As is the case with most presidential
elections, one of the primary issues is money and tax reforms. Over the years
when an election occurs taxes are always brought into question. And the upcoming
elections are no different.
The
democrats want to increase taxes on people to an even amount so that the rich
and poor are being taxed proportionally as opposed to one being taxed unfairly.
Things like Obamacare are also platforms of the democrat candidates. They want
reform it and improve it as well as making it more user friendly and helpful.
The
Republican candidates are promising to get rid of Obamacare as well as cut
taxes. Some of the more conservative candidates like Cruz, are practically
promising to cut taxes to an even greater extreme than Bush did as well as do
away with welfare programs and social security.
People
seem to forget that in order to get anything done, you have to have money
coming into the federal government that helps people and is controlled by a
central power. However you must also have enough money in the pockets of the individuals
to stimulate the economy in a healthy way so the standard of living stays at a
good place and minimum wage doesn’t drop. The hard part is finding a candidate
who can satisfy the needs of everyone or at least the vast majority of people.
On
the topic of republican candidates and their ideas for the upcoming elections,
immigration is on the top of the list. To put it simply, not republican
candidate has a policy on immigration that actually benefits the immigrants.
That isn’t to say their ideas are wrong or bad, they just favor the issues of
money and national security.
Just
a few years ago, one of the candidates worked on a bill that would give
undocumented people a chance to become citizens with a fairly simple process.
However now, the candidates are so far to the right that most just want the
people deported from the country all together.
This
really all relates back to money when looked at from the right way. One of the
overwhelming beliefs of most people is that every American should pay taxes. So
that leaves two options for undocumented immigrants, they can either apply for
citizenship and risk being deported or denied as well as paying hefty costs, or
they can simply go under the radar and not pay at all. So the question becomes,
do we want to make it easy for them to become citizens so they can pay taxes
and contribute to society, or deport them and remove the problem and not
actually fix it.
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