WIRS, Your Thieving Station
I have heard a radio commercial that has really began grating on my nerves. No, not the real men of genius. This is the one about how to get out of paying the taxes that you neglected to pay in the past. The announcer explains how some people are just in over their heads and need assistance to enable them to get their past tax burden lowered so it can be managed. What kind of horse hockey is that?
I despise the idea of paying taxes. It has become the hidden thief that our government legally supports. It is the ultimate source of wealth distribution. It takes money out of my pocket and sends it to people, places or things that have become entitled to take it. I have little or not say in how my money is spent. There are congressman that have become firmly entrenched in the entitlement government that are more than willing to take more of what I make and give it to people that are not producing anything of real value. Now some people are actually in need of assistance and for a short time, use the services provided by my tax dollars. I applaud them in their struggle to get back on their feet. It is the other 98% that are permanent members of the emerging socialist class that need to be reintroduced to an honest days work.
Ideally, it would be great to vote my taxes. If I am going to forced to pay for government inefficiency, I should at least choose how those dollars are going to be spent. There are a few government services (although they could be just as easily outsorced) that I do not object to paying for. The military is a good example of what I would support. I believe it is also in the constitution; “Provide for the common defense.” I would also include the CIA and FBI in that category. I think that the upkeep of roads and bridges is also a great use of my tax dollars. I would even go as far as to support our national park system. It seems to be a revenue producer as far as tourism so it may not need much in the way of tax dollars. The rest of the government’s use of my taxes could be considerably pruned or eliminated simply by allowing tax payers to choose which program their money is allocated to. Those programs not supported are trimmed to match the amount of money allocated by the taxpayers. Since certain programs would be reduced or eliminated, it could result in a rebate every year of unused money. Pennies from Heaven so to speak. It would be a much better way to control government spending than allowing our "perpetually running for office" elected officials select for us.
Unfortunately, we are forced to listen to radio ads that tell people that they can get out of paying their taxes while the rest of us, fearful of the government using the IRS as a hammer to keep us in line, continue to write checks to support programs that we neither agree with nor can change to any great degree, at least in the short term. I have heard enough whining so I’ll shut up.
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Cobb
I despise the idea of paying taxes. It has become the hidden thief that our government legally supports. It is the ultimate source of wealth distribution. It takes money out of my pocket and sends it to people, places or things that have become entitled to take it. I have little or not say in how my money is spent. There are congressman that have become firmly entrenched in the entitlement government that are more than willing to take more of what I make and give it to people that are not producing anything of real value. Now some people are actually in need of assistance and for a short time, use the services provided by my tax dollars. I applaud them in their struggle to get back on their feet. It is the other 98% that are permanent members of the emerging socialist class that need to be reintroduced to an honest days work.
Ideally, it would be great to vote my taxes. If I am going to forced to pay for government inefficiency, I should at least choose how those dollars are going to be spent. There are a few government services (although they could be just as easily outsorced) that I do not object to paying for. The military is a good example of what I would support. I believe it is also in the constitution; “Provide for the common defense.” I would also include the CIA and FBI in that category. I think that the upkeep of roads and bridges is also a great use of my tax dollars. I would even go as far as to support our national park system. It seems to be a revenue producer as far as tourism so it may not need much in the way of tax dollars. The rest of the government’s use of my taxes could be considerably pruned or eliminated simply by allowing tax payers to choose which program their money is allocated to. Those programs not supported are trimmed to match the amount of money allocated by the taxpayers. Since certain programs would be reduced or eliminated, it could result in a rebate every year of unused money. Pennies from Heaven so to speak. It would be a much better way to control government spending than allowing our "perpetually running for office" elected officials select for us.
Unfortunately, we are forced to listen to radio ads that tell people that they can get out of paying their taxes while the rest of us, fearful of the government using the IRS as a hammer to keep us in line, continue to write checks to support programs that we neither agree with nor can change to any great degree, at least in the short term. I have heard enough whining so I’ll shut up.
Icool
Cobb
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