Why do so many of us accept that we don't have property rights when the gov't steals our income every day?

Question

The founding fathers believed in property rights and didn't even bother putting into the Constitution that an income tax would be illegal because they never imagined that the gov't would ever sink that low. Unfortunately with the passage of Ammendment XVI in 1913, their faith in the future was spat on by that goverment and now ourt natural right to property is denied every day one of us puts in a hard day's work. Why is this acceptable?

We could easily solve this problem and give the government the same revenue by instituting the FairTax, where it becomes a person's choice to buy product and hence pay tax.

Answer 1

The government has many more ways other than the income tax to take your property without your consent, even with a fair tax emplaced, we still have eminent domain, as well as governmental emergency powers.

You should also explain in your answer question that the "fair tax" as a tax on price would be excluded on staple items (butter, milk, etc) so that people (like the guy below me) don't think it will be added to the price and therefore burden the poor by being too regressive.

Answer 2

The income tax is acceptable because the government spends money every day to keep your property and you safe.

The "fair tax" is a lie that doesn't have anything to do with choice if we have an economy that is based on the exchange of money for the basic goods and services necessary to sustain life.

To live in this society and have any quality of life one must spend money, therefore it is not a choice on whether or not you are taxed when the "fair tax" is instituted.

To support the "fair tax" either shows how little the proponents of the fair tax are educated about taxes and how spiteful they are to pay any tax. Or it shows how a manipulative rich people can be who want to shift the tax burden upon the shoulders of the less fortunate.


Under the so-called "fair tax" the poor will expend a greater percentage of their income on taxes as compared to people with higher incomes who must buy the same goods. That doesn't sound fair at all to me when the people with more property receive more protection from the government and use more public goods per capita. The more fortunate people should pay more income tax. A very simplified example follows:

Assumptions:
Product costing $100 is taxed at 10%. For anyone who buys the product, the tax it $10. Assume the product is necessary for both rich and poor people to live. (Diapers or Milk or Gasoline)

For a poor person who makes $200 a year, their tax rate is $10/ $200 = 5%

For a more fortunate person who makes $500 a year, their tax rate is $10/ $500 = 2%

How is a 2% tax rate for a fortunate person more fair than a 5% tax rate for a poor person? It is not a matter of choice when you talk about taxes.

Answer 3

Why do we always think the rich should pay all the b ills.I worked for years at a rotten paying job. I felt a rotten job was better then no job. I also had a child & wife to support. I came into some money ($ 90,000) Itook that money & started my own company I started out with 12 employees & now I employ 131 people. I know what it is to be poor. After over head I made $68,000 last year.Remember my employees have not one cent invested in the company.It all me.I used my money and took the risk. So why not give me the tax breaks.I earned it.

Answer 4

I agree with you that the fair tax should replace the income tax system. But property rights are more related to taxes on land that the states impose. The Fair Tax won't do anything about that.

Answer 5

any government budget have two basics first revenue second expenses i think any citizen in any where not like the government behaviors in these ,if you look to these budgets and make Analise's you will shocked for what in and what out but lies of governments will shut your mouth in there lies so take it easy

Answer 6

it truly is not our "style of government" it truly is substitute into damaging yet how Obama is perverting and twisting it with the intention to advance his own agendas, i.e., having the IRS harass non-liberal companies, turning the dept of Justice on the media to objective and silence them, and so on.,.

Answer 7

It ain't gonna happen hun.