Do you think the money you earn is yours?

Question

Just a tiny chicken and egg problem. You wouldn't make a dime of that without the government enabling you to make it.
* Printing the very dollar bills with which people trade.
* Public roads.
* Rural electrification.
* Government subsidized telephone wiring.
* Satellite communications.
* Police protection.
* Military protection.
* A criminal justice system.
* Fire protection.
* Paramedic protection.
* An educated workforce.
* An immunized workforce.
* Protection against plagues by the Centers for Disease Control.
* Public-funded business loans, foreclosure loans and subsidies.
* Protection from business fraud and unfair business practices.
* The protection of intellectual property through patents and copyrights.
* Student loans.
* Government funded research and development.
* National Academy of Sciences.
* Economic data collected and analyzed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

* Prevention of depressions by Keynesian policies at the Fed (successful for six decades now).
* Dollars protected from inflation by the Fed.
* Federal Emergency Management Agency.
* Public libraries.
* Cooperative Extension Service (vital for agriculture)
* National Biological Service.
* National Weather Service
* Public job training.

"Why shouldn't the American people take half my money from me? I took all of it from them."

Edward Albert Filene (1869-1937)

Alea dear, grossly mismanaged by whom? The people you elect to Public Office.

Tax rates are quite low in the US compared to the rest of the world, we should all be thankful.

Ken - Does it really matter where the air you breathe comes from? The plankton, trees and animals take their "interest" too.

Answer 1

You illustrate why we pay taxes very well.... the only problem is that the anti-tax crowd is made up of irrational reactionary conservatives.... they don't understand things like economics and interdependence.

Answer 2

Yes, Gov does alot . But It's still my money and everywhere I look somebody wants some of it.
About the only thing which is not taxed is sex and if they could , they'd tax that .
We have taxes on the books that were for 1 thing and years after the job was done , we're still paying the tax.
Rural electrification is one .

Answer 3

ALL money is lent into circulation, so ALL money is debt. It is all owned by the issuing Bank. In the case of America, that would be the banks that make up the federal reserve banks. (NOT the federal reserve board, that is a different thing) You may well earn the money, but it does not belong to you, it is debt and at some point it has to go back to the banks.

All money is lent into circulation (in very overly-simplistic terms) at interest. The INTEREST is never lent into circulation, this means that the total (capital + interest) can never be repaid. the banks already own your nation.

Answer 4

My take home pay is mine to do with what I wish. I earn it because I am an efficient employee. All of these programs would not be possible without some sort of workforce. It's give and take, but that is a very insightful question.

Answer 5

what you say is true to an extent, these services must be paid by the workers, consumers , but it was on the t,v, where this economist, showed where the different governments got 78% of every dollar one earned, don't you think that is a little much, your dollar will only buy 22 cents worth of goods??

Answer 6

Spoken like a true Socialist. The government gets in the way far more than it helps any of us "earn" a dollar. By the way - all is God's, we just manage it for Him (or abuse His trust - whatever the case may be).

Answer 7

Your money is also the money of the government that provides for all public works and functions.

Answer 8

No. It is Gods money. He just lets me use it for a while.

Answer 9

maybe it wouldn't be so bad if most of those programs weren't grossly mismanaged.

Answer 10

Wow, you are really wierd!