Posted on 04/21/2008 6:04:34 PM PDT by BGHater
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this is what we are supposed to think about Ron Paul here on FR isn’t it???
God bless Ron Paul, may his ideas long outlive him. :)
No, they're not. If they were, we wouldn't have this system.
I'm sick and tired of people complaining while supporting the people in office who perpetuate the things they're complaining about.
Couldn’t say it any better, Dahoser!
No kidding! People complain about the loss of power, they complain that Bush is wiretapping and listening in on their phone conversations yet they have no problem jumping through hoops, telling the IRS all kinds of personal information and wading through pages and pages of BS all in the hopes that they’ll get some of their own money backs. Messed up.
You forgot the part about them getting their own money back and moronically exclaiming how they "made out great this year!"
1. The income tax.
2. Regulations.
3. The threat of litigation.
4. And union wage scales.
And watch the growth of the American economy soar.
this is what we are supposed to think about Ron Paul here on FR isnt it???
That’s right. Aren’t you sooooo glad we have John (I don’t really no much about economics) McCain instead.
While Ron Paul states the obvious, unfortunately too many Americans have never heard his message.
How about the government control your pay while they're at it...Sounds pretty stupid now doesn't it.
The Americans facing this burden directly are overwhelmingly outnumbered by those who aren't. The lowest 50% of tax returns have an average tax rate under 3%. They take their 1040 to H&R and get it done in an afternoon.
That isn't even touching the millions of Americans who don't file at all.
And these people all vote. Around election time, they're a lot more receptive to talking about new government handouts for themselves than about tax complexity faced by other people.
We have exactly the system you would expect unqualified democracy to produce.
Don't whine about problems that are of your making.
Ron Paul is a yokel.
Lyndon LaRouch (sp) must be proud.
I agree with you too. Thanks.
Yeah, like was suggested in the fairtax book, in the past couple weeks, I asked a few people how much they paid in taxes last year, and 8 out of 11 said they did not pay any taxes, they got a refund... They Had no clue how much they actually paid. One said he owed $452 and knew he already paid some, but not how much, One knew what his state & federal tax burden for the year was, from his tax forms... but did not consider how much he paid in Social Security and Medicare, and the last one said 34% of his gross income for the year, went to the government, not including sales tax and property tax. After, I told each one of them they should read the fairtax book, only the last one had even heard of it and he too was a supporter.
No, they're not. If they were, we wouldn't have this system.
Yes they are sick of it, but they have no fire in their belly and take a Prozac instead. Well, plus they caper like mad fools in triumph when they "win" by getting a nickel of their taxes back here and there from Uncle Sam Santa. Americans are becoming as sheepish as Canadians, the British, et al. Self-defeatists. People give up when they no longer realize what they've lost.
No kidding. I visited Switzerland a few years ago. They’re quasi-socialistic in many respects, but one thing that was noticeably absent was the threat of litigation at every turn. It’s amazing how steeped we are in that environment, and it’s hard to fathom until you’re free from it.
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