> What torques me more than > anything else is we vote for the a**h***s.
you really shouldn't be upset about that. After all, the Boston Tea Party was all about no taxation without representation. It's better to be taxed by people you vote for than by people you don't vote for. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > Sent: 01 January 2008 21:01 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The last hamburger... > > > > > The taxes involved were a > > form of economic coercion. > And thats different from today in what way? > > Lets see, you get a tax break for buying a house, ( but only > on credit, > not with cash), you get a tax break for being married, (and having > children). You get taxed more if you use alcohol, or smoke > tobacco. > The tax system is used to punish for improper behavior, or in > some cases > proper behavior. Federal income taxes are so complicated > that you need > an expert to even find out what some of the tax breaks and > pitfalls are, > and even then the contradictory parts can bring you to grief. > Nothing > coercive about our current tax system. What torques me more than > anything else is we vote for the a**h***s. > > > graywolf wrote: > > It's all those foreigners who have moved here <GRIN>. > > > > What works when the taxors are more then a month away does > > not work so good when they are just next door(Revolution v. > > Civil War). In neither case was it the amount of the taxes, > > it was the unfairness of taxes. The taxes involved were a > > form of economic coercion. > > > > > > Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) > > Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com > > Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > > > > P. J. Alling wrote: > > > >> They will increase all fees to make up for "lost" revenue. > After what's > >> your's is theirs, at least in their minds. In Canada > that's not so bad, > >> when you consider the US revolted over a tax that by > todays standards > >> would be considered modest in the extreme. We put up with > a Tax Code > >> that if it were imposed by another country would be > considered an act of > >> war. > >> > >> David J Brooks wrote: > >> > >>> Well, happy New Year any way Tom.:-) > >>> Our Government(feds)will drop our GST by 1% tomorrow. > Just wondering > >>> what our provincial Government will up to make the difference up. > >>> > >>> Its a visous circle my friend > >>> > >>> Dave > >>> > >>> On Dec 31, 2007 4:46 PM, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> ...and potato chip crumbs were my New Years Eve dinner. Made > >>>> it through the year with a dollar and some change left over. > >>>> Yeh!!!! > >>>> > >>>> Next year Mr Bush and company are giving me a whole $15/mo > >>>> raise. I will be living high off the hog then, I tell you. > >>>> Who would have thought life was going to be so good? > >>>> > >>>> Happy New Year! > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Graywolf (Tom Rittenhouse) > >>>> Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com > >>>> Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ > >>>> > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > -- > I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. > A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. > When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world > -- Anonymous > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
