Sarah Ibarruri (20,053 posts)
Tax Deductions are a HUGE form of welfare, and the richest people are getting the most welfare
Tax deductions are a HUGE form of welfare. Right wingers constantly say that deductions aren't welfare, but that's bs. If one person can't afford to take a deduction (for example, the mortgage tax deduction), then that person is not keeping money.
Those people who can afford to take a deduction (say, those who are buying homes because they have money enough to buy one), are the ones getting to KEEP money rather than pay it to the maintenance of the country. Keeping money rather than paying it in to maintain the country, is the same as being sent a check in the mail.
What a blithering idiot. So let me get this straight. I have a mortgage. I get to deduct the interest, and that's WELFARE? If that's welfare, then people without mortgages must be paying the same tax. Except duh, they don't.
Also, she's in favor of the capital gains tax (of, oh, 99.999% I reckon), but NOT deductions for cap losses, deferred or not. In other words, if you win, she wants some. If you lose, well, tough shit, mother****er.
What else would you expect from someone whose avatar is of a woman who demands free birth control?