guise of helping the poor. It will not improve my income or cure poverty.
President Obama is seeking more than $1 trillion in new taxes from the rich. This also will not help my income and probably will not go to reduce the federal debt or deficit.
Again, I say, it will not reduce the poverty rate. All it will do is take from the rich and punish the achievers in America.
By the time the Affordable Healthcare Act goes into effect in 2014, all of the American people will be subjected to a dozen or more new taxes. President Obama also wants a new rate for the estate tax. This also will not help my paycheck or yours.
He also is asking that the debt ceiling be lifted so it will not hinder how much money he can spend. Did the American people vote for a president or a dictator?
If you are one of the rich who think that you would not mind paying more in taxes, be my guest. Send a blank check to Obama and have him fill in the amount he wants. No one is stopping you from paying all the taxes you think you deserve to pay.
Four more years of the liberal “dreams come true” equal four more years of a “conservative nightmare.”
Jeani West
Sweet Home