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Re: “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the federal income tax.”- Albert Einstein.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 18 Apr 2003 02:28:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> 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
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> > http://www.nationalreview.com/moore/moore041503.asp
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> > We may have the most complicated tax plan in the world...
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> Sad thing is it doesn't have to be that way:
> http://www.fairtax.org/
I'm not necessarily in favor or against that particular tax scheme, but I
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 government service is appropriate, but the mechanics of the system.
Whether you think 20% of income is right, or 50% is right, or whatever, it's
difficult to see how you could think that a tax code that is 7 million pages
long is a good thing.
There are items in that tax code that apply to only one person or only one
company. (sometimes accidentally, but often deliberately due to heavy
lobbying) There are items that contradict other items. And on and on and on.
My own return this year was over 50 pages after I printed it out. Way over.
The US tax code is, in my view, broken. No matter what rate you think is
appropriate. Anyone actually disagree with that assertion?
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