Originally Posted by
rickair7777
There are certainly politicians and .gov people talking about this stuff, but they can really only take it so far. Most of these ideas would *really* pizz off the middle and upper middle class, which is still the vast majority of voters. They can't just ignore all of those people, they really would get an insurrection, or more likely (and even worse) for big government a mass secession of states.
I'm not sure how it's all going to play out but hopefully elected officials will blow with popualist winds and figure out a solution. The last election cycles have had some distractions going on, hopefully that will settle down in 2028.
But the problem is that the middle/upper middle class Americans are the only ones paying taxes. Ultra rich and ultra poor people pay nothing. The money has to come from somewhere. I guarantee you that the super rich aren't going to volunteer and the poor aren't going to cough it up. Forget about the corporations they own the government. Middle class americans are going to get told to shut up and take it.
Elections don't seem to matter any more anyhow when two terrible candidates are evenly split at 50-50 and the last three elections the winner of the popular vote did not become the president.