Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness dictates it. Moreover, there is no proof that higher marginal rates dissuade investment, all the rhetoric from the Right notwithstanding.
I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.
Fairness dictates that the highest income people should pay the greatest share of taxes, and they do.
'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super-wealthy. That's not a tax raise. That's called fairness where I come from.
Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.
Implementing the so-called 'Buffett Rule' would restore some badly needed fairness to our tax system.
I'm not feeling undertaxed. Tax reform is an important issue. You have to have an inherent sense of fairness.
Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.
I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not.
Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.
Fairness is not about statistical equality.
As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.
As trust in institutions erodes, the basic assumptions of fairness, shared values, and equal opportunity traditionally upheld by 'the system' are no longer taken for granted.
