The White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500

President George W. Bush,

I am contacting you about a realization that I have come to about taxes
and other programs for the American people. These are of a concern to me
for many reasons, it appears to me that the poor get rewarded for
laziness and the rich get rewarded for success, but the majority, the
middle class, have to pay for both.

Let me begin by telling you a little bit about myself. My name is
Richard Shelton I am only twenty five years of age. I am a general
manager for a car dealership in Corpus Christi TX. I was not wise enough
to go to college. However I have managed to work myself up to a fairly
respectable position and status in life.

Let me explain further. Lets start with taxes. I have witnessed on many
accounts that some of our customers that choose to use there tax returns
to buy cars, often make less than \$9,000 a year, and pay in less than
\$400 in taxes, yet they receive a whopping \$4 - \$5,000.00 back in a
refund. Where does that money come from? Well I have seen it in the over
\$30,000 I paid last year in taxes. Yet, somehow I never seem to get
anything back. Now I am not saying that I should only pay the same
amount total in taxes as someone who makes less than me, however I also
do not believe you should get a refund for something you never paid in
the first place.

On a second account also about taxes, I have noticed that a women that
has two children and lives by herself, yet made over \$25,000 for the
year received \$4,841.27 in her refund yet only paid in \$359.68, again
why am I and others like me paying for her bad choices, laziness, and
lack of ambition, especially when she receives enough money to have a
good living. And it is basically all hers, nothing was taken out to
begin with.

My questions are; why must we pay for other peoples mistakes? Why must
we reward the poor for having children they cannot take care of, and
having no ambition to strive harder? With no penalty for laziness. To me
it seems a crime to allow people to manipulate and steal from a system
that is employed by the very people who are over taxed to compensate the
lesser classes inability to either accept there station in life, or to
improve it by working harder. If you paid in \$400.00 in taxes then the
max you should get in return is \$400.00 and only if you qualify for a
tax exempt status. Otherwise, you need to be paying at least something.
I believe this would make more people contributors to society and less
people a drain on society. If to eat they must work.

I know this is possible I was born in to no sort of money, my family was
quite poor, yet I wanted more for myself and for my family in the
future. So I worked harder. I strived, and did not give up. I wanted
more so I did what was necessary to get there.

By removing earned income tax credit and advanced child tax credit, and
any other programs that reward bad decisions, you can use this money to
go to improving schools, improving health care, improving roadways,
highways, our national defense system, clean up the environment, and
other proactive programs. By doing this you would free up over 200
billion dollars to be used for other programs that are more suited to
improving life for everyone on earth especially America, and not
throwing good money on bad ideas. I believe tax time should be a
validation of accuracy not a payday for mediocrity.

Others issues that I believe need to be addressed are those which
pertain to welfare and social security. Again, why would someone try to
improve themselves, if us as working Americans are going to pick up the
slack without an option to object. A women on welfare and other programs
can survive better with no job and no intent of ever having one, than
most college students with two jobs. Is this fair, and what does this
say about America, and to Americas youth? Why are the working class, and
the small businesses and corporations penalized for doing well, so that
others can luxuriate in our loss?

In conclusion, I am contacting you to ask that reform be made, that
morales and discipline be taught to our youth, instead of laziness,
mediocrity, and complacency. I ask that you take a part in helping
America be a better country with better people, by promoting values, and
morales in our lacking society, and using our hard earned money, to
improve our America.

Sincerely,

Richard M. Shelton

3802 Caravelle pkwy 2204

CC TX 78415

361-510-9793

he White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

President George W. Bush,

I am contacting you about a realization that I have come to about taxes
and other programs for the American people. These are of a concern to me
for many reasons, it appears to me that the poor get rewarded for
laziness and the rich get rewarded for success, but the majority, the
middle class, have to pay for both.

Let me begin by telling you a little bit about myself. My name is
Richard Shelton I am only twenty five years of age. I am a general
manager for a car dealership in Corpus Christi TX. I was not wise enough
to go to college. However I have managed to work myself up to a fairly
respectable position and status in life.

Let me explain further. Lets start with taxes. I have witnessed on many
accounts that some of our customers that choose to use there tax returns
to buy cars, often make less than \$9,000 a year, and pay in less than
\$400 in taxes, yet they receive a whopping \$4 - \$5,000.00 back in a
refund. Where does that money come from? Well I have seen it in the over
\$30,000 I paid last year in taxes. Yet, somehow I never seem to get
anything back. Now I am not saying that I should only pay the same
amount total in taxes as someone who makes less than me, however I also
do not believe you should get a refund for something you never paid in
the first place.

On a second account also about taxes, I have noticed that a women that
has two children and lives by herself, yet made over \$25,000 for the
year received \$4,841.27 in her refund yet only paid in \$359.68, again
why am I and others like me paying for her bad choices, laziness, and
lack of ambition, especially when she receives enough money to have a
good living. And it is basically all hers, nothing was taken out to
begin with.

My questions are; why must we pay for other peoples mistakes? Why must
we reward the poor for having children they cannot take care of, and
having no ambition to strive harder? With no penalty for laziness. To me
it seems a crime to allow people to manipulate and steal from a system
that is employed by the very people who are over taxed to compensate the
lesser classes inability to either accept there station in life, or to
improve it by working harder. If you paid in \$400.00 in taxes then the
max you should get in return is \$400.00 and only if you qualify for a
tax exempt status. Otherwise, you need to be paying at least something.
I believe this would make more people contributors to society and less
people a drain on society. If to eat they must work.

I know this is possible I was born in to no sort of money, my family was
quite poor, yet I wanted more for myself and for my family in the
future. So I worked harder. I strived, and did not give up. I wanted
more so I did what was necessary to get there.

By removing earned income tax credit and advanced child tax credit, and
any other programs that reward bad decisions, you can use this money to
go to improving schools, improving health care, improving roadways,
highways, our national defense system, clean up the environment, and
other proactive programs. By doing this you would free up over 200
billion dollars to be used for other programs that are more suited to
improving life for everyone on earth especially America, and not
throwing good money on bad ideas. I believe tax time should be a
validation of accuracy not a payday for mediocrity.

Others issues that I believe need to be addressed are those which
pertain to welfare and social security. Again, why would someone try to
improve themselves, if us as working Americans are going to pick up the
slack without an option to object. A women on welfare and other programs
can survive better with no job and no intent of ever having one, than
most college students with two jobs. Is this fair, and what does this
say about America, and to Americas youth? Why are the working class, and
the small businesses and corporations penalized for doing well, so that
others can luxuriate in our loss?

In conclusion, I am contacting you to ask that reform be made, that
morales and discipline be taught to our youth, instead of laziness,
mediocrity, and complacency. I ask that you take a part in helping
America be a better country with better people, by promoting values, and
morales in our lacking society, and using our hard earned money, to
improve our America.

Sincerely,

Richard M. Shelton

3802 Caravelle pkwy 2204

CC TX 78415

361-510-9793