2006-10-25 18:27:50 · 15 answers · asked by Irish pinoy 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Because we are still alive.
2006-10-26 12:56:02 · answer #1 · answered by tim b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To have roads, schools, medical research, ... all of these things drives our economy which makes our dollars worth more. People don't realize taxes are good. It really doesn't matter anyways, because how much you make doesn't matter. What matters is how much you make relative to everyone else. And everyone is taxed. We're always in competition with each other. Example: I can tell you that I would pay you a million dollars a year, and you would get excited. But what if you found out afterward that everyone else in the world now makes 2 million dollars a year. You probably wouldn't be happy then.
2006-10-26 01:33:06 · answer #2 · answered by Nep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm amused by all these answers indicating that paying taxes is some sort of onerous punishment for being a citizen.
Enjoy riding on roads? Drinking clean water? Having a police department? Do you support our troops? Who the hell do you think pays for that?
2006-10-26 01:37:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well somebody has to pay for the fraud and corruption in government. Let's make that single parent of 2 kids doing waitress work in a city that has childcare that costs $150 a week per child carry the burden. It is a shame and a sham!!
2006-10-26 01:33:44 · answer #4 · answered by whrldpz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Income tax is needed by the government to fund its operations like public welfare, defense, education and other public services.
2006-10-26 01:31:25 · answer #5 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To have roads to drive on, public assistance to those in need, social services, research programs, education scholarships, pay leaders to do their jobs so we can complain about them. Etc., etc.
Sure, it's not all going where we would like, but I would hate to live
in a country with no money to carry out our needs and services. It's just how it is.
2006-10-26 02:04:07 · answer #6 · answered by Cub6265 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so congressmen can have big incomes and reitements
so we wage war all over the world.
taxes to pay bribes and kick backs
lincoln started taxes...as temporary measure>> rep you known.
still temp....146 years later...
we need to drop tax (irs) and pay surcharge on what we buy.......
big cars 6 homes- villa-- jets booze.. ect.
2006-10-26 01:31:51 · answer #7 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Pay Interest on the money we borrowed...of course its created out of nothing...just numbers in a computer. Opppps...sorry...you werent supposed to know the real facts.
2006-10-26 04:03:09 · answer #8 · answered by Species 8472 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for enjoyment of terrorists in jail / for fillful resevation policy of gov. so our children are nerves after getting 90% of marks / for roads like surface of moon / for army with weapon and they are ordered dont kill terrorists / for trains facility which is target of pakistan
2006-10-26 06:35:40 · answer #9 · answered by prithvi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To pay my wages.
2006-10-26 01:30:50 · answer #10 · answered by violet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋