The new political activists of the GOP are calling themselves the TEA Party. They are not an actual political party and should not be misconstrued as THE movement of conservatism. Just in case you have been hiding under a rock, TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already. With a few small weird exceptions (apparently) one thing most of us have in common is no one wakes up in the morning and says "I would loved to be taxed some more today". Where we disagree on this issue is "how much do we need to be taxed?" and "what do we do with the taxes once they are collected?".
Here are the results of last month's poll: What is your view on taxes?
- 30% say We are taxed too much. We need to remove some. Agreed to a certain extent. Where do you make the cuts? No matter what you do someone is now going to get hurt because of it. Perhaps making proportionately equal cuts across the board would work. The people who said this are the higher-middle class and maybe even the upper class. All they see is their own profit and refuse to see that some need help. These are your hard-core, right-winged conservative Republicans. The TEA party.
- 25% say We are taxed fairly but most isn't needed. This seems to be the most logical answer. It puts a check on government spending and at the same time should provide for the community as a whole. These are your Independents, centrists-right leaning conservative Democrats, and majority of Republicans.
- 15% say We are taxed a lot but most is needed. This seems to be the most compassionate. This is probably where most liberals fall into place. But that only shows that liberals do not think all the way through. They think that spending is one way of fixing things.
- 10% say We aren't taxed enough. Please prove this to be correct. When most lower-middle class family's houses are now in jeopardy if being foreclosed due to property tax, how can raising taxes higher be helpful in any way? The people who said this are those who are hurting and feel the only way to get out of any mess is by someone helping them pay. These are your far left liberals, crazed maniacs like Dennis Kucinich.
- 5% say We aren't really taxed a lot compared to most places so it doesn't bother me. These are people who think they know it all or who have been to Europe and think they have a better way of taxing people. In reality, they do not know much of anything.
- 0% say We are taxed fairly and all is needed. Zero percent? Enough said? Read more below.
- 15% say Other. Explain.
Not one person said we are taxed fairly AND all is needed. We all (assuming the 15% who said "other" are mentally stable) know that taxes actually do good for the community. It keeps government running. It accomplishes certain feats of what our Declaration says we are entitled to, such as providing our common defense and promotes a general welfare. Notice it does not say uncommon defense or every welfare. Taxes are not supposed to used for unusual cases or to give everyone a perfect life. They are collected to created a security for the community/state as a whole. But some people think they are to be used to provide everything for everyone. No. That is called mooching. That is why 55% understand that many of the taxes are not needed. They provide an unnecessary security blanket for those who want to live off others. We have all seen this video but here is a prime example of what this means, http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AlyMUSmXOtSWuvVo21zL8pabvZx4?p=obama+my+car+paid+for&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-701. This lady does not live in reality. You have to feel sorry for her because you can feel that she has been hurting her whole life by her emotions. But, taxes are not for this purpose. Hard work, education, doing the right thing at the right time, patience, and a little luck even helps you get out of economic disparity. When these don't fall into place this is where certain taxes can help.
The TEA party started out as way of protesting the Obama way of viewing economics. But as of lately they may have gone to the dark side and lost compassion for the rest of us. Please do not group all conservatives with this group.
2 comments:
I don't believe the woman in the video meant what you obviously think she meant. I think she just meant that things were going to get easier. I agree, she doesn't live in reality...but I don't think she meant "Woo-hoo! I can live off the government!"
Again. I had to choose "other". We're not taxed fairly...but most is needed. When I say we're not taxed fairly, I mean, of course, the loop-holers. I think I read somewhere that almost 40 percent of Americans don't pay income tax. I hate income tax. I never get those "cuts" or "loopholes". This was my worst year ever! I made about 20,000 less last year than prior and yet...I owed the government more????? And then I owed city taxes because my job chooses not to pay them. How is that fair? How can I make less, but owe more?
Flat income tax rate OR GET RID OF IT! What you owe is what you pay. No loopholes. No getting out of it. No deductions. Or get rid of it! Go with my 5% sales tax on everything and make it fair. Let me decide how many taxes I pay by what I buy.
So, again. My choice wasn't there. There's your explanation.
Hugs!
What else can it she have meant? All the words she said point right to that.
Thank you for explaining "other". I always try to add it as an option but no one ever explains why they chose it. And if I thought if this the way you did, I would have said other as well. I agree that a flat rate would be fair. But in all fairness to the IRS (tongue in cheek), you owe the same amount as anyone else in your income bracket, to begin with. Then Congress takes over ands steals more from you. I am in the 9.9% bracket. I tell the IRS to take out 13% or so each year and then I get a refund. Some people only allow the IRS to take 5% out by claiming 1 or 2 on their W-4 or whatever the paper is and end up paying the rest later.
The point about the loopholes is the greatest point here! I hate all of the commercials about tax firms and/or things like Turbo tax that say "we can get you more taxes back than what others can". Why? HOW???? Like you said, what you owe is what you pay. Now if you do something that helps the community as a whole, like contributions to charities, then okay. But using lunch receipts to write off taxes, blah!
Everything should have a sales tax:
3.33% to federal
3.33% to state
3.33% to local
0.01% to schools
No property tax.
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