There is NO ONE that should be exempt from taxes. That is part of the problem. People who don’t pay taxes get refunds and they think that we, the taxpayer, owe them something.
AND they pay no attention, don’t care, watch Wendy Williams, etc. because they have no share in the game...they are on the sidelines while the rest of us are moving the ball...
The problem is that there are so many people who *think* that they’re not paying taxes.
The embedded taxes in gas, utilities, phone bills, internet, purchases, the burden on the companies we frequent, and on and on - is huge.
But the 47% who get a big check at the end of the year are happy and don’t realize that they’re losing more than 25% of their income just by living and paying for these embedded things.
That’s why I did like Herman Cain’s 999 plan. No deductions. Everyone pays. Once the cumulative effect was felt, we’d all be paying less.
The Fair Tax (Trump’s plan) helps a lot, but it still leaves the monolith of the stupid IRS in place and leaves the system open for monkey games down the road.
Better than nothing. But I’m afraid that we’re going to end up in New Zealand’s situation. They get it all under control, actually manage to get a surplus, then the population gets greedy again and twenty years later your right back at square one.
I’m not complaining (really!).
Honestly, I think that this is the only way that we’re going to do better. Congress will never go for a total scrapping of our current system. (Which is why Rand Paul doesn’t have a shot - even though he’s right in this respect)