Claim that the tax they pay "which is an average of 22%" is paying for peoples state benefits, when state benefits are actually taxed 22% before the recipient recieves it. I am employed myself & am puzzled by this, also by the fact that I don't pay tax, tax is taken from me.
2006-10-11 13:49:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
And they will take alot more if you vote democrat. You didn't say what state benefits you where refering too. You are correct if your refering to teacher, police and fire retirement systems, State Industrial if your injured is under state jusridiction, But food stamps, welfare, SSI and other programs that benefit our non-working population are almost solely funded by the Fed Gov (Your tax included) with some minuscule amount added by the state.
2006-10-11 13:53:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody pays tax in one form or another. VAT etc, employed or not. It is just that some pay more tax than others. The annoying bit to everyone is that so much of the revenue is wasted. As high earners my hubby and I pay high levels of income tax and we do get angry when we hear of people who REFUSE to work because they claim it is better to be on benefit or come to the UK and get benefits, never having paid anything in.
I really get annoyed over these teenage single mothers who have gone out and got pregnant just to get a council flat and live on benefits. The children should be taken into care, the girls sterilised and made to work to keep the children they have spawned.
Also, benefit cheats who claim and work on the side should be stripped of all assets and made to pay the money back if there is any outstanding balance after the assets have been sold.
There are enough jobs about, so these people have no excuses.
2006-10-12 03:50:27 · answer #2 · answered by LYN W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
State benefits are classed as "taxable income". However, this does not mean tax has already been payed....
Tax will be payed should your income exceed the thresholds already in place. If you start receiving state benefits in the middle of the tax year your "tax paid" will be up to date, in proportion to your earnings, and your income will effectively fall below tax thresholds.....
Quite simple to understand really, just difficult to explain.
2006-10-11 21:16:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
now let see. lets work it out like a math problem.
We pay 22% taxes = $220 per $1000
Wellfares check are being taxed 22% as well = -$220 from every $1000
that looks like it 0 out huh? no
$1000 - 220 = $780 uncle sam. Uncle Sam then pay only 22% to help the recipients 780 x 22% = $171.60 pay out every $1000.
$171.60 x 22% = $37.75 is retained back w/ uncle Sam.
Sooo...........good grief we're feeding uncle Sam and his fellowships!
2006-10-11 20:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by sarkatick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ummm...you 'don't pay tax', tax is 'taken' from you? Give me a break. Either way, tax is a deduction from your salary. And why not moan about tax? Think about it...we get taxed for working. Then when we go shopping with our taxed earnings we are taxed on our purchases. But we don't have to buy stuff. We can save. No, wait. If we save, we're taxed on our savings - that are from our wages, that we've already been taxed on. And what's the deal with council tax? We pay road tax and tax on petrol, so council tax can't count for the roads/parking (which we also have to pay extra for in London!). So, council tax - which is a whole heap of money every month - pays for...taking the bins away...ummm...and signposts....great.
2006-10-11 20:56:39 · answer #5 · answered by ScoobySnacks 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All these people on benefits have nice cars, nice houses, plenty of money, lots of holidays.
I must be in the wrong country, the benefit I receive is just enough to keep me in food and clothes. If I could work I would, so that I could receive more £££`s.
What a wonderful world :-)
2006-10-12 10:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not necessarily income tax to which they are referring.
Council tax is taken from people who work and not from those on benefits!
2006-10-11 20:51:28 · answer #7 · answered by Lorraine R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were exactly do you think the state gets the money to pay the 'benefits?'
2006-10-11 22:18:07 · answer #8 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know that benefits are taxed before they are received. There might be many others who are unaware of this.Good question & good answer.
2006-10-11 21:00:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wonder where all the tax money goes...we pay tax from our salary, shopping, savings, bills, road, council tax etc...yet the NHS is messed up, crime is increasing, Blain sends troops into iraq using our money against our will, lazy c*nts claim benefits and vandalise and murder innocents...don't you ever wonder where the f*ck is my tax goin?!
2006-10-12 05:34:55 · answer #10 · answered by Zed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋