[pigdog]

Government taxes itself now by paying employees more that they would need to do if they (the employees) were not paying income tax; thereby taxing itself. The government could have exempted themselves from paying their own income tax - but they did not. The same thing applies to all government suppliers who pay THEIR employees more due to the income tax. The same applies to state/local government government employees as well.

Claiming that the government should not "tax itself" is both dishonest and incorrect since the income tax does not and all of the various flat tax proposals do not untax themselves either. You are merely ignorant of the facts, apparently.

[lucysmom]

Using your logic, we should forget taxing consumers and employees and just tax business because the consumer pays all taxes anyway and taxing business would reduce the government work load and keep the camel's nose out of the individual's tent.