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Well it is never going to change, so it doesn't matter what would and wouldn't work.
You're right, and it wouldn't work. When you pay property taxes, are people only paying taxes on their equity? Do you know how levered rich people are? It would not have the impact you think it would have.
Most of the time I buy off road diesel 2500 gallons at a time.....the taxes are paid on that except road tax.
I buy a lot of gas....but, all fuels are write offs...so that equals out.
What I do is spend...a lot (IMO)...my expense last year was about $750,000.
My well rig was about depreciated out so I bought a new one...that was about $600,000.
This all puts money in the economy and makes jobs.
I work on the idea that we are not taxed on what we make...we are taxed on what we keep.
It has worked well for me.....for about 25 years.
But in a philosophical sense, what would be "unjust" about paying taxes on what we use, not what we make or keep?
To me, that fit's right into the way most everything else works (when it's working properly). If I receive goods or services, I'd expect that I should pay for them. I go to the store for a gallon of milk... I should (and expect to) pay for it.
As far as taxing on what we make or what we keep... well, I don't really see the justification there. The way taxation works now, it seems more like a little boy in a sandbox with folded arms, sobbing and screaming that he is going to go home, and kicking sand in everyone else's faces because he doesn't have as many toys as the other kids. Who the hell decided he should have?
But in a philosophical sense, what would be "unjust" about paying taxes on what we use, not what we make or keep?
To me, that fit's right into the way most everything else works (when it's working properly). If I receive goods or services, I'd expect that I should pay for them. I go to the store for a gallon of milk... I should (and expect to) pay for it.
As far as taxing on what we make or what we keep... well, I don't really see the justification there. The way taxation works now, it seems more like a little boy in a sandbox with folded arms, sobbing and screaming that he is going to go home, and kicking sand in everyone else's faces because he doesn't have as many toys as the other kids. Who the hell decided he should have?
I decide what I should have.....and never understood why others don't do the same.
Yeah but he had lots of tax write offs for business expenses. A million bucks spent on a weekend in Florida, 60 million for a trip to Africa, 30 million to go to Hawaii....
I kind of wonder why Tea Party types dont volunteer more since they support Medicare, Medicaid for seniors, Tricare, VA, and all the defense spending. The first person in line should be a Tea Partier...oh I forgot they dont pay taxes...most are part of Romney's 47%.
Oh, they are tapped out. They give all their money to putative Sheriff Joe. Just ask Britt!
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