Comments on: Your Tax Dollars at Work

By: MaxDamage

MaxDamage — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:21:44 +0000

FICA is not a tax per se, it’s a tax with a promise of return that cannot be kept, unless we suffer from a truly destructive plague or start having kids so fast we’ll have trouble remembering all their names.

That said, I don’t particularly mind paying taxes, I just hate the fact that I pay them every two weeks without notice and on April 15th I find out if the government held my money at 0% interest for a year or if I owe money plus some penalty for not giving them the float.

Part of the problem is we don’t know what we pay in taxes, because the confiscation is done for us. Make us each write a check on April 15th for the full amount and you’ll see a rebellion.

Naturally, this course of action will never happen.

– Max

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:23:02 +0000

hajo-hi — I can identify. Like many of my discoveries auf Deutsch en dem Volkshochschule. Such as the difference between meine Freundin, and eine Freundin.

By: hajo-hi

hajo-hi — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:21:12 +0000

Thanks. Silly me. We weren’t told that meaning of “return” at school.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:22:06 +0000

Oyster -- won't work.

If I were one of the 5%, I’d be making plans for my journey to Galt’s Gulch.

Galt's Gulch is now solidly Obama territory.

By: Skippy-san

Skippy-san — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:50:40 +0000

Nose,

I am a boomer and proud of it. I’ll be happy to take your money and spend it. If you would like to cut out the middle man you can just send me a check now.

By: George V

George V — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:09:20 +0000

Idaho Joe wrote:
“If you want to buy a Toyota, you pay $30,000, but, since I make more money I should pay $300,000, right? ”

SHHH!! QUIET!!! Don’t give them any ideas!

George V.