As a Citizen of the United States of America, are we over taxed?

Question

The phrase "No Taxation Without Representation" might not implicitly apply to modern day circumstances, but the underlying idea that taxation without citizens consent is to be strictly prohibited most definitely applies. Unfortunately I feel that my state and federal tax contributions are being poorly mismanaged and as a paying citizen, I want to make a change.

Are we over taxed, and . . .

Which 2008 nominee (so far) has the best tax reduction plan, and has the best voting history record and experience for managing my contributions?

Answer 1

Yes, we are overtaxed and we will continue to be.

The problem is that everyone wants entitlements. They expect "Sugar Daddy" government to solve all their problems instead of taking responsibility for themselves. Politicians understand that and continue to promise more and more and pay for it with more taxes.

The more the government gives, the more dependent the people are and the more we are all taxed. It's an ever expanding circle.

Answer 2

Taxation without representation is always applicable. Each and every person in this country pays taxes, because you cannot purchase anything without paying taxes. It's not just applicable for those who pay property taxes, income taxes and corporate taxes. If you are taxed, you must be able to vote. If you have no vote, you have no representation. The term is called disenfranchised.

Your tax contributions are both mismanaged and managed very well. You have to take into account what programs the government spends money on to answer a question like this. I wish I could refuse to give the US government another dime for the war in Iraq, but I cannot, so I think it's horribly mismanaged. On the other hand, anything involving the reduction of greenhouse gases is money well spent, so I think that money is amazingly well managed in the tax pool.

Are we overtaxed? Yes. You can't just look at it by how much you pay per person, per capita as it were. If you take a look at what you get out of your taxes, you begin to see a value for your tax dollar, and for the US, we get little to nothing for our tax dollar. Compared to a nation like, say, the Netherlands, you get a lot for your tax dollar.

You have to compare the cost of national defense, infrastructure, economic development, etc for each nation. Then figure in the cost of health services, retirement, entitlements, etc, and you begin to see that, with the exception of SSI, unless you are dirt poor, you get what is considered to be a universal benefit that isn't really meant for you anyway (highways, communications networks, etc).

If you look at it that way, we are horribly overtaxed in the US.

Answer 3

I do believe in the flat tax, none of the current field are all that impressive on tax reduction...People also fail to see just how much they are paying in taxes because they only talk about income tax.

There are property taxes. Sales taxes. Fuel Taxes. Capitol gains, utility, and much more. I think people would be astonished if they saw how much was really going to local, county, state and federal governments.

McCain did not vote for the last couple of tax cuts, either. He served his country in the Navy and served honorably as a POW, but has been a terrible senator and epitomizes the term RINO.

Answer 4

You ain't seen nothing yet if the Amnesty is passed. Those tax dollars will not be for the causes or Benefit of the American people! It is thought to go into the Trillions of Dollars over the next 18 years! Voting Does Not Matter Either!

Answer 5

You can't advocate cutting taxes without saying what services and government benefits you are willing to give up.

Most everyone here believes that taxes are too high in order to give money to welfare queens. But the bulk of your taxes are going to Social Security, Medicare, Defense, service on the debt and infrastructure spending. Welfare is about 1% of the federal budget.

So, by all means, advocate the cutting of taxes, but advocate what to cut out of the budget at the same time, or just be quiet.

Answer 6

to be honest, americans pay some of the least amounts of taxes in the developed world. reducing taxes is ridiculous because the average taxpayer isn't getting much of an advantage at all compared to a wealthy person. reducing taxes should be considered insane since these taxes also fund defense and many other things you take for granted, which is necessary to fight bush's trivial war on terror and the U.S. has major debt it needs to pay. with this administration spending like crazy, it should be no suprise that you feel like your taxes are mismanaged...

Answer 7

Ron Paul

Answer 8

Yes we are. I personally am enjoying the Tax cuts President Bush has in place, but if we get a Dem in the white house you can say buh bye to them. 700.00 extra a year may not be as much as some "rich" people get but it means a lot to me. Its all relative. We need to get rid of class envy. Yes, I hate the rich as much as a lot of people but I realize that not all of them were born to it. Some worked hard to get to where they are now. And the bottom line is a poor person has never hired me.

I think Fred Thompson is our best choice if we want to keep our current tax cuts and possibly either make them permanent (or as permanent as possible) or possibly lower them slightly more.

Answer 9

"Taxes are the price we pay for civilization."
Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Nobody wants to pay taxes. People are greedy. We all want the things that most of our taxes pay for, we just don't want to pay for them. If the government waited for permission from their constituents to tax them, no taxes would ever be collected. No taxes, no military, no federal highway system (hell, no roads whatsoever) in fact, no government.

SO...if you aren't an anarchist, pay your taxes and kwitchurbichin.

Answer 10

Rich people are over-taxed. There should be a flat tax, same percentage no matter what your income is. Why the hell should I pay $100, 000 a year in TAXES so some crack-head welfare mom can have babies and not work? I think not. Vote for McCain.