Trickle Down

As noted here before, the rich in America pay a smaller portion of taxes than they should, holding 40% or so of the wealth while paying only 30% of the taxes. This leaves the middle class to make up the difference. The reason for this is the loopholes for the rich are many.

It is my understanding the overriding theme of economics that makes up the ideology held by the right is "The Trickle Down Theory". Part in parcel to this theory is lower taxes. I wanted to offer an olive branch from the left.

First we need to shift the general thinking slightly and understand that our taxes buy us services similar to any service we purchase from the private sector. Weather we get good value or not is debatable but the services provided are not. So if we look at the Federal Government as an employer, they are the largest employer in the US. In this economy everyone is looking to lower unemployment and create jobs and under both Republicans and Democrats the Federal government has been exceedingly good at this task. Their problem currently is the revenue to expense ratio. The free market would dictate that we either raise the cost for services or cut costs. Since the object is to create jobs we are left with increasing the costs since cutting costs typically requires cutting staff. This is where the trickle down comes in. To create jobs we need to put more money from the rich into the system. If we can get their tax rate to wealth ratio to an even 35% we would realize the fruits of "The Trickle Down Theory" and see the unemployment rate drop.

This plan would only affect the costs of public services for the top 1% leaving the rest of us with all of the services we have come to know and love at no additional costs.

I would also like to take another key strategy from the right, the preemptive strike, and say in advance - you're welcome; Mission Accomplished.