Tax cuts are not givebacks

On Sept. 15, the Daily Herald ran a political cartoon in which a man, pointing to a GOP elephant dressed as Robin Hood, tells his wife, "Says he's stealing from our grandkids to pay the rich!"

Though these cartoon are supposed to be humorous, this one perpetuates the myth often repeated by the Obama administration, which suggests cutting taxes is giving something as opposed to reducing the amount being taken from them.

No matter how you slice it, every tax dollar originally belongs to the taxpayer but ends up in the pocket of the government. It is impossible for anyone to "steal" what is theirs in the first place.

Taxing select Americans, including small business owners, up to and even more than 50 percent of their income takes money away from job creators, which hurts the overall economy. While European countries are moving away from income redistribution, the United States is the only nation on earth giving it another try and it is failing now just like it's failed in the past.

Taxpayers aren't stealing from our grandkids. Politicians who vote for wasteful spending bills filled with earmarked goodies for their friends are, including our own Bill Foster.

Kate Bochte

Geneva