Why should I vote Democratic?

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44. I don't care too much about guns

although I don't particularly like them, and have defended myself just fine in my fifty years without ever needing one - thank you very much.

I will go straight to taxes.

You should vote for Democrats because Republicans will vote to increase your taxes.

Plain and simple.

Take the flat tax (please).

1. It is said to be revenue neutral. That is, the flat tax brings in as much money as our current tax system.
2. It is clearly a big tax cut for those in the top 5%. That is, that rich group would pay less in total taxes.

3, therefore, with a flat tax, the bottom 95% must end up paying MORE in taxes. That must be true, if the first two are true.

With degrees in math and economics, I do fancy myself a bit of a tax expert.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/169

Thus, I calculated in 2008 that those with income over $200,000 would be paying an average of $112 billion less a year with a flat tax.

Which means that those making under $200,000 would be paying $112 billion more in order to achieve revenue neutrality.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/hfojvt/69

Unless you make more than $200,000 a year, most Republicans would increase YOUR taxes in order to cut taxes for those making MORE than $200,000 a year. They put your interests behind the interest of those much richer than you. http://www.koch2congress.com/

Why in the heck would you favor that?