What B.S. in light of uncontrolled/record breaking spending.
When we stop government from stealing our money we can stop them from spending it. Put the horse before the cart.
What B.S. in light of uncontrolled/record breaking spending.
Of course there is the little problem that over half the electorate see all the spending as a freebee to themselves.
Right now the bottom 60% perceive little to no "Individual Income Tax" burden,(in many cases even a handout) and 70% of the voting public clamor for more from government looking for the top 40% of income earners/producers to foot the bill. That perception continues to grow ever stronger by eliminating even more participants from the Federal Individual Income Tax rolls as proposed in the tax reduction proposals through changes in personal exemption limits, modification of tax bracket rates and other mechanisms such as the EITC.
Bush touts relief as tax day looms
Another 3.9 million Americans will have their income tax liability completely eliminated, officials said.
That's 3.9 million Americans more added to the spending constituency of 70% of the public clamoring for more from government, figuring someone else foots the bill.
"It's like me in the restaurant: What do I care about extravagance if you're footing the bill?"
--- Walter Williams
The Intent of the individual income tax is for political and social control not revenue collection. The Individual Income tax is maintained to establish and hold every person in the country perpetual legal and economic jeopardy. That is a situation that must end with the repeal of the income tax from the statutes, and the prohibition of its use by Constitutional amendment that future generations will not face the same manner of manipulation and interference in their lives.
If we expect to see control of government spending, we had best look to make the burden visible to the whole of the electorate, not just the few designated as the token guy behind the tree.
That my friend is one of the bottomline purposes of going to an NRetail Sales Tax, make the cost of largess perceptible to the entire electorate, even the lowest most rungs of the economic ladder.