The American Revolution was sparked in part by unjust taxation. After all, the colonists in Boston rebelled against Britain for imposing "taxation without representation," and summarily tossed English tea into the harbor in protest in 1773.
Nowadays Americans collectively spend more than 6 billion hours each year filling out tax forms, keeping records, and learning new tax rules according to the Office of Management and Budget. Complying with the byzantine U.S. tax code is estimated to cost the American economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually – time and money that could otherwise be used for more productive activities like entrepreneurship and investment, or just more family and leisure time.
The majority of these six billion hours sacrificed by Americans to Washington each year goes to complying with a tax that didn't even exist until 100 years ago – the federal income tax.
Worse still, this tax has become a political weapon for Washington to incentivize certain activities (home ownership, charitable giving, etc.) and to punish others. It's a tax that follows Americans wherever they go in the world, and it's one that was originally sold to the American people by President Woodrow Wilson as a means of "soaking the rich" during the so-called Gilded Age.
How did a country that was founded on the concept of limited government come to embrace such a draconian policy? And what does it say about Washington that tax reform has become synonymous with class warfare and corporate lobbyists?
Read on to learn the history of the 16th Amendment – which authorized the federal collection of an income tax – and how that power has ultimately meant the growth of Washington at the expense of just about everyone else.
Continue reading The 16th Amendment: How the U.S. Federal Income Tax Became D.C.'s Favorite Political Weapon (https://ammo.com/articles/us-federal-income-tax-guide-16th-amendment-history#nine) at Ammo.com (https://ammo.com/).
Just once, just one time, I'd like to hear some liberal Democrat claim that they had too much money. I would suggest that the Democrat take their excess money and send it to the government, they will certainly know how to spend it. No Democrat will EVER claim that they have too much money, instead they will raise taxes on the working class or "lesser class" as Democrats like to think of them. In this way, Democrats can create social programs that encourage slothfulness, lying and promiscuity that the Democrat can then raise taxes even higher to "fix". In the mean time, they have lots of government jobs to offer their supporters.
My mom, the greatest woman in the world who also happens to be very liberal, once said something to the effect that we should raise taxes to pay for more government programs. I pointed out that she already has the option of paying additional taxes, so why doesn't she? Crickets.
Quote from: ammodotcom on December 29, 2020, 04:36:59 PM
My mom, the greatest woman in the world who also happens to be very liberal, once said something to the effect that we should raise taxes to pay for more government programs. I pointed out that she already has the option of paying additional taxes, so why doesn't she? Crickets.
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"Noooo, not me, the rich people"....
Quote from: Solar on December 29, 2020, 04:59:31 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
"Noooo, not me, the rich people"....
Yeah, the word "rich" being defined by Democrats as ANYONE who doesn't support socialism/communism!
Quote from: RV on December 29, 2020, 07:27:05 PM
Yeah, the word "rich" being defined by Democrats as ANYONE who doesn't support socialism/communism!
Yep, if the govt isn't subsidizing you, you must be rich!
Quote from: ammodotcom on December 28, 2020, 01:41:21 PM
The American Revolution was sparked in part by unjust taxation. After all, the colonists in Boston rebelled against Britain for imposing "taxation without representation," and summarily tossed English tea into the harbor in protest in 1773.
Nowadays Americans collectively spend more than 6 billion hours each year filling out tax forms, keeping records, and learning new tax rules according to the Office of Management and Budget. Complying with the byzantine U.S. tax code is estimated to cost the American economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually – time and money that could otherwise be used for more productive activities like entrepreneurship and investment, or just more family and leisure time.
The majority of these six billion hours sacrificed by Americans to Washington each year goes to complying with a tax that didn't even exist until 100 years ago – the federal income tax.
Worse still, this tax has become a political weapon for Washington to incentivize certain activities (home ownership, charitable giving, etc.) and to punish others. It's a tax that follows Americans wherever they go in the world, and it's one that was originally sold to the American people by President Woodrow Wilson as a means of "soaking the rich" during the so-called Gilded Age.
How did a country that was founded on the concept of limited government come to embrace such a draconian policy? And what does it say about Washington that tax reform has become synonymous with class warfare and corporate lobbyists?
Read on to learn the history of the 16th Amendment – which authorized the federal collection of an income tax – and how that power has ultimately meant the growth of Washington at the expense of just about everyone else.
Continue reading The 16th Amendment: How the U.S. Federal Income Tax Became D.C.'s Favorite Political Weapon (https://ammo.com/articles/us-federal-income-tax-guide-16th-amendment-history#nine) at Ammo.com (https://ammo.com/).
I'm sure some one saw this happening...
But it didn't just happen, it was the planned, and maybe needed in order for us to have a country today.
You have to remember, part of the reason that we even have a Constitution is because under the Articles of Confederation it was too difficult for our National government to raise funds (via taxes/imposts) or troops.
Quote from: ModelCitizen on January 03, 2021, 06:22:45 AM
I'm sure some one saw this happening...
But it didn't just happen, it was the planned, and maybe needed in order for us to have a country today.
You have to remember, part of the reason that we even have a Constitution is because under the Articles of Confederation it was too difficult for our National government to raise funds (via taxes/imposts) or troops.
Typical Democrat answer, they never think that it's about rights for individuals. Democrats always think that it has to do with their "god" MONEY!