But, without taxes, how would we pay for our wars? The war on terror, the war on drugs, the war on poverty....
I like the last war the best, but really, the answer to all three is edumacation. I suspect that Robert would be willing to go into debt if it was a war he believed in, but I wonder how we'd pay for it without paying for it... LOL. I am a nutter! (we were fine without income tax for years, so I'm just playing a bit, but sorta serious too) Carry on. -- Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. Henri Frederic Amiel On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > Spoken like a true capitalist! > > Realistically, there are so many entrenched interests around income taxation > - the IRS bureaucracy, accountants, lawyers, software companies - that it > would be difficult if not impossible to eliminate income taxes. The > government needs funds. Republicans look at taxes as a necessary evil to > enable government to do the things it must. Democrats look at taxes as a > means of wealth re-distribution. That is the core difference between the two > parties. > > > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Vivec wrote: > >> So why not move to a completely income tax free economy like the Cayman >> Islands? >> It's not like other countries don't do it. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:275121 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
