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Tax reform?

Posted by $ blarman 7 years, 7 months ago to Government
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The one statement in this that made me cringe came at the end: "How to pay for a bill will certainly be a key factor in how reform moves forward."

UGH Can I strangle this writer? Government isn't paying for anything? Taxpayers are! Everything government spends comes from the pocket of a taxpayer and government isn't "entitled" to one red cent! We don't need to pay to keep our own money! Government needs to stop spending money it doesn't have!

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  • Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 7 months ago
    Well, at least they are doing something.
    I could have had the entire Trump agenda completed by now. Probably Trump could have also if it wasn't for congress. This proves that at least, a few of them are awake.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Highest local taxes are where the most socialism is. Deducting them, give the socialists a break paying for federal services. If it were a zero sum game, I would agree with you, but a local tax deduction, does NOT limit federal government in any way.
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  • Posted by craigerb 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    State and local tax deductions keep money away from the central govt and keep it nearer to local govts.
    I shouldn't have to pay tax on my taxes!
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 7 years, 7 months ago
    I expected nothing good, but they proposed getting rid of AMT, and they took away local tax deductions!!!!!! Both awesome!!!!! Make Californians pay real federal taxes and their own nonsense. This will drive some local behaviors.
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  • Posted by term2 7 years, 7 months ago
    Taxation is theft no matter how you cut it. These bills just determine how much is stolen from each person. Fairness is not an issue at all. Its just how to GET the money out of the pockets of the people who will make the least political hell for the legislators
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  • Posted by unitedlc 7 years, 7 months ago
    Fairtax Fairtax Fairtax. We are never going to get rid of tax due to the moochers of the world, but at least get rid of the income productivity tax...
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Me dino was editing and adding to it as you wrote that.
    My dangerous dino mind was on a roll.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 7 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Reminds me of a scene from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where you have a bunch of small crustacean aliens jumping around yelling "yippee" until they get squished by a landing spaceship.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 7 years, 7 months ago
    Me dino thinks real tax reform is turning the IRS into an ugly memory found in history books.
    Effective spending reform should be tackled first.
    http://www.usdebtclock.org/
    Oops! Must have missed the news. We made it! We made it! We made the big 20! Yippee!
    "We're from the government and we are here to help you."
    "Damn the (debt)! Full speed ahead!"
    Obama to Joe the Plumber: "I want to spread the money around."
    And the hypocrite did just that, saying, "It's all Bush's fault."
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kuTG...
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  • Posted by $ blarman 7 years, 7 months ago
    While I like all of the proposed reforms in the article, it doesn't do anything about the real problem: spending.

    Here's my proposal for setting budgets: you get to budget to spend AT MOST 90% of what was actually brought in in tax receipts two years ago and that must include debt service. The other 10% goes toward paying down the debt until it is GONE, upon which we start putting money aside to deal with wars and natural disasters.
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