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Originally Posted by G. K. TEMUJIN
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and America was the most prosperous in the world...America will soon fall apart unless it mends it's ways !!!
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Entertaining and even somewhat educational post, G.K. But it is a bit silly to compare much of what's going on today to what was happening 100 years ago. True, we citizens didn't have a tax debt to the feds, states and local municipalities. But then, indoor plumbing was still considered an enormous luxury, you could pay off your medical bill with eggs and produce and there was hardly any regulation of commerce and industry. We had roughly 210 million fewer people crowding this land as well, and the idea that just about every American above age 18 would own their own mechanized transportation was a laughable concept.
No sir, it's not the taxes that are the problem, it's how the revenue earned from taxes is spent (i.e., wasted). I'd be willing to pay even a bit more each year if I knew it was going to be put to good use.