What the hell happened to this country?!

10/8/03 | self

[Az Joe]

Thanks to all the Damn liberals:

Taxes Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax Capital Gains Tax CDL license Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Court Fines (indirect taxes) Dog License Tax Federal Income Tax Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel permit tax Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon) Hunting License Tax Income Taxes (federal and state) Inheritance Tax Interest expense (tax on the money) Inventory tax IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax) IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) Liquor Tax Local Income Tax Luxury Taxes Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Property Tax Real Estate Tax Septic Permit Tax Service Charge Taxes Social Security Tax Road Usage Taxes (Truckers) Sales Taxes Recreational Vehicle Tax Road Toll Booth Taxes School Tax State Income Tax State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) Telephone federal excise tax Telephone federal universal service fee tax Telephone federal, state and local surcharge taxes Telephone minimum usage surcharge tax Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax Telephone State and local tax Telephone usage charge tax Toll Bridge Taxes Toll Tunnel Taxes Traffic Fines (indirect taxation) Trailer registration tax Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft registration Tax Well Permit Tax Workers Compensation Tax

COMMENT: Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our nation was the most prosperous in the world, had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What the hell happened? (I know what happened...)

[Jim Robinson]

The New Deal, the Great Society and the Big Screw.

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[Truth666]

evil

[LUVYA DUBYA 2000]

DEMOCRAPS!

[dead]

We needed these taxes to help the lonely poor.

It worked. They're not lonely anymore.

[TADSLOS]

All that tea our ancestors dumped in Boston harbor lost its impact a long time ago.

[nothingnew]

Are you feeling overtaxed by this taxing situation of too many taxes?

AWAY IRS!

FMCDH

[headsonpikes]

Relax. The gubmint's here to help you.

And to tax you into prosperity!

[Melas]

FYI, we weren't the most prosperous nation on earth 100 years ago. Our status amongst nations took two giant leaps that led us to #1. The first being in the 1920's follwing the first world war, and of course we emerged from the 2nd world war as a true superpower.

[mhking]

Good morning, Mr. Jefferson. The great experiment that you, Mr. Adams and Mr. Franklin concieved in Philadelphia has run amok. Those who have assumed your mantel presume to speak in your stead when they tax the daylights out of those of us whom you wanted to help.

[Az Joe]

Source please.

[Az Joe]

Depends on what the meaning of "prosperous" is. It could mean land of greatest opportunity and potential which America surely was at that time.

[avg_freeper]

On December 16, Two hundred and thirty years ago, men knew that arbitrary taxes were the chains of oppression. Today it feels like we're subjected to what amounts to a "Stamp Act" every day.

[x]

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship.

The average age of the world's great civilizations has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage.

-- Alexander Tyler

[wayoverontheright]

What the hell happened to this country?!

We allowed envy to trump our fear of centralized government.

[Reactionary]

"We allowed envy to trump our fear of centralized government."

Short, to the point, and absolutely true. Human nature is something that will never change, it seems.

[Steely Glint]

What the hell happened?

What happened? Socialism happened.

[agitator]

What happened was irredeemable paper credit money.

[handk]

What the hell happened to the "comma" key on your keyboard?!