"Our country says we guarantee Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, not anything else." Raleigh Rocks I

Slight quibble: the Constitution acknowledges that we all have the RIGHT to L,L + PoH. It does not guarantee them. It does not agree to provide them to anyone.

The Constitution provides the framework for a republic where we are free to achieve as we wish, within legal limits. It does not say that some private citizens shall support others.

"Providing for General Welfare" doesn't mean ka-ching for babymamas and illegals, it means acting in a way that furthers the republic. For example, PASSING A BUDGET so businesses can resume their attempts to thrive in spite of the Dictator.

As someone so rightly stated yesterday, taxes are levied to keep govt operating, NOT as some kind of "social justice" corrector or redistribution scheme.

0bama proposes legislation, Rucho "touts" it. Nice.

Raleigh Rocks 1 - Although your positions typically lack substance and viability, they are entertaining and fairly appropriate considering the level posting here. You might just give ole' Glen Beck a run for his money! Good luck!

luna All of the items you listed: I am taking those profits home with me or investing in training, new equipment, marketing, etc. All involve people. All increase demand. Put those two together and ya got jobs. So reducing taxes and allowing you to do more of whatever it is you do is meat on the table for others. Have at it.

Thanks for the economics 101 lesson, RR. No really. I guess I could have stopped at Econ 101 and never made it to my degree in Economics. But trust me, like a true capitalist, if lower taxes increase my bottom line, I am taking those profits home with me or investing in training, new equipment, marketing, etc. In fact, I will look for the best return on that extra money and it may or may not be extra people. I'm not going to hire people to sit around just because I've got extra money in the bank. The point is that there are a lot of variables that influence whether I hire people. Taxes aren't even in the top five.

jack, Like the current tax rate does not hurt the middle class, and when Obamacradletogravecare kicks in...man the middle class will get it then.

Not sure how letting me keep all my money will hurt, but Im not a lib, libs want to take my money. Conservatives want you to keep it. If I make 50K, let me take home 50K and not 40K.

Moonman said, You can cut my taxes to the bone...that won't make me hire more people if I can't meet OR GENERATE (Caps by RR) demand for our services...

I remind you I said..When the taxes are low, AND the economy has stability. Cant take half of my quote to make a point.

But, Lower taxes will increase your bottom line, which puts you in a position to hire, so you CAN GENERATE more demand. Higher taxes will lower your bottom line, may make you lay off, or not hire all together which makes it more difficult to create the demand. Econ 101

Oh, and No there was not a demand for another Mexican restaurant in north Raleigh.

Texas has NO State income tax.... only sales tax... and is projected to take in more than it will spend ($5.5 BILLION worth)... so Gov Perry is suggesting the State send refund checks to all its citizens. So who says we NEED a State income tax to generate enough revenue? And a flat sales tax is the only true fair tax there is. Fair being everyone pays the same. If the purpose of taxation is to fund govt operation, and the govt is to treat each and every citizen as equals.... then a flat sales tax is the only way to do it.

just a name-"The line for out-of-state teachers coming into NC is long. Most are coming from union states where they can't find jobs."

Please tell that to my local elementary school where they've had a substitute teacher in the special needs room for the last few months.

raleigh rocks-"plenty...thats just bull man."

Actually, it not. I can and will prove it. Teachers who make more than 50 thousand will have to have a lot of years in the profession or will have to have an advanced degree above a bachelors. Wake County also adds to the the low pay with a 12% supplement. Most counties in NC don't supplement nearly that amount if at all. Here is the 2012/2013 teacher pay grade. It takes 32 years for a teacher with a bachelors degree to hit 50 thousand per year. What the salary schedule doesn't show is that NC teachers are still working on 2008 pay grades, so that a 5th year teacher, instead of making 31,220 is actually only making the starting amount, 30,800. Then there's also the decreased health care but I won't get into that beyond mentioning the $300 +30% ER co-pays.

Check it out for yourself.(page 2)

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/fbs/finance/salary/schedules/2012-13schedules.pdf

Radical Republican policies like increasing regressive sales taxes to offset progressive income taxes will harm North Carolina's economy very quickly. Incrasing financial burden on the middle-class indisputably reduces spending, and our richest simply don't "spend" enough to drived the whole economy. I'll waive any points on morality as most Republicans wouldn't understand.

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