These people are our future

[IowaSkinsFan]

One might suggest that one of the things that makes America great is that anyone can use their ingenuity and build a fortune from nothing, and that one of the reasons for that is that there is policy that alleviates financial burden from the poor and onto the rich.

Can you explain this further? Why does building a fortune require the alleviation of financial burden from the poor?

[Renton]

Can you explain this further? Why does building a fortune require the alleviation of financial burden from the poor?

Because if the poor had to pay substantially higher taxes than they do (read: ANY taxes) then they might be in such abject poverty that it would be impossible to aspire to anything.

I, for example, having grown up in a poor family, may not have been able to go to college because I'd have to have dropped out of high school to get a job and help keep the lights on.

[IowaSkinsFan]

Because if the poor had to pay substantially higher taxes than they do (read: ANY taxes) then they might be in such abject poverty that it would be impossible to aspire to anything.

I, for example, having grown up in a poor family, may not have been able to go to college because I'd have to have dropped out of high school to get a job and help keep the lights on.

Fair enough, I don't disagree with anything you said. No one should have to pay any income taxes. Any funding needed to give people enough opportunity can come from other tax sources.