Whether or not you the People have noticed, the government has become increasingly more involved in the domestic and day to day aspects of individual American lives. They control whether or not one can curse, wear a seat belt, spit, own a firearm, and now a baseball. I think the issue isnt simply that they are taxing the ball....it is the idea that they are taxing such an exorbitant amount of tax for it. People wake up....the government wants two hundred thousand dollars for a BALL. Look at your paychecks and you will see a very similar scenario....the amount of taxes is astronomical. Bottom line is this: the private invasion into your personal lives and the assault on your personal finances can only come to a halt when You stand up and decide that this is enough. The Jewish people's plight, if you will read your history, started very similar to this, in many aspects. We have become fascist America, and the Dictator is Greed. Time to do something about it.
2007-08-22 06:51:58 · 4 answers · asked by irs_sux.gov 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Well, so long as we have an income tax, how is it unreasonable for income to be taxed? If the ball is worth $2 million, then $200,000 in tax seems fair to me (it's a lot less than I would pay in taxes for a similar gain).
I hadn't heard if the IRS was trying to get the owner to pay up front. It would seem to me that a fair way to tax the thing would be to treat it as a capital gain, and only tax the proceeds when it is sold.
Now, if your complaint is that taxes are too high in general, you'll get no argument from me.
2007-08-22 07:01:47 · answer #1 · answered by El Jefe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
agreed. government can kiss and tax my azz. the boy had NO intention of selling that ball. only keep it...like a collector's item. but he STILL had to be taxed. what is up with that? I might sound crazy being outraged by this idea, but I cannot help it.
oh yeah, and taxes off my paycheck is outrageous. where is this money going? to the Minnesota bridge that crashed weeks ago? to the welfare program which is a mess? or the iraq war? email me someone with your answer.
2007-08-22 15:17:27 · answer #2 · answered by Random Black Woman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I too am having a problem understanding why they would tax a baseball. To me it's no different than someone picking up a ticket stub off the floor as a souvenir. Taxing after it is sold, yes. The guy is being forced to sell something, he doesn't want to sell.
2007-08-22 15:25:38 · answer #3 · answered by janice 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
windfall profit
2007-08-22 22:00:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋