tax cuts

i usually don't get all political in this thing just because i know it upsets a lot of people. but i read this article in Rolling Stone today that just kind of ruffled my feathers. and then they had a story on the news about how the tax cuts that passed earlier this week aren't even going to help the people who need the money most (the minimum wage workers...ME!)

what is up with everyone? don't you see that cutting taxes doesn't boost the economy? and even when most people get their "tax refund" in the mail, the state governments are going to take it away b/c most of them are borderline broke. i guess i just need someone from the Bush administration (not Ari Fleischer...he's such an ass) to explain to me in plain english how this budget plan is going to solve problems. It seems like to me that if you cut taxes, then you're eliminating some of the money coming into the coffers which in turn leaves you in debt. Plus, we're fighting some war on terrorism or something? doesnt' that require even more money?

i undersatnd the states should cut some of their spending to eliminate their deficits, but i don't think it is very fair for the states to be forced to cut spending because the federal government isn't going to be giving as much away anymore. maybe everyone needs to cut spending and then maybe if there's extra money, then we can consider tax cuts. we try so hard not to step on people's toes when we cut programs, but sometimes feelings have to be hurt. and there's all those bullshit things the goverment funds that could totally be reconsidered.

something the RS article said was about Social Security. You have to remember that the money you contribute now isn't going to YOUR social security bank, but to pay for your parents social security checks. so when all these baby boomers retire within the next 20 years, and the workforce isn't as thick as it is now or was then, who's going to pay all those checks? especially if the goverment is broke because we started cutting taxes in 2003 and there's never a surplus. i want social security when i'm 70! it's bad enough they keep raising the retirement age, but there has to be a way to stop it from getting to insane levels, like 70 years old. i probably won't even be able to drive a car when i'm 70! how am i supposed to continue working because there is no such thing as Social Security? and what about all that money i contributed in the past? i paid for everyone else's retirement, but i don't get one?

i know Rolling Stone is a pretty liberal form of media, but i'm a pretty liberal form of girl. i've tried to see things through the "right" light and i just can't accept their policies and procedures.

did you know that if the goverment cut all non-military programs, it would still be in debt? food for thought.