tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post6925475620728941161..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: SubsidiesGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-84521074143477036212017-02-28T13:11:50.900-05:002017-02-28T13:11:50.900-05:00The sole benefit to paying taxes is in obeying you...The sole benefit to paying taxes is in obeying your earthly king and not being put into jail. That should be benefit enough for anyone, even democracies.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-32529061073421068562017-02-28T11:38:11.763-05:002017-02-28T11:38:11.763-05:00Doesn't that argument apply just as well to su...Doesn't that argument apply just as well to subsidizing Americans? Only then there's, say, half as many families to subsidize?Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-27310661875826607182017-02-28T05:55:37.786-05:002017-02-28T05:55:37.786-05:00Devil's advocate- I suppose their response wou...Devil's advocate- I suppose their response would be lower prices on products and services. Now how they would try to convince us that it works out as a net benefit after considering costs, I have no idea. Perhaps by arguing that the Rich pay an vastly inordinate share of taxes so it hits the people who can 'afford' it most, and benefits them least (as they presumably could afford higher prices without much pain).douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-39130005963521377142017-02-27T20:58:11.775-05:002017-02-27T20:58:11.775-05:00If I've got to cough up that dough, I would gr...If I've got to cough up that dough, I would greatly prefer to do that for citizens.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-49709113734976960072017-02-27T00:05:58.595-05:002017-02-27T00:05:58.595-05:00I don't care if the employer employs anyone or...I don't care if the employer employs anyone or not, and don't mean to imply a duty to do so. However, it is also true that if you're getting $24,000 in Federal benefits, you can afford to take a lot less.<br /><br />So, if we're going to float people $24,000 a year in benefits so they can afford to work cheap -- well, why not our own people? What's the benefit to me as a taxpayer of paying welfare to the poor out of work guy, plus welfare to the illegal alien? If the answer is, "Democratic Presidents for ever and ever, amen," then I'm not sure I'm being well-served in this transaction. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-47101979142471557502017-02-26T23:24:23.853-05:002017-02-26T23:24:23.853-05:00That would be a good number for our previous discu...That would be a good number for our previous discussion on the benefits of immigration. The studies cited gave the benefits, but not the costs. There you go.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-74406801645361919652017-02-26T23:23:28.824-05:002017-02-26T23:23:28.824-05:00It's an idea that won't die, but it depend...It's an idea that won't die, but it depends on the assumption that the employer owes it to society to hire a worker so the government no longer has to support him.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-91931077742719170072017-02-26T21:36:09.613-05:002017-02-26T21:36:09.613-05:00...What's the benefit that we taxpayers obtain......What's the benefit that we taxpayers obtain from high levels of illegal immigration? I know what benefit the corporations obtain, and what benefit the Democratic Party expects. But what's in it for us who are paying for it?...<br /><br />Grim, I don't see a benefit. Just another BOHICA gift from the "Cloud Party"<br />http://dad29.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-war-in-america-part-two.html<br /><br />Taxes are too damn high anyway you look at it. <br />Screw em. <br /><br />-Mississippi<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com