I'll Pay What I Want!

So we found out today that the price in American taxpayer dollars for Bart Stupak's vote on health care reform was a paltry $750,000. Apparently his principles aren't worth very much, as this pales in comparison to the hundreds of millions given to Nebraska, Louisiana, and Florida to get the votes of senators in those states. Oh, and Bart, that executive order that Bama drafted to ease your mind? He didn't sign it. You're both frauds.

On NPR this morning they were conducting a listener poll to see whether people were happy or not with the vote outcome. Naturally, NPR being a lefty slum, the vote went 2:1 in favor. One caller who claimed to be a physician from Milwaukee claimed she was so happy that she would gladly pay more taxes to support the reform.

That got me thinking, why don't we just let everyone in the country pay what they think services provided for them are worth. The government could come out with a breakdown of all services and what everything costs, and you could say, "Yeah, I was helped by that this year," and write a check for whatever. If this crazy liberal whackjob wants to pay $100,000 a year of her income in taxes, who am I to stop her? She could do that today - you can contribute toward next year's return, but of course the government isn't saving that money, they're spending it, so just give as much as you want, crazy lady.

I see the military as the primary service which does me any good, and maybe the federal highway system, so my taxes should be a bout a thou' for 2009. But liberals should feel encouraged to give much, much more, so they can get the warm fuzzy for the sake of "fairness."