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Re: “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the federal income tax.”- Albert Einstein.
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Wed, 16 Apr 2003 03:16:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
Seeing how this is tax day in the US (but not tax freedom day, that comes
quite a bit later in the year), this topic seems fitting... The subject
quote is from this article

http://www.nationalreview.com/moore/moore041503.asp

We may have the most complicated tax plan in the world...

Sad thing is it doesn't have to be that way:
http://www.fairtax.org/

JOHN



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  Re: “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the federal income tax.”- Albert Eins
 
(...) paying about 30-40% of your *income* right now[?]. Who decides what "necessities" are? Are stocks and shares "necessities"? Clothing? Books? A haircut? Anything other than a “trailer” for a home? Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the federal income tax.”- Albert Einstein.
 
(...) have to point out that of all the posters to this thread that responded to my original post, you came the closest to actually addressing what was being said. What the article was addressing was not how much tax ought to be paid, nor how much (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the federal income tax.”- Albert Einstein.
 
(...) have to point out that of all the posters to this thread that responded to my original post or any other, you came the closest to actually addressing what was being said. What the article was addressing was not how much tax ought to be paid, (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the federal income tax.”- Albert Einstein.
 
Seeing how this is tax day in the US (but not tax freedom day, that comes quite a bit later in the year), this topic seems fitting... The subject quote is from this article (URL) may have the most complicated tax plan in the world... (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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