Is the government raising taxes fundementally immoral?

Question

Here is the premis taxes are a percentage of goods and services produce by the economy, GNP. For the sake of simplicity lets say the governtment is collecting 30% and the economy is a million dollars that is $300,000 right.

The following year the economy goes to 2 million at 30% didn't the government get a automatic 50% raise at $600,000 since the GNP is always going up why does the government have to raise taxes? just imagine if you had a agent who was making 10% of your earnings at a million dollars your agent is making $100,000 as your earning goes up say 5 million your agent is now making 1/2 a million most Americans would be levid if the agent wanted 20% after you started to make 5 million. because he is already getting a automatic increase as your earing increase. This is how I came to this conclusion any flaw in this logic.

Answer 1

No, the members of Congress have a salary they don't get 'a cut' of the tax money.

Answer 2

To answer your question yes, but now apply your theory to gasoline taxes. In most areas some of the taxes are a "percentage" of the price of gasoline not a fixed number of "cents" per gallon. For instance California collects a base 7.25 % on a gallon of gasoline. So they have gotten a raise of $.0725 cents a gallon since the price went from $2 to $3 a gallon and yet they still cry about not having enough money for roads and want more taxes.

Answer 3

how is it "immoral" you don't really talk about "morality" and how this relates?

but the GNP isn't increasing 50 percent a year and expenses do sometimes increase by a much greater amount than the GNP rises... which would create a deficit... like say in a war or natural disaster or both... like say Katrina during the Iraq war...

Answer 4

ABSOLUTELY. this country got along fine until 1914 with NO income tax at all. bottom line here there is nothing wrong, illegal or immoral about giving me back more of what i legitimately earn. ill spend it and help the economy. try to get a liberal like the pelosi/reid regime to understand that ...they have already gone on record saying there is no choice but to raise taxes...i think you get my point.

Answer 5

there are WAY TOO MANY taxes now.