Posted on 10/10/2005 9:53:19 AM PDT by .cnI redruM
"The good news is that a growing number of people pay no federal taxes at all. According to a recent Tax Foundation report, 29 million people had no federal income tax liability in 2000, and the number was expected to reach 44 million in 2004. The bad news is that people who do pay taxes much pay more to make up for those who pay nothing. "
And the RATS are screaming to the country that only the wealthy get tax breaks. I think they meant to say that anyone who paid taxes got a tax break.
several other states have received subsidies for similar "plane art." It will be interesting to see what happens when places like Louisiana have plane art that shows a big pot of gumbo, Idaho paints potatoes on THEIR plane, or the Arizona plane sport Saguaro cactuses in all kinds of interesting poses.
Right. But, now 50% don't pay any or barely any at all, taxes. Thus, 50% could give a rat's hip pockets less if we have high taxes or not. They are getting their full pay checks while I mail in my 40% to the imperial federal,state, city, fire, water, police, gym teachers pension fund, schools, roads, bridges, rails, streets, stop signs, fences, cross walks in the middle of no where, politicians slush funds, politicians retirement packages, politicians vote buying activities, etc. Right, we found a war. Defeated the Brits to earn the right to self govern ourselves and TAX OURSELVES TO DEATH! Might as well have let the Brits say in charge for all the good it is doing us.
Source this for me, I'll burn Bev Woods with the info.
... true and clearly the problem is the 50% that pay no federal tax. The loss and misuse of huge monies is rampant and escalating. It just goes 'missing' and no one 'knows' anything about where it went.
Ridiculous.
MISES: FREE E-BOOK: The Power to Destroy, The Income Tax: Root of All Evil
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control=1477
If we run into such debts as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our callings and our creeds, as the people of England are, our people, like them, must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, and give the earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses; And the sixteen being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live, as they do now, on oatmeal and potatoes, have no time to think, no means of calling the mismanagers to account; But be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains around the necks of our fellow sufferers; And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second, that second for a third, and so on 'til the bulk of society is reduced to mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sinning and suffering...and the forehorse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression. -- Thomas Jefferson
The problem is that both Democrats and Republicans idiotically believe that by spending more of your and my money that they can feel and look good in the eyes of others. Because in their perverted world, the more money they spend on stupid government programs the more "love" and "care" they have. It is a basic human flaw which, unfortunately, those running government are too blind to recognize. 'Tis a pity - and 'tis why we are sitting on about $8 trillion dollars in public debt. The ONLY way to fight this is to somehow tie what government spends to a percentage of the income of its citizens. No more and no less. It will never happen, though.
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