Posted on 09/05/2013 10:24:15 AM PDT by Victoria Bingham
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While I was house sitting, I had my Nook (until payday, when I HAD to get the laptop!) using my cell phone as a “hot spot.”
I could only access FR without difficulty on the Nook, and the phone allowed me to get emails. The good thing about the phone is the fact that it has a voice-activated keyboard, so I didn’t have to type on the tiny keys.
And it is so GOOD to see you! YAY, Moosie!
Why does that photo look like it was shot in black and white?
Funny, but I feel sorta black and white this morning. I managed a luxurious 9.5 hours of sleep last night and though I didn’t want to get up, I kept thinking the day was slipping away from me.
So here I am!
Trash day here, too, since we’re considered “commercial property.”
The residential part of this ‘hood was yesterday.
I’ve already been to Walmart. Now I’m working through a list of other Urgencies. If only everyone in the world was ready to work at 5:30 a.m., I’d have it all done before sunup!
Jamie gave me some of her younger son’s clothes and a few toys for Frank. Now all the other boys want to play!
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table,
At which he’s fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for
peanuts anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid...
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
‘Taxes drove me
to my doom...’
When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Sales Tax
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 Nonrecurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the heck happened? Can you spell ‘politicians?’
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times!!! YOU can help it get there!!!
GO AHEAD. . . BE AN AMERICAN!!!
SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
11 hours ago
Today, I will talk to my neighbor about following me to Jesse’s so I can get the starter fixed. I decided walking two miles was about a mile too far for my bones to like, and at the risk of sounding lazy, I’ll spare them the wear and tear!
I need yogurt and milk, but they will have to wait till after I get the car taken care of, to see how much money I have left.
It’s supposed to be in the 80s during the day for the next week and in the mid-50s at night. The winter clothes are all in the closet and the space heater is doing it’s little heating job for the birds.
I WANT SUMMER!!!
Frank is getting so tall.
Every once in a while I go through my first visit photos and see what a baby Frank was, and the two years between the two visits may as well be four, for all the changes in the children.
Yeah, Frank’s a big ‘ol boy. James, too.
Time to go to the library. After lunch I’ll plan music for a week from Sunday, and then try to find a day when at least half of us can practice. We were ragged this week!
We recognize the dreadful necessity of taxation. As such, taxation needs to be as simple, painless and even as possible. Taxation must only be used to raise revenue to fund necessary governmental functions. The tax code needs to be free of all the artificial constructs intended as “social engineering”. It is no business of the government if you choose any particular industry or lifestyle. Accordingly we propose the following tax structure:
Note that this removes the government form the marriage and child rearing business. You want to get married? Your business, it is no business of the IRS, it doesn't affect your taxes. You want one child or a dozen? Have as many as you can raise, that's not the government’s business, that's yours.
1. Eliminate ALL current IRS regulations.
2. Set the individual tax rate at 10% regardless of income.
a) Perquisites are taxed at 10% of cost.
b) Tax only the increase in value of any investment, and only when that investment is cashed out.
3. Withhold at the rate of 11%, to get a refund you have to file taxes, but there is no legal imperative to file.
4. Since owners and shareholders are already taxed on their individual incomes, eliminate ALL corporate tax.
a) Eliminate ALL depletion allowances and depreciation allowances.
b) American taxes are only collected on money earned in America.
5. Tax ALL money coming into the country at 0% (yes, ZERO%).
6. Tax ALL money leaving the country at 10%.
Oh, and voting is tied to taxation. Only those who pay have a say. You must be a net tax payer to vote, if you are receiving more in federal benefits than you are paying in taxes, you sit out the federal elections.
Earned social security and retirement payments are explicitly exempt from those calculations as they are deferred pay and not a handout.
I’ve said for YEARS that we should be taxed at 10%. Period.
Your amendments make a lot of sense. At 10%, Americans will NOT be hurting, nor will they be able to take advantage of the tax system to find “loopholes.”
The tax system needs to be changed.
And I need to get busy, but I have T-h-e S-l-o-w-s...
No legitimate church (or other religious organization) that I know of requires more than a 10% tithe.
If God only asks 10% why should the State demand more than God?
The two cats on the right?
Shadow behind Miss Hissy Slashy.
Lucas Prince of Darkness is not in the picture.
What did I do to you that you hate me so much?
Party goals:
Set the United States on a path of continued improvement in personal freedoms, personal prosperity and personal responsibility.
The centerpiece of freedom is an economy that allows individuals and corporations to provide needed and wanted service and goods, to freely generate profit and income and to freely compete in a legal and regulatory environment that minimizes harmful side effects while maximizing productivity product diversity and freedom.
Philosophy:
People are happier if they are productive and can control their own lives.
Core concepts:
Government exists to provide the structure and stability needed for a prosperous society.
Appropriate government functions include:
National defense (includes control of borders and immigration)We recognize that all government functions involve an element of force and sometimes require what we call “dreadful necessities”, those actions and activities that we as individuals find repugnant but the realities of imperfect politics and an imperfect world sometime require.
Provide uniform standards of weights and measures
Provide a uniform legal structure that neither favors nor penalizes any American entity over another
Provide such infrastructure as is beyond the scope of private industry
Provide for the rights to free association, property, liberty and activity
Provide for honest dealings
They include such things as:The necessity to wage war when the alternatives are worseDreadful necessities are to fall on all residents equally or to be so arranged as to not force individuals with strong moral objections to support.
The death penalty for extraordinary crimes
Abortion
TaxationFor example, abortion, people who see this as an absolute woman's right will never agree with people who see it as murder. Politically there is no solution to this dilemma if everyone is forced to either support or repudiate the same side. One possible solution is:Taxation:Allow taxpayers opposed to abortion to withhold their tax dollars from being spent in support of those entities performing them. Specifically, allow individual taxpayers to block the use of their own personal tax dollars as funding that would otherwise be used to “perform, support, provide facilities and supplies for, or promote abortion of healthy babies".Or require a positive action to fund abortions, allow taxpayers who support abortion to be the ones who fund it using a tax form tic box modeled on the Presidential Election Campaign fund:
Abortion on Demand FundSimilar arrangements can be made on most “hot button” issues.
Check here if you or your spouse, if filing
jointly, want $3 to go the this fund.
Checking a box below will not change
your taxes or refund. [ ] You [ ] Spouse
We recognize the dreadful necessity of taxation. As such, taxation needs to be as simple, painless and even as possible. Taxation must only be used to raise revenue to fund necessary governmental functions. The tax code needs to be free of all the artificial constructs intended as “social engineering”. It is no business of the government if you choose any particular industry or lifestyle. Accordingly we propose the following tax structure:1. Eliminate ALL current IRS regulations.Note that this removes the government form the marriage and child rearing business. You want to get married? Your business, it is no business of the IRS, it doesn't affect your taxes. You want one child or a dozen? Have as many as you can raise, that's not the government’s business, that's yours.
2. Set the individual tax rate at 10% regardless of income.
a) Perquisites are taxed at 10% of cost.
b) Tax only the increase in value of any investment, and only when that investment is cashed out.
3. Withhold at the rate of 11%, to get a refund you have to file taxes, but there is no legal imperative to file.
4. Since owners and shareholders are already taxed on their individual incomes, eliminate ALL corporate tax.
a) Eliminate ALL depletion allowances and depreciation allowances.
b) American taxes are only collected on money earned in America.
5. Tax ALL money coming into the country at 0% (yes, ZERO%).
6. Tax ALL money leaving the country at 10%.Oh, and voting is tied to taxation. Only those who pay have a say. You must be a net tax payer to vote, if you are receiving more in federal benefits than you are paying in taxes, you sit out the federal elections.
Earned social security and retirement payments are explicitly exempt from those calculations as they are deferred pay and not a handout.
Charity:
Governments don't do charity, governments do force. Americans need to return to individual charity and caring. There was a time not all that long ago, when we freely donated to our churches and charities, when we helped our neighbors one-on-one. We still see that in any number of drives to raise money for a child's cancer treatment. We still see that in private fundraising for stray cats and polar bears. We still see that in disaster relief for third world countries. We can restore true charity, rather than heartless compulsory welfare.Reciprocal International Relations:
Open and friendly to all who are open and friendly to us, restrictive and hostile where we face restrictions and hostility. The goal of our diplomacy is wealthy and happy friends, recognized wherever they are, and created wherever we can, and utterly destroyed enemies where we must. (sidebar: Like Von Clausewitz, we recognize that diplomacy and war are part of the same continuum. The Departments of State and Defense will become one department)
My sentiments exactly.
I don’t hate you, you goose! I love you, and you are a dear friend of mine. I think you would make a great president.
But if you’re too busy for the next six years or so, I guess you can pass this time. [pouts]
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