Why does the US have a tax system?

Question

Give a good reason please

Answer 1

Good question

Here's an interesting video.
It's quite long..almost 2 hrs.
The 1st 30~45 minutes pretty much gets
the general point across

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4312730277175242198&q=

Here's 16th Amendment at FindLaw.com
It includes all of the Annotations & case law

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/
constitution/amendment16/


For anymore who needs help with any of the words,
"Legalese" really is just Plain English.
Any dictionary is useful.
Dictionary.com is simple to use,for one example.

http://dictionary.reference.com/


I Wish I could give YOU the 10 pts for asking.
There's a little more to being an American than
waving toy flags & chosing partisan political sides
to cheer for.

Things like,,asking questions.
And,,demanding answers.
Questions exactly like yours.

Answer 2

Government provides you so much. Hospitals, education system, roads, parks, employment etc. And you have social security net. Ad from where the government gets money. It is the Tax that we pay under different systems - Income tax, property tax etc.

Read the following for better understanding:

http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=108021,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States

and many other can be seen by searchin on google.com

Regards

Ramesh
The Human Search Engine

Answer 3

Taxes pay the government to run our lives. Without our taxes, the government would not be able to exist. The system exists for ease of administration.

Answer 4

It is more efficient to utillize taxes to maintain social structure than individually making those changes.

And ideally, politicians see a countrie's issues from a big perspective rather than us who see it from our own point of view.

Answer 5

To gouge the working class and the poor for money to pay for things the wealthy want to build.

Answer 6

To pay for government programs like defense, social security, medicare, highways and transportation, parks, etc.

Answer 7

Do you want to have to pay for education (elementary through high school)? Imagine paying college tuition type rates for all schooling throughout your life! Also, don't forget about those on welfare. How else would they slide through life unless we paid their way?

Answer 8

Most of the money goes to welfare...aka teenage parents who keep having babies, it also goes to worthwhile causes such as the military and public education

Answer 9

To pay for all of the social programs the liberals keep shoving down our throats.

Oh yeah, and to pay for medical coverage and education for illegal aliens.

Oh yeah, and to keep welfare recipients up to their elbows in beer and cigarettes.

Answer 10

To protect, defend, and preserve the cause of freedom.

To secure your property rights.

To enable all citizens with the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.