Randi Weingarten: The Taxing Issue of Shared Responsibility
It was Franklin D. Roosevelt who said taxes are the dues we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society. Although nobody likes paying taxes, my hunch is the vast majority of Americans agree. Every April, they file their returns and then go about their business. They may glance at what their employers withheld, but they don't really think too much about taxes again until those new W-2s arrive in the mail the following January.
This year, however, I sense that something different is happening. Many of us share a growing concern that the system is out of whack. Too often, it seems as though those who have the least are asked to sacrifice the most,
This year, however, I sense that something different is happening. Many of us share a growing concern that the system is out of whack. Too often, it seems as though those who have the least are asked to sacrifice the most,
