What Happened?

tomtom22

Chief Engineer
TAXES
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
Capital Gains Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Court Fines (indirect taxes)
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel permit tax
Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax Interest expense (tax on the money)
Inventory tax IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Local Income Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Septic Permit Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Taxes (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Road Toll Booth Taxes
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone federal excise tax
Telephone federal universal service fee tax
Telephone federal, state and
local surcharge taxes
Telephone mi nimum usage surcharge tax
Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax
Telephone state and local tax
Telephone usage charge tax
Toll Bridge Taxes
Toll Tunnel Taxes
Traffic Fines (indirect taxation)
Trailer Registration Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax


COMMENTS:
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our nation was the most prosperous in the world, had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What the hell happened????

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Special interests and an overall "victim" mentality of the common American citizen thinking they are "owed" something and that the government needs to pay for it... and Americans bent over and took it. Its the "salami effect" just increasing in small enough dosages so that no one objects but cumulatively this is what you end up with. Same thing they are doing now with our rights.
 
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Doody said:
I think Sam Adams is with you on this one TomTom

"For if our trade may be taxed, why not our lands? Why not the produce of our lands and, in short, everything we possess or make use of?" Samuel Adams May 24, 1764

here is a little piece i did on war and taxes. I believe they are related :-?
http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3478&highlight=adams

An interesting thread indeed! Thank you for leading me to it. I enjoyed reading all of it.
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Well to stick up for the government a little bit... Congress can only give so much funding for the war in Iraq, the extra cash has to come from somewhere... and anyway, one hundred years ago was a long time. Our population wasnt as high back then, we didnt have as many vehicles to put taxes on, we didnt have alot of the stuff we have now that the government has put taxes on...
 
Pyro said:
yeah everything gets taxed. does the money ever get used? I think not.
Considering that most governments wind up with a budget deficit, I think the better question is: does the money ever get used wisely?
 
Well I remember when I was little reading the Little House on the Prarie books, (which is set in the 1800s) and I remember hearing that a man had to pay taxes on his wife and children, and oxen and what-not
 
I'm not a US taxpayer, but the same system applies in Australia.

I don't mind paying my taxes, but I do object to much of the money being wasted by politicians on their pet projects designed for nothing more than to get them re-elected.
 
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