Comment #5

konane — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:43:19 GMT

Fair Tax, period.

Comment #4

time*treat — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:48:06 GMT

<br />@GMG: They don't care about your sanity, they just want your dough.

Comment #3

GASMETERGUY — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:12:10 GMT

<br />So why would any sane person send "extra" money to Washington

Comment #2

Rick G — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:04:37 GMT

The word "contribution" in FICA should be a clue to the hoodwinked taxpayer. If withholding your pay for taxes was lawful then the word contribution would not have been used, would it?

Comment #1

sully16 — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:39:51 GMT

I am speechless....Thanks for posting, I'll be back with some comments after I have a drink or 2

Original Blog Entry: Reduce America's Debt Now Act of 2011

time*treat — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:17:04 GMT

H.R. 2411: Reduce America's Debt Now Act of 2011

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:h2411:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-2411

(Other commentary)

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/guest-post-boiling-frog-alert-congress-wants-automatic-wage-deductions-pay-down-debt

From the party of smaller (than the other guy's, anyway) government:

Which includes such gems as ...

To provide for an employee election on Form W-4 to have amounts deducted and withheld from wages to be used to reduce the public debt.(Because the people you want to fleece aren't clever enough to send a check to the address you already provide?)

An employee may elect for an employer to deduct and withhold upon the payment of wages by such employer amounts to be used to reduce the public debt. (Because anyone running a business knows there's NEVER enough paperwork to do.)

The Secretary shall include on such certificates a reasonably conspicuous statement that any amounts deducted and withheld from wages under subsection (a) are not deductible as charitable contributions for Federal income tax purposes.(As long as you're willing to bend over, we might as well .... )

The first dozen to sign on and when ... Rethugnicans, all

Rep Denham, Jeff [CA-19] - 7/6/2011

Rep Dold, Robert J. [IL-10] - 7/6/2011

Rep Fincher, Stephen Lee [TN-8] - 7/6/2011

Rep Flores, Bill [TX-17] - 7/6/2011

Rep Griffin, Tim [AR-2] - 7/6/2011

Rep Guinta, Frank C. [NH-1] - 7/6/2011

Rep Huizenga, Bill [MI-2] - 7/6/2011

Rep Landry, Jeffrey M. [LA-3] - 7/6/2011

Rep Noem, Kristi L. [SD] - 7/8/2011

Rep Palazzo, Steven M. [MS-4] - 7/6/2011

Rep Scott, Austin [GA-8] - 7/6/2011

Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [OH-12] - 7/6/2011

Don't take my word for it.

http://house.gov/representatives/

The only thing this party wants to conserve is its power.

Now, why get worked up? It's vol-un-ta-ry, after all.

Sure it is ... until they get it passed. Then, a few years down the road they'll press for some permanent regular minimum , idiotic ... er ... patriotic amount. Not outright taking, though. Most likely in the form of requiring a certain amount or percent of your retirement funds to be put into long-term gov't bonds.

Public school was once voluntary , too.

The C in FICA stands for Contribution . See what happens if you decline to contribute .

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