Dear groanup,
"In fact, the success we have speaks volumes about the entreprenuerial spirit of people in this country. Even thought they have the ball and chain of every dollar they EARN being partially ripped away from them and having their entire earnings history supplied to the IRS as SECRET information they still manage to create new ideas, jobs, companies, money and such things as life saving drugs, hit records, safer cars, quieter hair dryers, need I go on?"
I've started several companies over the last 20 years. A couple did pretty good, some, well, LOL, they're not around anymore. Expensive learning experiences.
I've encountered lots and lots of problems and difficulties, but I've managed to overcome them and succeed modestly, even to this day.
However, I gotta tell ya, groanup, the IRS and the tax code and my tax obligations are not my biggest problems. Nor my second, third, or fourth biggest.
Stuff like getting good workers, getting more clients, moderating the compensation demands of my workers, keeping my billing rates high enough, managing our work projects, managing my contracts, managing my employees, these all take more effort, imagination, and hard work than taking care of my taxes.
Taxes are too high. That the govt takes 20% of GDP distorts the economy, I agree.
But it's the size that matters, in my eyes, not the method.
"You unleash the spirit of free people and you DON'T impose a tax upon their efforts."
MY spirit's already been unleashed. For 20 years. I can't speak about your spirit.
"You impose a tax upon their decadence."
Ah... Is this what it's about? Consumption is decadent? LOL. I have a big house in an expensive neighborhood, three luxury cars, and a bunch of other good stuff. Am I decadent? * chuckle * Sounds like the cry of an angry class warrior.
sitetest
BS. I have been very successful too. This isn't class warfare, it is leveling the playing field. It is taxing spending at whichever point the taxpayer wishes be taxed. It is allowing those who are accumulating wealth to do so without encumbrance. I baffles me how you guys can't understand that.