I like paying taxes.

[GoneOffShore]

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that and I agree.

“I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.”

This came from a friend of mine along with a link to a NYT Tom Friedman piece about Palin:

No one likes paying taxes. But think of the alternative. Is it really UNpatriotic to pay one's fair share of taxes, as Governor Sarah Palin says? And how can it possibly be called "Socialism" to pay taxes that will support our civilized way of life and to try to make our country better for everyone? Please. How else can we afford those things that make the USA such a great place to live? Security, Education, Environmental Protection, Culture, Social Security, Medicare, you name it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08friedman.html?emc=eta1

[midnight]

1. Excellent point. Who was it that said it is Patriotic to pay your

fair share of taxes? O boy this election is so full of good information. I need a bigger filing cabinet in my head.

[GoneOffShore]

2. I believe it was Joe Biden

[Swamp Rat]

3. Commie!

:D

[TahitiNut]

4. I've had years where I paid taxes in the highest bracket and years where I didn't pay taxes at all.

All things considered, I very much preferred the former to the latter.

[Greyhound]

5. I used to like it too.

I was very appreciative that I had earned enough money to help support others and was glad to be in that position.

Now, how they spent it was another matter, entirely.:grr:

[hfojvt]

6. the Cathy comic strip had a few where her accountant told her where her taxes went

One year she was paying for a committee to investigate why a certain Congressional committee got free donuts.

She said "wtf?"

and her accountant said "Don't feel bad. Last year you paid for the donuts."

One problem is that the press reports, as they should, instances of Government waste, fraud, and abuse. So most taxpayers feel like they know about some government waste, whether it is somebody on welfare who should/could get a job, or whether it is the janitors at the community center who get paid too much and screw around too much instead of working (that's where I work) or whether it is a stupid pork barrel project.

Second, people have this attitude that "the government is wasting MY money" as if they pay more than .000001% of all the country's taxes. I pay about $2,000 in FICA taxes, for example, which is .00000035% of the over $600 billion in FICA taxes collected.

So many of us get more than our share of the benefits for something like the Interstate highway system, for example, than the share we pay of the costs. Not to mention things like food safety and clean water, etc. Yet those same people will be encouraged to complain about the 5% of waste that they can see (or are told about) while ignoring the 95% of the benefits they get from government programs. Only bad things are news, you see, and Candidate X can only get elected if they say bad things about their opponent.

[still_deciding]

7. “I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.”

“I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.”

It seems like the more taxes I pay, the less civilized things are becoming.
The corporations pass on the taxes they pay to the consumer. The worker bees can't pass their taxes on to anyone.
If this is civilization, I'll take anarchy.

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Drivers License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road UsageTax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt and had the largest middle class in the world.

[gatorboy]

8. "100 years ago...had the largest middle class in the world."

Really? I find it hard to believe that 100 years ago a middle class actually existed. It's a modern day thing, you know?

[Cerridwen]

9. A 100 years ago? Hmmm, let's play...1908

Edit - damn. He was killed before I could torture him. *sigh*

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax You wanna live in a building not up to code?
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax Let's talk rabies in 1908.
Drivers License Tax Number of cars on the road in 1908.
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax Infrastructure was built by???? Oh yeah, not much of one back then.
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Outta work? Outta luck.
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax What quality of food would you like to eat? FDA is about to show you what you get when you don't pay attention to food quality and ingredients.
Fuel Permit Tax Number of autos on the road?
Gasoline Tax Cars on the road in 1908?
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) That pesky infrastructure.
Liquor Tax Yeah, uninspected liquor. That's gotta be fun.
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax Disabled? Too bad.
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax Old and broke? Too bad.
Road UsageTax Good roads back in 1908?
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax Lot o' them on the road back then?
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) Outta work? Outta luck.
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax Ya might wanna learn the history of the "phone company"
Utility Taxes Ya might wanna learn the history of "the utilities" while you're at it.
Vehicle License Registration Tax Cars or carriages?
Vehicle Sales Tax Cars or carriages.
Watercraft Registration Tax Canoe, row boats or paddle-wheelers?
Well Permit Tax Clean water sucks!
Workers Compensation Tax Hurt, maimed, killed on the job? Outta luck.

Next time you post shit, you might want to learn some history first and then make sure it doesn't comes from some neo-con wet dream.

[GoneOffShore]

10. Still Deciding?

So, would you prefer the chicken or the platter of shit with bits of broken glass?

And now I bet you're going to ask how the chicken is cooked.

[Cerridwen]

11. It already got pizza.

I don't think it was its choice, however. LOL

[GoneOffShore]

12. I occasionally suffer from premature posting.

I didn't check its status.

Good thing is that it kicked my post - so I have to say thank you there.

And do you think it enjoyed what it got?

I think those bits of broken glass are going to hurt later.

[Cerridwen]

13. I took a while to compose my post wondering all the time if the

ex-poster would still be there. I had a feeling its existence here was short lived.

In the meantime, I get to kick your thread again. :D

[GoneOffShore]

14. Thank you.

And thanks for the well composed list of taxes with the crossouts.

Excellent job.

[Cerridwen]

15. And the link from which they came.

:evilgrin:

As I was typing, I figured the poster would be gone but I was hoping the information might be useful in case that kind of crap pops up again so I kept typing.

You're welcome. Thank you. And, another kick.

:hi: