True, or False?
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True
False
I don't know why I pay taxes.
Civilized societies are not the result of paying taxes...but they should be.
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BrandNewMan · M
The problem is we are taxed multiple times on the same damn money.
Taxed for earning income, by the fed, most states and many municipalities.
Already taxed income is taxed if you buy anything with it in most states and some municipalities.
If you invest or save already taxed income, proceeds are taxed by the fed, most states and some municipalities.
Already taxed income used to buy a home is again taxed via property and school taxes.
When you die .. everything you accumulated with already taxed, sometimes multiple times over, is taxed again via inheritance taxes. Particularly damaging to farmers, business owners, etc whose children/heirs inherit those assets.
Money is forcibly taken from us to fund social security and medicare that is woefully mismanaged and unlikely to return the supposedly promised benefits to 10s if millions.
Taxes collected are equally woefully mismanaged, given to illegal immigrants and other nations ahead of our own citizens safety net needs.
At this point, its about as bad as what led to the revolution.
Taxed for earning income, by the fed, most states and many municipalities.
Already taxed income is taxed if you buy anything with it in most states and some municipalities.
If you invest or save already taxed income, proceeds are taxed by the fed, most states and some municipalities.
Already taxed income used to buy a home is again taxed via property and school taxes.
When you die .. everything you accumulated with already taxed, sometimes multiple times over, is taxed again via inheritance taxes. Particularly damaging to farmers, business owners, etc whose children/heirs inherit those assets.
Money is forcibly taken from us to fund social security and medicare that is woefully mismanaged and unlikely to return the supposedly promised benefits to 10s if millions.
Taxes collected are equally woefully mismanaged, given to illegal immigrants and other nations ahead of our own citizens safety net needs.
At this point, its about as bad as what led to the revolution.
4meAndyou · F
@BrandNewMan I can't disagree. The absolute WORST tax, IMO, is one that Trump just cancelled for farmers...it was the death tax...where the family farm could be heavily taxed if the owner died.
My own family went to extremes to avoid the death tax. My grandfather incorporated the farm, and his children became the members of the corporation. That way...no death tax. And my mother did the same thing.
My own family went to extremes to avoid the death tax. My grandfather incorporated the farm, and his children became the members of the corporation. That way...no death tax. And my mother did the same thing.
