That develops your earlier point about the lack of compassion and empathy in modern political discourse. Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird were forcibly removed from the curriculum by a Tory Minister of Education in England (Michael Gove) because they were "irrelevant" to the lives of English youth. I guess compassion for the poor has no place in the social narrative of a Conservative government that considers the poor to be feckless scroungers. Similarly, the struggles of single-parenthood, overcoming racism, and fighting for justice have little attraction for a government that labels human rights lawyers as obstructive lefties.
They are able to avail themselves of tax shelters and loopholes, in part bc they can afford to hire clever tax lawyers who are expert in gaming a system that's opaque by design. Just see Trump, who either pays no taxes or pays less than I.
Understood. On the other hand, "the rich" pay a much higher share of taxes than they receive in income. Perspective, please? And, I'm not trying to start an argument or take a cheap shot. I'm interested in a different point of view, so I'm asking.
That develops your earlier point about the lack of compassion and empathy in modern political discourse. Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mocking Bird were forcibly removed from the curriculum by a Tory Minister of Education in England (Michael Gove) because they were "irrelevant" to the lives of English youth. I guess compassion for the poor has no place in the social narrative of a Conservative government that considers the poor to be feckless scroungers. Similarly, the struggles of single-parenthood, overcoming racism, and fighting for justice have little attraction for a government that labels human rights lawyers as obstructive lefties.
Funny, in school I was made to read Dickens, Chaucer, Woolf, etc. etc. English. Honestly, I'm grateful.
Re: the rich - "They don't pay taxes." Please explain.
They are able to avail themselves of tax shelters and loopholes, in part bc they can afford to hire clever tax lawyers who are expert in gaming a system that's opaque by design. Just see Trump, who either pays no taxes or pays less than I.
Understood. On the other hand, "the rich" pay a much higher share of taxes than they receive in income. Perspective, please? And, I'm not trying to start an argument or take a cheap shot. I'm interested in a different point of view, so I'm asking.