Posted on 05/03/2005 12:39:32 PM PDT by Reaganghost
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This is why MANY politicians do NOT want a flat tax. The ability to control all aspects of our lives rest in the tax code. It is evil above all and our number one problem. If people actually had one number that they could see in the payment of all their taxes they would first vomit, second they would revolt.
We are being held as slaves to a system that serves few on the backs of many and the elected are happy with it.
This is why MANY politicians do NOT want a flat tax. The ability to control all aspects of our lives rest in the tax code. It is evil above all and our number one problem. If people actually had one number that they could see in the payment of all their taxes they would first vomit, second they would revolt.
We are being held as slaves to a system that serves few on the backs of many and the elected are happy with it.
Interesting.
Sorry for the double post. But every Freeper has a stake in this. Ping them and give them a chance to decide for themselves.
What does he have to show for it? Well, he has a pretty good armed services, roads that he can drive on, a food supply that is safe, police/fire departments, air traffic controllers, a stable business environment in which to invest his money, a more or less well-managed economy, and a host of other services that he no doubt uses but feels are somehow lavished on him for free.
One of the most egregious and pathetic examples is the insistence the Social Security is in some bizarre way a 'Successful' program. Successful in what way? I never see any backup to these blind pronouncements. Medicare/Medicaid are other examples of Gov'ts zeal to control no matter the financial and social costs - As long as the control is maintained. IMO They will eventually swamp Social Security as examples of Gov't waste and corruption and in the not-too-distant future.
I could go on and om with examples but your illustration says it all - As a larger proportion of GDP falls under the purview of the Pols the amount of true freedom available to both payers and recipients decreases in direct relationship. Unfortunately, there appear to be too many individuals and entities who are self dealing the system to their own advantage and it is they who have the power. Therefore I don't see a reversal of this trend and in fact see just the opposite.
You pay $20,000 per year in property taxes? God Bless America!
What part of Illinois are you in? This is the time to rebuild the party on top of the the Edgar/Ryan/Baar-Tapinka ruins. E-mail me if you like.
Just curious what you are paying taxes on. You are retired so you don't have payroll taxes. You noted that $15,000 to $20,000 is from property taxes. Your consumption would indicate that sales and excise taxes would not be that large. Is the remainder primarily from capital gains?
BTT!!!!
BTTT!!!!!!
You think emailing it to Rush is going to fix it? LOL! Sorry - I just don't see it happening.
$20k in property taxes per year - on your home property? What percent of the property value are you at? Your in a (estimating here) $20 million home? If you have that much moola, what do you care about a few grand? Just curious.
I must echo the question others have asked; if you pay 20K in property taxes, yet have been debt free for 20 + years, you have to be sitting on one hell of an asset.
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