Trump cut taxes for some people, not everyone. Mine remained unchanged because he also cut deductions.
IDGAF if people are poor or unemployed. We all need to pay some taxes. Obviously, if a person has zero income, then he will pay zero taxes, but otherwise start taxing every dollar earned by everyone.
The millstone around America's neck is the debt, not the taxes. The debt is there because people want more stuff for free and want someone else to pay for it. People want someone else to pay for it because they are told everyday that the deserve free *expletive deleted*it. That they deserve to buy a brand new car every two years. That they deserve to live in a nice house. That they deserve free healthcare and COVID testing. No one wants to take responsibility for themselves anymore. That is what will kill America.
The debt
will be a millstone .... around the neck of future generations. Trump did
two things, cut taxes (maybe not for you, but for many people) and regulations. This is what got the economy going. As I said, govt tax derived income during this time grew. If you're worried about the debt, we might grow our country out of it eventually, but only if we can kick-start the economy again. It will NOT be done by President Biden. His policies
will hogtie the economy.
I don't really disagree with you about more people paying taxes, but I'm not sure how unemployed people could be expected to pay an income tax. Our tax structure has become so twisted that, basically, the lower half of income earners really don't pay taxes, or very little if they do. If we could enact a true single % tax, no deductions, pay in full on April 15th, say maybe at 13% for
everyone (we can debate the per cent if you like but EVERYONE pays the same percent whether he's earning fifty thousand a year or two million) I think that would be the fairest, and the power crazed pols wouldn't use it to balkanize the populace as they do.
In the end, looking at it either your way or mine, the country
is basically in deep Kimshe unless the people get it into their heads, at every level, that the government cannot be everything to everyone all the time. Entitlements are killing this country's economic solvency and the peoples' ethics.