No Tax at All

Schools don't need federal funding. Only those with children in school should be paying the cost. It should be handled at the local community level.

No pay needed for politicians. If they spent less time politicking, they've have more time to make money doing something else. There's no reason for them to be in session so much. Most of that is wasted time, voting on things that should never be introduced in the first place. If the federal government was as small as it should be, they could accomplish everything they needed to in 2 weeks a year.

No funding at the federal level.

No funding.


What should be funded? Military (enough to defend our national borders) and infastructure.

 

A little truth in reporting would add significance to your posts. I said No income tax (I assume we're speaking of Federal taxes). I didn't say no tax at all.

 

When speaking about what government should spend our tax dollars on, the level of government you are speaking of is very pertinent. There are items that federal government should never spend on, yet a very localized form of government (as small as a neighborhood school board) may well spend money on. The spending may differ from area to area since we are talking about local communities or neighborhoods deciding what they will do.

On a whole, government spending should be a very small fraction of what it currently is.

 

You get what you pay for. if politicians (representatives of the people in a republic) aren't paid what kind of representation would we have? Well, the congress would be filled with the independently wealthy. Could you afford to work without pay? Is that representative government? I would say not.

 

In typical fashion, you totally ignore the portion of my post where I said that they should only need to work 2 weeks out of the year.

Are you also saying that the people in government now aren't independently wealthy?

 

>Are you also saying that the people in government now aren't independently wealthy?

Mostly not when they start. Only when they leave office. <G>

 

As much as I hate to say this, there is a thing called taxes for a reason. And that Uncle Sam needs to have his taxes, regardless.

 

On what basis do you make the statement that congress should only work 2 weeks per year. I ignored it because it didn't make sense but maybe if could could support the statement it might make sense.

 

If the federal government was as small as it should be, and only concerned about infastructure issues and the military, then there wouldn't be an agenda for more than 2 weeks a year. Right now, 95% of the time in congress is spent on issues that the federal government should never be dealing with.

 

Amazingly the Bible even comments on this...

Romans 13:1-7 NLT
(1) Obey the government, for God is the one who put it there. All governments have been placed in power by God.
(2) So those who refuse to obey the laws of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow.
(3) For the authorities do not frighten people who are doing right, but they frighten those who do wrong. So do what they say, and you will get along well.
(4) The authorities are sent by God to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for you will be punished. The authorities are established by God for that very purpose, to punish those who do wrong.
(5) So you must obey the government for two reasons: to keep from being punished and to keep a clear conscience.
(6) Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid so they can keep on doing the work God intended them to do.
(7) Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and import duties, and give respect and honor to all to whom it is due.

 

As we all know...congress is full of middle-class folk.

 

Well, people tend to get elected because they've excelled at something or are well known. About half of the Congress is made up of Lawyers. For these reasons i don't think there's much opportunity for the middle class to get elected.

 

I realize that taxes are a part of life, that they are unavoidable, & that they are to some degree neccesary for a government's survival. I also agree with Jesus when he said, "Pay to Cesar what is his...". This of course was referring to paying taxes. What I don't agree with is what gives the government the right to say that its entitled to more than what it should get? I don't believe that the government should be allowed to get more in taxes because I got to put more hours in.

I'm opposed to income tax, because it penalizes you for being successful. There needs to be a better way. I still believe in a national sales tax that replaces the income tax. There should be certain types of items exempt from this tax (food & clothing under a certain dollar amount to start with). This would allow people to control the amount of tax they pay by controlling their spending habits. This would also encourage people to save more, which is helpful when times are tough.

 

>I still believe in a national sales tax that replaces the income tax. There should be certain types of items exempt from this tax (food & clothing under a certain dollar amount to start with).

OK, as long as the death tax confiscates maybe 100% of everything over 100 times median pay else the working class will still pay 80% of their income to stay alive and the rich people will live on less than 10% of their annual increase.

Say a guy inherits a million bucks. His annual increase is $60K of which he spends $12,000 a year because he has a good income on his own and isn't going to change his life. Every 10 years or so his net worth doubles. He lives 30 years and leaves 10 million to his kid who does the same and leave 100 million to his kid. Now, the guy who starts with 100 million and leaves a billion to his kid. . . .

The working class guy who earns the median $40k or so leaves his kid a paid off house and enough cash to pay for the funeral and put 2 kids through college . . . maybe.

In other words, median class people have median class estates as do their kids and their kids and their kids while the rich class, their kids get richer and richer and richer.

Why do any of you working class people think that you or your kids will die anything but median class working people?

 

Some might consider this odd coming from me but actually it's not. The answer to your question is because we live in America. My Dad worked in a factory but I went to college and earned a BS/MS in Engineering. After working for 35 years in that profession I'm definitely better off than he was.

 

And, JustChristian, you've finally learned to spell Engineering as well! :laugh:

I hate to say it, but I actually agree with your comment .