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Old 06-20-2014, 11:24 PM
 
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That wasn't even the best part of the meeting. The best part was when he told them that he didn't think an apology was owed. That was the best part. Good for him.
Yes. It's always impressive when the commissioner of the IRS tells the American taxpayer to go
**** themself He is one more reason we need to get rid of the IRS and just have a Nat'l
sales tax. Dead weight, all of them.
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Old 06-21-2014, 12:45 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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And things like this are why I am happy I spent the day at Coney Island with friends and family because that is more important to me than Paul Ryan whining over a fictional scandal.
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Old 06-21-2014, 12:48 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Yes. It's always impressive when the commissioner of the IRS tells the American taxpayer to go
**** themself He is one more reason we need to get rid of the IRS and just have a Nat'l
sales tax. Dead weight, all of them.
So you think people should pay 20-40% sales tax on everything they buy, which it would be that high when you combine it with state and local sales taxes. Seems like that does nothing but punish the middle class and poor, you know the people who can't go overseas to buy things to avoid the high sales taxes.

Is there even a country in the world that just has a national sales tax as their only source of taxation?
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Old 06-21-2014, 12:50 AM
 
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And things like this are why I am happy I spent the day at Coney Island with friends and family because that is more important to me than Paul Ryan whining over a fictional scandal.
Government wants our trust but won't let us verify. Why?

Are they afraid that we'll find out the truth?
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Old 06-21-2014, 12:53 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Government wants our trust but won't let us verify. Why?

Are they afraid that we'll find out the truth?
What are you trying to verify? The government is made up of Americans, I trust the government as much as I trust other Americans.
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Old 06-21-2014, 12:54 AM
 
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So you think people should pay 20-40% sales tax on everything they buy, which it would be that high when you combine it with state and local sales taxes. Seems like that does nothing but punish the middle class and poor, you know the people who can't go overseas to buy things to avoid the high sales taxes.

Is there even a country in the world that just has a national sales tax as their only source of taxation?
Yes, why not? Less government control and buying of votes and everyone contributes.
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Old 06-21-2014, 12:56 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Yes, why not. Less government control and buying of votes and everyone contributes.
So you would prefer to cripple people with high sales taxes making it harder for them to buy goods just so you didn't have to file taxes every year, seems absurd.
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Old 06-21-2014, 12:57 AM
 
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So you think people should pay 20-40% sales tax on everything they buy, which it would be that high when you combine it with state and local sales taxes. Seems like that does nothing but punish the middle class and poor, you know the people who can't go overseas to buy things to avoid the high sales taxes.

Is there even a country in the world that just has a national sales tax as their only source of taxation?
We should. Because we have a population that thinks it's ok to take without contributing. Maybe if they paid they wouldn't be so easy to buy.
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Old 06-21-2014, 12:59 AM
 
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So you would prefer to cripple people with high sales taxes making it harder for them to buy goods just so you didn't have to file taxes every year, seems absurd.
Are you willing to pay a CPA to decipher the tax code for me and other Americans WHO PAY TAXES?

lol, you didn't have a problem supporting high taxes on professionals like doctors and other hard working Americans. So I say let them get a taste of their own medicine.
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Old 06-21-2014, 01:01 AM
 
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So you would prefer to cripple people with high sales taxes making it harder for them to buy goods just so you didn't have to file taxes every year, seems absurd.
Have you ever seen the federal tax code? As of 2013, it had grown to 73,954 pages. Why????

Why can’t the government just simplify the tax code so that the average person can understand it?

Answer: To keep you ignorant and poor.
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