Comments on: Income Tax

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:10:05 +0000

This is a lot more involved discussion than this posts comment area has room for. Keep in mind that I spent years getting a degree in economics and in the end you discover that there is little consensus. Some people think it is a good thing that the governments largest portion of spending is wealth transfers. Others don’t. Everyone who responds here will have a different opinion based on what they think the role of government ought to be.

Personally, I say long live the Constitution and the Republic. But I am just someone who fears a “well-meaning” government.

By: Lance

Lance — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:39:18 +0000

That’s a good point. Though I would argue that, as a healthy middle class single predominantly pacifist white male, almost all of the work my government does is for other people. It’s not an exchange … it’s me paying my bloated and inefficient government to provide services for other people.

It’s interesting how we talk about America’s freedom while conveniently ignoring how “mandated” things (i.e. taxes, social security, social programs, the military, insurance) have socialized our system. And it’s particularly remarkable to me how blurred the lines are between “capitalist” America and “communist” China.

By: Wicker

Wicker — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:55:29 +0000

isn’t the government just trading the labor it does for YOU for your money. I mean it is mandated, but is it really that much different than your job?

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:20:45 +0000

Move to Florida (or Texas) where there is no income tax!

On a more serious note, I hear you man - I have a hard time understanding how the government justifies the VERY high percentage of money they take from me (via taxation). Then again, I’m not an economist, and the specifics of state and national economies is beyond my understanding…