When it comes to taxes, fees, fines, etc., you should budget about half of your assets to go to the government. If you need $1M per year to live the lifestyle you want, you will need to earn almost $2M per year. Plan ahead and you won't have to whine about being "enslaved". (What is this, a drama arts community college???)
So your OK that half of your hard earned money should be paid in the form of homage to a lumbering, inefficient, socialist machine?
True. But i`m afraid my fellow countrymen have become....how you say.....cowards. I would be all by myself tossing that tea overboard. We could change that though....i`m sure if my fellow countrymen were put in the right position the ghosts of those before us would lead the way.
Taxes tax the economy. ....As tax rates and tax collections declined, the economy was strengthened further...... ....This was followed by another tax increase in 1936 that further improved the government's finances while further weakening the economy. ... The 1981 tax cut represented a new way of looking at tax policy, though it was in fact a return to a more traditional, or neoclassical, economic perspective....The most productive individuals would then shift more of their energies to productive activities rather than leisure and businesses would take advantage of many more now profitable opportunities. It was also thought that reducing marginal tax rates would significantly expand the tax base as individuals shifted more of their income and activities into taxable forms and out of tax-exempt forms. The economic boom following the 1982 recession convinced many political leaders of both parties that lower marginal tax rates were essential to a strong economy, ... ....it is already clear that the tax cuts that were enacted and went into effect in 2001 played a significant role in supporting the economy, shortening the duration of the downturn, and preparing the economy for a robust recovery. http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.html
So sad, so true. My friends actually get happy when they get a "tax refund"..LOLOLOL. I said "thats your money!!!"
Lets not forget the most insidious tax, inflation. It was not all that long ago when a man with even limited skills could afford to buy a house and raise a family on his income alone. Now both man and wife need to be highly skilled and working to be in position to buy (and keep) that same house and raise their family.
Yup. The federal reserve is the ultimate anti-family organization. Keep printing... I know it sounds like i`m bitching when I complain about taxes. but lets assume for a moment that my(or everybodies) taxes go up 17% every year like they did this year. Thats a nasty rate of growth... Numbers that like are what causes revolutions....