[lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 11:26:08 -0400
> [Original Message]
> From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 5/24/2005 11:01:03 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end
>
> At 10:50 AM 5/24/2005, you wrote:
> >Did you read the link I sent? Probably not. As I recall, you also
support
> >pharma's right to rip you off and don't say a word against the tax that
> >they're imposing on you. It's they're right to do that. Regarding
raising
> >taxes and getting less for it, have you noticed that the candy bar that
> >used to cost 50 cents now costs 99 cents and there's less in it? Is that
> >not a tax? Likewise did you notice that the car that you used to pay
> >$12,000 for is now $25,000? Is that not a tax?
>
> No, it's not tax. It's called inflation and also 'gouging' I think you
> called it. And the difference is, I DON'T HAVE to pay for things on
> penalty of jail.
>
A.A. In other words, you think government should be immune from inflation.
You may not have to pay drug prices under penalty of jail, but quite
possibly under penalty of death or disability if you have a treatable
disease and can't afford them. Especially since the drug prices are
artifiically high.
> >Where are the complaints?
>
> I complain every day and I DO something by NOT paying for these things.
I
> refuse to pay 4 times the amount I paid for something when I used to make
> half as much. That's not commensurate. And THAT's what is happening. You
> think the government cares? HELL NO. I can't even give your old clunker
> (which apparently has a blue-book value of $5000) to my daughter without
> her having to pay a hefty 400 (sales tax) levy. The government LOVES the
> high prices. They work on piece-work you know!
>
A.A. They work the same way everything works. Humans don't change much,
inside government or out of it.
> >Government costs money to run like everything else. Why are you so
> >surprised and outraged you're getting less and paying more there?
>
> I'm not surprised. I'd have to be stupid.
>
A.A. You sound outraged that they're charging more while never mentioning
all the other merchandise and services that went up.
> >The answer is to get rid of government, or pare it down close to zero
for
> >you to keep your money. Would you want that, and how would your life be
> >improved if that were to happen?
>
> I would be able to spend my OWN money on things I want to instead of
giving
> more than half of it to a government to subsidize a bunch of people who
> AREN'T giving half of THEIR money. For ME, personally, it would be an
> 'improved' life. It kills me that people who make paltry sums of money,
and
> people on public assistance can get free dental care while I CAN'T AFFORD
> to go to the dentist. I'm literally sacrificing MY own comfort for
theirs.
> That's simply not right.
>
A.A. Life is unfair. You always have the option of becoming poor and
getting free dental care, which I have a feeling is pretty minimal. If
you're going to change the system, you have to think ahead of time how you
would like the system to look before you change it. Just off the top of
the head platitudes about keeping more of our money are meaningless. Would
you feel better if all social services were eliminated? If so, you might
want to take a look at a third world country.
Andy Amago
> Paul
>
> ##########
> Paul Stone
> pas@xxxxxxxx
> Kingsville, ON, Canada
>
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