When working poor conservative voters hear Tea Party and right wing Republicans complain about Americans receiving entitlements, do they assume these Neo-Cons are only talking about blacks, other non-white minorities, and liberals? For the record, they are also talking about white working class, white middle class, and white working poor conservative voters in red states and blue states.
These rich Neo-Cons are also fond of complaining that poor, working class, and middle class American citizens do not pay enough taxes for the benefits they receive from the government. And yes, they are still talking about rabid white conservatives who vote for Republican candidates no matter how badly they treat them. But the point is, working class Americans pay taxes. Of course you pay taxes. Many of you may not pay much federal income tax, but there is a reason for it. The rich greedy billionaires you work for, no matter the job, mostly don't pay you enough salary for you and your family to do much more than survive, never mind having made enough to pay substantial or any federal income tax.
Every time you make a purchase, you pay taxes. Generally you pay them in the form of state sales and sometimes local sales taxes. You also pay taxes on your utilities charges such as phone bills, water bills, and light bills. They appear on all your statements. They include taxes and charges such as utility tax, a federal universal service charge, city communications tax, and state communications tax.
But the greedy money hoarding billionaires who live off the misery, back, and sweat of working poor Americans--black, brown, yellow, and white--insist that they should pay federal income tax at a lower rate than the secretaries and the other hired help who work for them and make significantly less. But when you listen to the rhetoric of these predatory conservatives they want you to believe that the cost of democracy rest unfairly on their shoulders, that they pay much more than their fair share. They make these outrageous claims knowing full well that the benefits they receive from America far outweigh the benefits their employees receive.
What is blatantly obvious is that wealthy corporations and their greedy CEOs are moving their corporate profits to off shore accounts while remaining firmly established in the USA. These greedy Neo-Cons want to enjoy the benefits of America without paying federal income taxes that provide these benefits. For starters, they want to keep receiving government contracts, but take their profits out of the USA to avoid paying corporate taxes on their earnings. Corporations want to enjoy America's infrastructure, police protection, military protection, and the ability to sell their foreign made products in the USA without providing any of the tax revenue that makes it all possible.
It is time for poor, working class, and middle class Americans to stop siding with greedy billionaires and their media propaganda machines like fox News and Rush Limbaugh when they are "outraged" that the working poor don't pay taxes and are only interested in receiving entitlements in the form of government handouts.
One of the saddest sights in America is red state un-employed conservatives and working poor conservatives up in arms and spouting venom and anger over the conservative propaganda lie that liberals are lazy, un-American, and have their hands held out to receive federal tax dollars paid by hard working Americans like themselves. It is hypocrisy at the highest level, especially when one knows that red states receive more in federal dollars--including government assistance--than they pay in federal income tax.
It is time to put this hypocrisy and stupidity to rest. Save the USA, democracy, and your families. Vote these right wing Neo-Cons out of office.
