when Clinton left office (as engineered by Newt Gingrich - the last man with a brain in Washington)?. It seemed to work fine. Can't we just put it back in place? Don't spew a bunch of stuff about liberals - that was conservative economics at work.
2007-12-06 06:26:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I'm not talking about a flat tax, which I think is unworkable anyway. I'm talking about returning the tax system to the way it was when the budget was balanced and the economy was the strongest it's ever been (and the dollar was kicking the Euro's A*&!) Everything that's been done since then has been sheer idiocy!
2007-12-09 08:17:51 · update #1
When I was 16, I filled out my tax return, and I didn't have any problem understanding it. It took me about an hour.
When I was 30, I was still filling out my tax returns, only now they took me a lot longer, ans I had to really study the book.
When I was 36, I still filled our my own taxes, and now I was really studying the book. I even wrote to my Congressman for clarification, and was sent a stock answer, which didn't even address my question.
Now I am in my 50's and for all the years between 45 and 50 I went to H&R Block, until they became too expensive. Since then I have used Turbo tax, and I have no earthly idea how they do their calculations.
In all the years that I did my own taxes, I never got a letter from the IRS telling me there had been a miscalculation. In the past 5 years, I have gotten 4 such letters.
All of these letters has cost me money.
I think that any system which isn't even understood by the people who voted for it, and has to be administered by thousands of accountants in order to make any sense. even to them, needs some serious revision.
As it sits now, the IRS is so cumbersome and inefficient that no one can understand it.
I believe that if there was a flat tax, or a national sales tax, it would simplify things a lot and make life better for all of us.
I also dislike being assumed to be a cheat by an organ of our government until I prove otherwise.
The IRS doesn't have the burden of proof, that is left for the taxpayer.
2007-12-06 06:57:04 · answer #1 · answered by maryjellerson 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's unfair to working class people, but then it's been that way for a long time.
The very rich don't pay income taxes, the very poor don't either, so guess who pays?
The best solution I've found is the Fair Tax Amendment, which would abolish the IRS and replace it with an invisible consumption tax. No one would see any difference on pricing, but we'd get to keep our whole paycheck. And poorer households would actually get money each month for necessities.
I guess it's just too perfect to ever be a reality, but we can dream, can't we?
2007-12-06 14:38:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Plain and Simple and Fair to all....A FLAT TAX SYSTEM...straight 10% of all earnings. No deductions period. We all benefit, rich poor..and us the in between sinking slowly....or faster than slowly. Every one pays the same percentage. No more IRS.....done.
2007-12-06 14:42:56 · answer #3 · answered by Toffy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should not exist. Given the fact congress prints money and hands it out to the wealthy only with trickle down theory in mind & we know the trickle down part does NOT go down!
2007-12-06 14:30:31 · answer #4 · answered by bulabate 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Anyone who Idolize Newt most be a nincompoop.
2007-12-06 14:45:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
First you have to understand your own history.
2007-12-06 14:30:59 · answer #6 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
nothing wrong with paying taxes.
2007-12-06 16:06:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋