[P.O.E.]

I'm surprised tax law doesn't allow for burning at the stake for non-compliance (i.e., heresy)

[coloradan]

My wages merely make me whole again, after the time I spent working for my employer and not for myself ...

[Red Badger]

Emotional Distress is a medical condition, psychologically speaking, so it should not be taxed, as to not induce MORE EMOTIONAL DISTRESS!........

[Obie Wan]

What can the government tax? Take the same question and put a 't after the word can and you get a more accurate sentence !!!

[The_Reader_David]

Sorry, but this reminds me of the old Monty Python sequence, with the blustering bureacrat who says "I think we should tax all foreigners living abroad," and the other bloke who proposes taxing "thingy . . . you know, 'thingy'."

[upchuck]

Given the logic of the Murphy decision, it is quite possible that the risk-free, inflation-adjusted rate of interest could also be excluded from taxation on constitutional grounds. Following through on this logic consistently would revolutionize taxation and eventually lead to a pure consumption tax, which most modern economists favor.

Fair Tax ping.

[Jack Black]

To economists, some portion of the interest we receive on our savings is merely compensation for loss — loss of the immediate enjoyment we would receive if we consumed our income today instead of saving it. Actually I think the "compensation for loss" is a lot more basic than forgoing enjoyment. It's compensation for the mandated use of Federal Reserve Notes in our banking system, with their disturbing habit of continually being worth less and less due to planned and managed inflation. The new Fed Chair has established a target inflation rate of 2%. Which he's not hitting right now.