No. They raise taxes for some special purpose, get the okey dokey whether we like it or not, collect the tax, redirect the revenue, vote themselves a pay raise, then pork barrel any remaining money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rongar
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No. They raise taxes for some special purpose, get the okey dokey whether we like it or not, collect the tax, redirect the revenue, vote themselves a pay raise, then pork barrel any remaining money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rongar
Bahaha!!Quote:
Originally Posted by beerchaser
I got to keep more money and I don't even own a row boat. Less taxation is always good for everybody. Government operates on a use it or lose it cash flow theory. If a department doesn't use it's alloted money, they don't get that same amount next year whether they need it or not. Thus they spend every possible penny and wind up overbudget, which means they "need" more every year. Even the post office, which isn't part of the rest of the regular governmental budget operates this way.Quote:
Originally Posted by skudplayr
Yup
I agree that less taxing is nice, but in order for us to live in America we need to be taxed...without taxation, there would be no government or government programs...
Without taxation, the Internet and computers would not exist..So we wouldn't be talking right now
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And that would be a bad thing?Quote:
without taxation, there would be no government or government programs...
now I sound like an Anarchist...
yeah, because who would have come up the with ideas and the manpower to create the complex interstate highway system, and then got it created...
Could you guys imagine if we were stuck in the old days with just the old US Route Highways...that would be teh lose
Have need; raise money (tax); fulfill need; remove tax.
It's pretty simple, really. For some reason our politicians seem to think that their filling their own pockets by taking money from ours though.
*shrug*
(Of course, usually they are. But, that's another post)
Actually, alot of our tax dollars go over to Israel..did you know that we pay for their Universal Health Care...yet we don't have it
hehe
Now you're talking right up KingMob's ally!
:D
hey, just sayin it like it is...
how the **** did this convo turn in to a political convo...back to the topic
Taco Bell tastes amazing..but it's worse for you than eating a gonohrea infected vagina
lol
I have to disagree.Quote:
Originally Posted by skudplayr
I've had no negative side effects from eating Taco Bell.
Your lack of response to the other is a little disturbing...Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
^^^^^^^^^ I was thinking the same thing:confused: