It would be more democratic...
thoughts?
2007-02-08 16:32:29 · 10 answers · asked by Sqwrll F 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
How would you improve on this idea to handle the mentioned bad choices folks, (and is having them vote for a person any better?) it is an Interesting point...what if there where small caps on how low a percent could go for humanitarian/need/life or death etc..
2007-02-08 16:50:02 · update #1
sure why not. I dont see what the problem is?
2007-02-08 16:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by avalentin911 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Actually, I've always thought a flat tax would be great. Everyone, rich or poor, pays the exact same tax rate. But they tried to implement that back in the mid-90's and none of the gov. would bite. It was something like 17%. That way, no one is getting perks, like the rich because they have XXx investment and .333 percent goes here, and 1.5 % there. You know how the rich hide their money in other things.
But that should be on just the income. Then a separate tax for 'investments'..such as properties, another for annunities... all of lesser amounts, of course, but to hold a 'pat' percentage rate for everyone, no matter what.
Then a seperate depreciation scale...but give a list of what and what is not included. Some people go crazy and do 3 different types of desks for their offices. Dumb stuff.
I think if the IRS and gove worked it that way, we'd have a surplus of money...a big surpluss. This would also help gov budget better, as well as the citizens. We'd know exactly what to expect the following year, and they couldn't up and change the tax laws every year.
2007-02-09 02:19:11 · answer #2 · answered by chole_24 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alaskan's have Earth Rights. All the oil, minerals, ores, ect that any company takes has to be paid for. This money goes into a fund and pays for the schools, roads, salaries, ect and all with NO state income tax nor sales tax for the residents. Alaska even PAYS their residents about $1000 per year from the fund plus pays for everything else.
Why not adopt Earth Rights for the nation and put tarriffs back on ALL the foreign goods. The foreign companies now sell then buy thier own goods in a foreign port to eliminate their profit (on paper) before the goods are sold here. This cheats the US out of the taxes they owe. Make them pay for the contents of every container before it leaves the docks. NO LOOPHOLES! Add in all the Earth Rights money from around the nation and now we need NO TAXES! The Internal Revenue Service becomes the Import Revenue Service! ALL the tax work gets off our back and the money stays in our pocket. All the money from the tariffs is new money from outside the country that is added to our economy. The way taxes work now is they are a % of our GDP. The tariffs are new money now NOT a part of our GDP but an addition to our GDP as the gov will spend that new money into OUR economy. Tariffs grow the economy and taxes shrink the ecomony!
2007-02-16 17:24:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy, that sounds great. Except for the problem that most Americans aren't doing so well at balancing their OWN budgets -- how can we trust them to choose what's best for the country?
I flatter myself that I'm smart enough to research it and fair enough to give money even to things I have no use for/interest in, but I don't imagine that that's true of most people (and as I said, I'm probably just flattering myself).
2007-02-09 00:43:23 · answer #4 · answered by kilauea0612 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And what if you could not pay the interest on the deficit or armed forces which is 1/2 the budget?
Sounds nice but that isn't the way a Representative Republic works!
2007-02-09 00:37:18 · answer #5 · answered by cantcu 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, I think its funny that when filing your taxes you have the option of checking the box for giving money to Presidential Campaign, but there's no spot for the homeless healthcare, providing armor to our soldiers, paying for their health care, health care in general...but there is for campaigns. Strange. Good idea though.
2007-02-16 20:38:15 · answer #6 · answered by dante24 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thoughtful, but would never work. People are way too selfish nowadays. they would end up putting a bigger percentage in for whatever would benefit themselves.
I like your idea tho, you should write a novel. I love fantasy
2007-02-09 00:39:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding me? It takes the body of congress how long to decide where to put money and you want everybody and their crazy ideas to decide?! What a fiasco that would be! More democratic, yes, but efficient? Hell no.
2007-02-09 00:38:41 · answer #8 · answered by rdappa 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
One big fat flat tax. Everyone pays the same tax.
2007-02-15 23:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I would not. Democratic Politics will suck the life right out of you and they want to raise our taxes.
2007-02-09 00:38:51 · answer #10 · answered by m c 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋