Thus said Michael Torrie on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:01:22 MDT: > Having lived for 20 years in Canada and then here for more than 10, I > can say that when all is said and done, we pay almost the same amount > for all our services as they do. For example, start with taxes, then > add in the various insurances premiums and health-care costs. Ideally > it is still lower here than there (the amount removed from the > paycheck each month), but not by much. It is just that it is easier to > digest because it's divided up and taken out a piece at a time (fed > income tax, state income tax, health premium, social security, > unemployment insurance, etc) that it is seems much more appealing and > palatable.
Is this supposed to make me feel better about all the taxes we have to pay? Whether it comes out in small chunks or one lump sum, it still has the same effect on the ``bottom line.'' How many people would suddenly realize how much they really pay in taxes if we only had to pay a lump sum at the end of the year? How many people would then voluntarily pay this? They know that it is easier to nickle and dime than it is to demand it all at once, which is why unlawful methods like forcing it out of every paycheck is enacted. Also, whatever happened to voluntary taxation? Are we subjects under a King or are we sovereign freemen as our founding fathers intended? > So while I recognize this slide, I don't think it's necessarily bad. > I am extremely concerned over our hypocrisy when it comes to > globalization. We want the whole world to open up their markets to us, > but we're still more protectionist than China on many fronts. Would you agree then that protectionism is bad for our economy? Andy -- GnuPG ID 0xA63888C9 (D2DA 68C9 BB2B 26B4 8204 2219 A43E F450 A638 88C9) [-----------[system uptime]--------------------------------------------] 6:13pm up 74 days, 2:51, 2 users, load average: 1.22, 1.32, 1.26 .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
