Gee, I can't wait to pay my taxes

OnDborder · Feb 9, 2007, 04:27 PM

In order for more crap like this to go on with our tax donations to the feds.. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/...rss_topstories

363 tons of 50 and 100 dollar bills

gone in just months. I guess you all know what our money is based on.. It's so easy for the feds to just print it up and ship it out.

Some of that cash probably ended up buying weapons to kill/injure the US personel.. Someone needs to be prosecuted.

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Feb 9, 2007, 04:40 PM

I just got my tax return.

Falstaff · Feb 9, 2007, 05:41 PM

I have to pay english taxes....and american taxes...this year sucks..
if you make over 120K you pay and pay!

**Asmoday** · Feb 9, 2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Falstaff

I have to pay english taxes....and american taxes...this year sucks..
if you make over 120K you pay and pay!

With that kind of income you can afford to pay!

Lelisevis · Feb 9, 2007, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Falstaff

I have to pay english taxes....and american taxes...this year sucks..
if you make over 120K you pay and pay!

Oh my heart bleeds you poor soul

. That was four years work in my previous job LOL.

PS, just noticed the wolfs on the left of your sig, do you have a larger copy of that you could PM me.

Sandok · Feb 9, 2007, 05:50 PM

Well techincally taxes are proportional to the amount of $$$ you make... I don't got any taxes to pay, being a student but my dad on the otherhand, ouch

cozumel · Feb 9, 2007, 06:02 PM

Out of interest, is there anyone out there in DHland who lives in a country where they feel they get good value for money from their taxes or does it suck the world over?

SFOSOK · Feb 9, 2007, 06:09 PM

I still find it absolutely dispicable that people have to pay a higher percent if they make more money.

A set percent would affect everyone equally. While I don't make millions of dollars a year I don't think they should have to pay a higher percent than someone who make 50K or less a year.

Its like punishing someone for their hard work and self sacrifice and just because you have the money doesn't make it ok for you to be over taxed.

***temeteus82*** · Feb 9, 2007, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by OnDborder

Some of that cash probably ended up buying weapons to kill/injure the US personel.. Someone needs to be prosecuted.

Who's idea was it to go there... And who said that they need money to rebuild.....

cozumel · Feb 9, 2007, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SFOSOK

I still find it absolutely dispicable that people have to pay a higher percent if they make more money.

A set percent would affect everyone equally. While I don't make millions of dollars a year I don't think they should have to pay a higher percent than someone who make 50K or less a year.

Its like punishing someone for their hard work and self sacrifice and just because you have the money doesn't make it ok for you to be over taxed.

I assume your not including families who live on or close to the poverty line. Why shouldn't people such as myself pay more to ensure that those children are able to have a happy childhood? I am very happy to pay higher taxes to assist the disadvantaged. I earn more money than I need to have a good life.

cozumel · Feb 9, 2007, 06:39 PM

In fact David Beckham, IMHO, should pay at least 99% otherwise he's just plain greedy..

No-one can say that people like him work their butts off for evry dollar they earn. Kind of takes to post I just made in the Anna Nicole thread about the problems with modern society. This Beckham salary is another example of societies general poor health.

OnDborder · Feb 9, 2007, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by temeteus82

Who's idea was it to go there... And who said that they need money to rebuild.....

Who's idea?
Rumsfeld, Chenney, and Wolfowitz.
Bush just had to have a reason.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Pe...tion_0207.html

***temeteus82*** · Feb 10, 2007, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by OnDborder

Who's idea?
Rumsfeld, Chenney, and Wolfowitz.
Bush just had to have a reason.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Pe...tion_0207.html

I would hold all four responsible for this mess....

~~DudeBoyz~~ · Feb 10, 2007, 03:27 AM

The inequity does suck. I wish that somehow there was a better balance in terms of the distribution of wealth.

But I've always been one to pay my taxes. I don't like to shirk my responsibilities and never really seek to avoid paying.

The way things end up getting spent may not be quite the way I would prefer, but I never feel as though I don't do my part to contribute to society in general through those taxes.

I fund my local schools and libraries through taxes, along with the building of roads and subsidizing health care for the poor and elderly through Medicare and Medicaid.

I also vote so that I can try to participate in electing candidates that don't try to screw the system. But sometimes, if the majority of folks in my area vote for a dork, then we get stuck with that dork, my vote not withstanding.

But, all things considred, at least I can go to bed and sleep with a fairly clean conscience.

I can only do what I can do, after all.

Sandok · Feb 10, 2007, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SFOSOK

I still find it absolutely dispicable that people have to pay a higher percent if they make more money.

What? I guess America must be like CH where the richer pay more tax but it's always proportional to the amount of money you make. Rich people can afford it and it keeps the system running...

There is a good reason 90% of countries have such a way of collecting taxes