Do middle and low income Americans have a valid argument that we are being 'over taxed"?

Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_income_tax
The Internal Revenue Code (title 26 of the United States Code) lists taxes and "fees" such as:
Accounts receivable tax
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
Building permit tax
Capital gains tax
CDL license tax
Cigarette tax
Corporate income tax
Court fines (indirect taxes)
Dog license tax
Excise tax
Federal income tax
Federal unemployment tax (FUTA)
FICA tax
Fishing license tax
Food license tax
Fuel permit tax
Gasoline tax (42 cents per gallon)
Gift tax
Hunting license tax
Inheritance tax interest expense (tax on the money)
Inventory tax IRS interest charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor tax
Local income tax
Luxury taxes
Marriage license tax
Medicare tax
Property tax
Real estate tax
Recreational vehicle tax
Road toll booth taxes
Road usage taxes (Truckers)
Sales tax and equivalent use tax
School tax
Septic permit tax
Service charge taxes

Social Security tax
State income tax
State unemployment tax (SUTA)
Telephone federal excise tax
Telephone federal, state and local surcharge taxes
Telephone federal universal service fee tax
Telephone minimum usage surcharge tax
Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax
Telephone state and local tax
Telephone usage charge tax
Toll bridge taxes
Toll tunnel taxes
Traffic fines (indirect taxation)
Trailer registration tax
Transfer tax and Generation-skipping transfer tax
Utility taxes
Vehicle license registration tax
Vehicle sales tax
Watercraft registration tax
Well permit tax
Workers compensation tax

Maybe we shouldn't even be PAYING Federal income taxes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_constitutional_arguments#Arguments_that_the_Sixteenth_Amendment_was_never_ratified

Jujitsu_fan - I am all for that. It would be fair for everyone. That way people would be able to make their own choice.

dardekkis - I've mentioned that fact before. (in the "immigration category": We're being taxed Federally, yet, our Constitutional rights to be protected from invasion [illegal immigrants, criminals, possible terrorists from the southern border] are not being upheld. That's another issue, though)

Answer 1

Don't do the Wesley Snipes thing. He claimed that he didn't need to pay his taxes and got socked pretty heavily. The US would be better served with a 'USAGE' tax. Several members of Congress have tried to push this. It makes so much sense. You pay only when you consume SOMETHING. It would eliminate the IRS for individuals, because you're taxed immediate when you buy something. This is how we ensure that everyone is taxed the same in the US.

Answer 2

As a general comment, no - middle & low income americans do not have a valid argument that we are being overtaxed.
Everyone feels they are over-taxed. Working as a tax preparer for many, many years - I see people's effective tax rates are generally less than 20% and once in a while I see 20 - 25% effective tax rates.
I really believe the government needs to cut the waste. We need to only fund those things which are absolutely necessary for the government to provide - such as the military, social security, disability, interstate highways, and things like that. Then let people fund other programs that they desire through donations. It is ridiculous that my tax dollars are spent on programs I may not agree with. If more things were funded voluntarily rather than through taxes we would have more money in our pockets and could support the things we want.
Instead people want the government to fund all sorts of programs but ***** about their taxes.

Answer 3

Absolutely!!! But the government is really a corporation - they need to make money too. They should take it from the ridiculously rich people though instead of the people struggling to make ends meet because the price of everything is going up while wages are staying the same. If the government would stop giving tax breaks to the upper class (which are the same people that are supporting their campaigns for stupid middle americans to vote for them) the classes wouldn't be growing farther apart - there is no middle american anymore - there is only upper and lower class

Answer 4

Ida Slapter is ideal, we are heading for a revolution o.k., antagonistic to the globalists and CFR members who've usurped both political activities and performance been trashing our structure. those are the individuals who run our mandatory monetary corporation, the Federal Reserve, as well because the IMF, the WTO and the international monetary corporation. a similar those who pushed for NAFTA and CAFTA. fairly some individuals imagine companies run u.s.. that is authentic, even with the indisputable fact that the globalists run the companies. Multinational companies are the first to exploit globalization, so that they continually play alongside. particularly the large 10 who own all of our media. And the large momma queen bee of all American companies is the privately owned "Federal" Reserve monetary corporation. The globalists are those who favor the borders left huge open, who've deliberately devalued our overseas money, who've declared conflict on the middle class, and who've been turning u.s. right into a police state. they're operating our monetary equipment into the floor in case you want to come back alongside and recommend the 'answer' - NAFTA on steroids - a North American Union, the finest nail in the coffin of the U. S. structure. one way or yet another, as extra human beings figure this out, extra human beings will withstand it.

Answer 5

I understand that we all need to pay taxes, but what really pisses me off about paying taxes is the way that our government wastes our tax dollars, we pay for people who do nothing, they overpay for things, He77 we not only pay to have a president for how ever long he is in office but we pay him till the day he dies.

What is up with that, when I leave a job, I don't continue to get paid, they are no better than anyone else, I say unemployment $300.00 a week for 6 months and then nothing else and just like the rest of us he needs to get another job.

If we got rid of all the free loaders and started paying fair market prices for things, we could clear our debt and would all have to pay less in taxes.

Answer 6

Everyone has a valid argument that they are over taxed. UPPER income Americans have more of a valid argument. They pay more taxes than lower or middle income Americans. This applies both to total dollars and to percentage.

Answer 7

I think most Americans feel they're being over tax. Even the rich which is always in sight pay to much taxes. I think we need another tea party.

Answer 8

There are some inequities, but people who earn more pay a higher percentage of tax. So (barring loopholes) the wealthy pay more tax in relation to their income than low/middle income taxpayers.

It doesn't seem possible, but it's true.

Answer 9

Amen to needing another Tea Party...considering the job politicians are doing listening to the average taxpayer these days I think we could make a good argument for taxation without representation...

Answer 10

All I know is, when I got my last check at my part-time job, I was taxed $73, even though I only grossed $470. I only made $470 and they took $73?? Is that fair?