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Author Topic:   Devising the best taxation
ringo
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Message 8 of 70 (439604)
12-09-2007 2:00 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by Hyroglyphx
12-09-2007 1:11 PM


Re: Fixing the system
Nemesis_Juggernaut writes:
Any time a government taxes the hell out of you unnecessarily, makes it so that the people cannot pour money that should be going in to the economy.
So, where does all that tax money go, if not into the economy?

Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

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ringo
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From: frozen wasteland
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Message 13 of 70 (439610)
12-09-2007 2:26 PM
Reply to: Message 12 by Buzsaw
12-09-2007 2:22 PM


Re: Fixing the system
Buzsaw writes:
In my upstate NY county the lion's share of it goes into expanding the government and salaries of the fatcats who have expanded their buracracy tenfold over the last fifty years while the oppressed worker population has remained static with zero population growth.
And what do the fatcats do with the money?

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ringo
Member (Idle past 439 days)
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From: frozen wasteland
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Message 16 of 70 (439615)
12-09-2007 2:55 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by Buzsaw
12-09-2007 2:41 PM


Re: Fixing the system
Buzsaw writes:
They invest it in stocks, bonds, IRAs etc...
In other words, they invest it in American businesses.
... and retire with ever expansive benefits wintering in Florida, Hawaii....
The last I checked, Florida and Hawaii were still part of the US, so much of that money stays in the US economy.
... and squandering it in the casinos...
American casinos employing thousands of Americans?
... doling it out to other well to doer fat cats who couldn't care less about my county's wrecked economy.
My point is that high taxes aren't to blame for wrecking your economy. Most of the money stays in the economy.
A lot of countries with higher taxes have healthier economies. I can see one of them from here.
Edited by Ringo, : Splling.

Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

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ringo
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From: frozen wasteland
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Message 49 of 70 (439761)
12-10-2007 10:10 AM
Reply to: Message 48 by Buzsaw
12-10-2007 9:59 AM


Re: Fixing the system
Buzsaw writes:
Meanwhile, the fatcats feeding at the public trough in my county get fatter, government continues to expand and the workers here who don't leave continue to bear heavier burdens.
You seem to be talking about corruption, not taxation.
Fatcats - government or private - will always be a burden on the common man, but that has nothing to do with taxation levels. Once again: all that money gets recirculated in the economy. If you're concerned about "fairness", you should be thinking about redistribution of wealth.
Edited by Ringo, : Spellinge.

Disclaimer: The above statement is without a doubt, the most LUDICROUS, IDIOTIC AND PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WILLFUL STUPIDITY, THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OR HEARD.

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