Kansas City Star Shares Sunday Editorial High Praise For Tax Hikes

Today the Kansas City Star shares a simplistic and elementary understanding of macroeconomics with readers. 

The bigger question:

DOES ANYBODY REALLY THINK THAT TAXPAYERS ARE FINANCING SPACE-AGE WEAPONS OF WAR THAT SERVE TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE ACROSS THE WORD?!?

Instead . . .

Think of taxes as a penalty for being poor.

Consider this somewhat recent headline that offers more than a few case study examples: 

The Forbes 400 Pay Lower Tax Rates Than Many Ordinary Americans

But let's get more advanced than just counting other people's money . . .

We wanted to share a peek at policy the guides how the world economy REALLY functions . . . Whilst bills might be VERY REAL for those of us on the low end of the food chain . . . Alternatively:

MONEY IS NOTHING BUT AN IDEA. 

Don't believe TKC?!?! 

Then just ask your favorite elected official why big banks that were "too big to FAIL" were granted BILLIONS when they went bust and nobody ever got in trouble for a financial disaster that probably signaled the end of "capitalism" in any real sense.

Now . . . 

We'd actually love some kind of comment for anybody brave enough to defend the status quo that's OBVIOUSLY starting to crumble no matter which hair-plug recipient is at the helm. 

And so, here's a clue about how money really works . . . 

"Modern monetary theory (MMT) challenges the idea that taxes are a primary source of funding for government spending. Instead, MMT suggests that governments can create money as needed, and that taxes are a policy tool to manage inflation and unemployment."

Understand . . .

This isn't some fringe theory that's safely confined to Ivy League universities . . . This is the operating principle that helps assign value to the cash in American wallets.

And so . . .

The Kansas City Star defending higher taxes is just BAD THEATER and nothing but another talking point in favor of their mediocre friends who hold higher office. 

Here's their side of the story . . .

"It isn’t possible to draw a direct line between the blizzard that clobbered Kansas City on Jan. 5 and the California firestorms. Our snow was a major inconvenience, and expensive, but the fires are an historic calamity by any measure, with deaths and injury and property loss.

"The heart sinks (or soars) at every story of courage and resilience from our neighbors near Los Angeles.

"But we can and must learn a lesson from both emergencies, which is this: Everyone hates the government until disaster strikes — and then government becomes essential, and must be paid for.

"With both Missouri and Kansas offering various property tax relief programs for seniors, and with tax cut discussions already burgeoning in both state houses, we need to look at why and how the taxes we do pay work for us."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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