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Old 06-05-2017, 12:51 PM
 
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Same old story, business's and professionals protecting their turf by making it difficult for others to enter the market.
Cronyism at its best!
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Old 06-05-2017, 12:54 PM
 
Location: Texas
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You do realize that many people engage in 'cash' business to avoid having to declare the "certain amount of $$$ a year", right? So, those people who don't report their cash income do a disservice to the rest of us who report our income, and pay the sales and income taxes on it. They are cheats, plain and simple, so lets teach the kids at a young age to become cheats.
The income tax is theft. Someone should have taught you stealing is not okay even though you agree with the cause.
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Old 06-05-2017, 01:01 PM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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Income tax is NOT theft. Taxes are the dues you owe for being a member of the club called the United States of America. If you do not pay the dues them get out of the club. You are not welcome.
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Old 06-05-2017, 02:36 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Same old story, business's and professionals protecting their turf by making it difficult for others to enter the market.
This is true of almost all government licensing.
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Old 06-05-2017, 02:44 PM
 
Location: 89434
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When I was a teenager in the mid-2000s, I used to mow grass. Back then, I didn't need a permit or health inspection because nobody cared. Now, everything's regulated. I feel sorry for kids these days who are trying to get a job with no work experience.
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Old 06-05-2017, 06:28 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Income tax is NOT theft.
Income taxes ARE theft.
Theft - A criminal act in which property belonging to another is taken without that person's consent.

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Taxes are the dues you owe for being a member of the club called the United States of America.
Because YOU say so? pffft
Funny how America did just dandy before the income tax in 1913. We had schools, roads, been in 9 wars and didn't loose any.

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If you do not pay the dues them get out of the club. You are not welcome.
You don't get to make the rules for me. Last time someone tried that garbage we kicked them all the way back to Great Britain.
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Old 06-05-2017, 06:43 PM
 
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dont see the problem, today yards are running $40, he can pay that fee in one day mowing before noon. why should he get a break that nobody else does
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Old 06-05-2017, 07:05 PM
 
Location: Texas
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dont see the problem, today yards are running $40, he can pay that fee in one day mowing before noon. why should he get a break that nobody else does
Wrong question. Why does anyone need to pay a fee in order to cut grass?
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Old 06-06-2017, 12:11 AM
 
Location: 89434
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Income tax is NOT theft. Taxes are the dues you owe for being a member of the club called the United States of America. If you do not pay the dues them get out of the club. You are not welcome.
But refusing to pay the dues you call "taxes" would land you in prison, not kicked out like some membership club. You could pack up and whisk away to another country but you still have to pay U.S. taxes until the day you renounce citizenship.
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Old 06-06-2017, 12:39 AM
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Location: Pine Grove,AL
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But refusing to pay the dues you call "taxes" would land you in prison, not kicked out like some membership club. You could pack up and whisk away to another country but you still have to pay U.S. taxes until the day you renounce citizenship.
U.S. citizenship comes with perks other nations do not afford.

The truth is that income tax is a payment for services rendered..... like it or not.
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