Obiligitory Rant About Taxes
By quixjote on Jan 16, 2011 | In Uncategorized | Send feedback »
Requested by Timothy Smith on FaceBook.
Just to let everyone know up front that I do not like or enjoy making political posts. However, I know that this one would continue to come up in suggestions, so I am getting this one out of the way right now.
Taxes: The bit of money that goes towards our government through various means… Income tax, Property Tax, Gas tax, Gambling Tax, Sales Tax, Death Tax, Stupid Tax… Or was that last one just created by my old math teacher?
Ideally, a small portion of what we all make or produce to help the local/national government better the rest of society and pay the dues for keeping operations going. What do you do then when the debt of the government is so large that the government would have to charge each citizen over $11,000 just to cover the INTERST of our Nation’s debt? This is not new news, just news people don’t like to hear.
Whether you are Dem, Rep or of another Political party, I think we all agree that none of us agree on what to do with taxes. Everyone in office or that wants into office try to say things that the public want to hear, but when it comes time to perform, there are Few that are able to perform what they set out to do. Note: I did not say “None”.
Personally I still believe that some amount of taxes are necessary, I believe (And vote whenever it comes up) in a Sales Tax in Oregon, providing that Income and Property taxes are balanced accordingly. For the people that say that the Rich have a lot of tax breaks: Well, the rich are generally perceived as liking to spend, right? If things other than every day comities had a tax on them, scaling upward on things like entertainment, then we would probably see one of two things: The government *slightly* better off, or people starting to cut back on erroneous spending. This would also help the richer people be motivated to make charitable donations.
I believe in spreading the wealth, but right now the wealth has been spread a bit too thin.
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