Posted on 01/26/2006 12:32:20 PM PST by phil_will1
Please quote me wherein you assume I made a wish. Thanks in advance.
Totally agree. "Universal dislike" merely acts to bring people together in their suffering. Sympathy is not a solution!
When monkeys fly out of Hillery's backside, the income tax system will cease to exist.
Not so ... it's not "inextricable" - it's linked to wages, not income. Income is indeed private under the FairTax and the S/S & M/C entitlements are funded from consumption which has a much larger base than income so that provides more breathing room to get rid of both of them.
Don't sweat it, pittipat, Congress WILL pass it. they'll soon have no valid alternative in spite of naysayers like you.
But you are wrong when you claim that income is private under the FairTax. It is necessary for the government to know income in order to determine SS *benefits*. You can't get around that with the FairTax.
And H&R Block stated a few years ago it'd be fine with them to NOT have the income tax so they could concentrate on the more profit-productive business of financial advice.
No, you're wrong. With the FairTax there isn't the slightest necessity for the government to be delving tnto everyone's income such as interest, capital gains, dividends, etc. None at all. The only thing that would support the entitlements in question is CONSUMPTION - not income and not (as at present) wages.
With the FairTax a person's income (aside from the wages which must be reported to the SSA under present law since that's what the entitlements are based on) is not reportede to the government at all - nor is there any reason to do so. It's none of the government's busines after all.
When monkeys fly out of Hillery's backside, the income tax system will cease to exist.
You've got the hots for Hilary's butt?
"When monkeys fly out of Hillery's backside, the income tax system will cease to exist.
You've got the hots for Hilary's butt?"
I figure that that would be the most likely place where they would appear ... Wicked Witch and all ... Hilary got back! ;)
Fairness of the system will soon become an issue, moreso than it is now. The income tax is not fair and it absolutely discriminates against "the rich". Unfortunately, the liberals have been laboring for decades and have succeeded in defining "the rich" as just about anybody who lives above the poverty line. I think that the naysayers would be astounded at the number of people that the income tax impacts with more or less devistating results....
I would love to see Bush reply repeatedly to the wiretap-invasion-of-privacy issue with a comeback like: "you think that's bad, 200 million tax payers are preparing forms right now that will tell the government alot more about their privacy than we could ever get from wiretaps..."
"The trick is to get the politicians to do something in the best interest of the people instead of their reelection effort."
Perhaps one way to solve that is to align the interests of the people with that of the office seekers by building enough support for tax reform that opposing it is a sure ticket out of Washington.
"When monkeys fly out of Hillery's backside, the income tax system will cease to exist."
Your statement assumes that the author is totally worng in that the trends which he points to as unsustainable are, in fact, sustainable. You are also implying that we can continue to add tens of billions to our annual trade deficit numbers without risking our entire economy. Perhaps you are correct and the economists are wrong.
Income is indeed private under the FairTax and the S/S & M/C entitlements are funded from consumption which has a much larger base than income so that provides more breathing room to get rid of both of them.Your first post and your first lie of the thread.
I would love to see Bush reply repeatedly to the wiretap-invasion-of-privacy issue with a comeback like: "you think that's bad, 200 million tax payers are preparing forms right now that will tell the government alot more about their privacy than we could ever get from wiretaps..."
Stellar!!
"I would love to see Bush reply repeatedly to the wiretap-invasion-of-privacy issue with a comeback like: 'you think that's bad, 200 million tax payers are preparing forms right now that will tell the government alot more about their privacy than we could ever get from wiretaps...'"
Ohhhh, I LIKE it!
"Income is a larger base than consumption."
Your first post and your first attempt on this thread at deception.
Taxable income is quite a bit smaller than consumption.
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