| But you only get to keep some of that. 4 months out of your life, you get to work so you can give all your efforts to someone who doesn't work. All those people who you worked harder then, get to not pay taxes, Instead, you pay it for them, and the guy who has been working the same job at the counter for the last 10 years, gets part of his monthly spending money off government assistance that you have to pay for. |
So if the USA government disbanded the IRS and switched to the fair tax you would stay? Also, would you want to wipe out welfare completely, child credits, medicare, medicaid, and social security. I wish I could op out of social security considering it won't be there if I hit 65 or very little will be paid out (taxation without representation, just like the new health care bill, you start paying taxes on it then years later you can maybe get health coverage?). One tax that poor people pay more proportionally is social security since only the first 100k is taxed and after that it isn't taxed at all. So people that make less than 100k pay more proportionally in social security tax than someone that makes over 100k. They could just take that cap limit off and then possibly save social security (which it will only just prolong its death). Anyways, the government is a huge waste and inefficient. However, private companies are too greedy to run most things and can be just as corrupt as government (especially when there is little or no competition). It is a catch 22 because in reality everyone is greedy and corrupted. Power corrupts is the best saying. Maybe if the politicians ever learned how to balance a budget I would respect them a little more. Instead of being able to vote themselves for a pay raise each year while they drive the nation further in debt they should get a 50% wage cut with no pay raise in sight until they learn how to actually balance a budget / gain surplus to start paying off the national debt. If someone had a job performance rating as low as Congress then they would be fired. Problem is people vote them out "fire" them and they are replaced by another lobbyist controlled politician that will carry out the same agenda/wasteful spending as the predecessor.
