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    The time is now 8:08 pm You last visited November 22, 2009, 7:00 pm | Comments for "What Happened?"November 11, 2006, 10:15 amWhat Happened?Came in email this morning. Time for Fair Tax which totally eliminates all federal payroll taxes and allows you t bring home all of your paycheck. Prices drop because there are no embedded taxes and cost of compliance .... you pay the same for goods at checkout and you don't have to pay to have your taxes done by April 15th. Best part is ILLEGALS ARE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE INTO THE TAX SYSTEM. What Happened? At first I thought this was funny...then I realized the awful truth of it.Be sure to read all the way to the end! Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table At which he's fed. Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes Are the rule. Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat. Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt. Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he Tries to think. Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries, then Tax his tears. Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways To tax his ass Tax all he has Then let him know That you won't be done Till he has no dough. When he screams and hollers, Then tax him some more, Tax him till He's good and sore. Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in Which he's laid. Put these words upon his tomb, "Taxes drove me to my doom..." When he's gone, Do not relax, Its time to apply The inheritance tax. Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax CDL license Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax 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 Inventory tax IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) Liquor Tax Luxury Taxes Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Property Tax Real Estate Tax Service charge taxes Social Security Tax Road usage taxes Sales Tax Recreational Vehicle Tax 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 minimum usa ge surcharge tax Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax Telephone state and local tax Telephone usage charge 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. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What happened? And I still have to "press 1" for English I hope this goes around the world 10 times
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A contributing factor to this never-ending tax roster is the fact that government agencies, whether state or federal, are not allowed to build surplus revenues. If they have $400,000.00 left over at the end of the fiscal year, their current-year budget is cut by an equal or greater amount. As a result, they're forced to spend any leftover monies, on anything and everything, before the books close in October. It was this mentality that led to the Pork Barrel scandal in the 1980's, which revealed that government agencies (and branches of the military) were buying $700 hammers and $800 toilet seats in order to justify their budgets. Unfortunately, the scandal didn't put an end to the wasteful and rampant spending that continues today.
The current two-party system has run its course. The United States Government is now a business, and the product it sells is the next open seat. The successful candidate who fills that seat will be committed, not to the people he represents, but to the party that endorsed his campaign and blessed him with their nomination. As soon as his butt hits the chair, his job is NOT to take on the issues that concern the constituents who elected him, but to win the next election, and the best way to do that is to spend lots and lots of money. Build a convention center and slap his name on it; form a committee, bearing his name, to investigate something benign and, at its conclusion, issue a report that contains the word, "inconclusive" several times; find a construction project funded at $35M in another state, and offer to pay $200M of HIS constituents' tax dollars to "offset" the other state's cost.
Today's elections aren't about doing a good job for four years. Now, elections are about getting re-elected; one seeks office for the sake of HAVING the job, not for the sake of DOING it to the best of one's ability. "Elected Official" is one of only two professions where job performance matters very little, the other being a meteorologist. How well one does that job won't affect his ability to keep it.
The politicians have it made, so they're not going to change things to their own detriment in order to benefit us, and why should they? This is our problem, and it's up to us to fix it.