Are the Republicans Fascists?

Question

Given the huge tax breaks to corportaions, allowing them to renege on their retiree entitlements, taxing the lower end of the economic spectrum at a much higher rate than the top, adding the use of corrupting our courts to allow this. How can we stop this from getting worse ?

Answer 1

No, they are not, and where on earth are you getting thhe tax statistics from?

An enormous percentage of taxes are payed by a minority of Americans:

The Top 1% of taxpayers pay 29% of all taxes.

The Top 5% of taxpayers pay 50% of all taxes.

Our tax system is not so much progressive as it is confiscatory -- Frederic Bastiat called this phenomenon "legal plunder." A progressive tax is based on the premise that those with more income can afford to pay more taxes, and conversely, those with little or no income should pay no tax. However, a quick look at Graph 1A below shows that the U.S. tax system has become far beyond progressive. Fully half the taxpayers contribute almost nothing in individual income taxes.

The Top 1% of income earners (comprising about 1 million families) earn about 15% of the total income earned by all wage earners in the United States, yet they pay almost 30% of all individual income taxes.

Furthermore, the Top 1% are shouldering a roughly 50% higher proportion of the overall income tax burden than they did in 1977.

The argument most oft used against tax breaks are that they benefit only the wealthy. It is clear from even a cursory look at the numbers below that the 'wealthy' will receive the majority of any income tax reduction because they pay a disproportionately huge percentage of the income taxes! To structure a tax break such that those in upper income brackets are excluded would constitute nothing more than transfer of wealth from those who have it to those who don't (i.e. legal plunder.)

Answer 2

Fascists were generally somewhat more left leaning. Like your beloved black Hitler nobama.

Answer 3

Some of them, in fact, act like fascists.  It has reached the point now that communications with some of these people is really scary.  We have embarked on initiatives over these last eight years that are not at all like the "Great America" of the last two hundred years, but more like a country filled with frightened brats that want to shoot any thing that looks like it might hurt us.  The nonsense about the Republicans being more able to defend us is simply that they shoot and ask questions later, literally.  We need to all vote Democratic and let common sense and patience prevail.  I think that Senator Obama will be one of the best presidents we have ever had.  Look at how the rest of the world loves him already.  Vote for Obama.  Please!!!!

Answer 4

"taxing the lower end of the economic spectrum at a much higher rate than the top" - you're joking right?

**EDIT** Warren Buffet is TOTALLY misleading the public. His secretary more than likely makes 100K a year - putting her in a high tax bracket. Buffet, for the most part, doesn't pay income taxes at all. He pays CAPITAL GAINS TAXES which is at a flat rate - 15%. So no. This does not prove anything.

Answer 5

The democrats have already suggested socialism and stealing from the successful to give to the less successful. Hooray. :(

Answer 6

Given that Fascism is a coalition of an elitist government, a powerful non civilian controlled,  professional military establishment, and elite Industrialists,  then they are that.

Answer 7

ok when people say "tax breaks" to corperations it isnt just handing out the poor peoples money its not taking that much more by force which is what the dems are suggesting by the way get your facts the poorest people on the bracket only pay 10% and the richest pay 35% not to mention faccism ran on higer taxes and more goverment control the n***s where elected to whipe out conservatism and most aspects of personal freedom so get your facts straight and go to school

Answer 8

You might try to vote Democrat instead. ....... If the Supreme Court will allow your votes to be counted.

Worry about the Supreme Court the most. They are worse dictators than the people who have limited terms and whom we elect.

If the tax rate for poor people were truly higher than the rate for rich people, I might take your "fascist" argument seriously.

Answer 9

That's not fascism. It's old socialism. Use corporations to control economic resources and welfare to buy political support.

What makes you think democrats are different?

Answer 10

prognosis negative.