Tax my car, tax my income, tax my bank account(that holds money from my income that has already been taxed), tax my purchases, tax my interest gained, what is the deal?
2007-03-20 08:07:50 · 9 answers · asked by Fiesty Redhead 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
George Harrison said it well:
http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Taxman_Lyrics.html
:)
2007-03-20 08:25:36 · answer #1 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason that so many additional taxes now exist are probably very complicated. Rather than increase taxes, gov'ts. create new ones.
Additionally, they tax things to coerce your behavior(sin taxes) and to fund those things which the government has decided needs to be done.
The problem here isn't how much your taxes are. That is a symptom of a wider problem, which is that the government pays for things and performs duties that aren't, on the federal level, constitutional.
On the state and local level, it exists in much the same way. Governments do things which simply shouldn't be in their realm of duty or authority, such as redistributing income.
So, the problem isn't really the taxes. If we eliminated extra-constitutional expenditures and unnecessary programs, then we could have tax solutions.
2007-03-20 08:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by desotobrave 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They do it because they can. If you want a strong military, good roads, a retirement account, "free" healthcare, good schools, and a strong economy you have to get the money from somewhere. Taxes are not all bad, but excessive taxation is.
2007-03-20 08:12:08 · answer #3 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Better idea. No taxes. We'll just send the soldiers looking for their paychecks to your front door. Happy now?
2007-03-20 08:11:03 · answer #4 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The government overextends its intended boundries and tries to do to much. Thus they need too much money.
2007-03-20 08:17:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's how the govt gets the money to do all the things it does.
The more the govt does, the more money it needs to do it.
2007-03-20 08:11:21 · answer #6 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because its good old boys club its been corrupt for ever they spend and spend and we pay for it then they wonder why most people are fed up with them they all make these terric campaign and onc ther elected they could less about you and me
2007-03-20 08:15:27 · answer #7 · answered by James R 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they'll be taxing the air you breath next,
they would if they got away with it
2007-03-20 08:13:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because it pays my salary. Thank You.
2007-03-20 08:13:42 · answer #9 · answered by dude0795 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋