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Last year, between Federal, State and property taxes, I paid 44% of my income. That, of course, doesn't include the myriad other taxes that we pay for gasoline, telephone, cable, utilities, etc. AND O'scumbag wants to end the mortgage interest deduction which is the only deduction most families have aside from the dependent deduction.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

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ORIGINAL: lockedaway

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

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ORIGINAL: Marini
Well, I am a home owner so I get a few pennies back on that.
I went and got my current pay stub, I pay AT LEAST 30%-34% , of my yearly income
on Federal , State, and Property taxes.
**Also in Northern Virginia you also pay a Car tax!!!



Do you think I should just go ahead and pay 50% in taxes?
How much is fucking enough?

you also pay between 42 - 50 cents per gallon gas tax

I dont know what the natural gas tax is for heating

you pay for fcc tax on your phone plus transaction taxes

you pay 5 - 6 % on all goods you buy

all licenses are taxes

all insurance that is a "public" requirement is a tax.

anything required by the public, ordinance statute whatever is a tax.

just to name a few


the biggest kick in the ass is that the only way they can do this is to convert you to full corporate status with out limited corporate liability.

So forget being a Wo/Man cuz you all been fully fictionalized!

pay up or they come after you with guns and if you add up every tax you pay it would be about 70%, if not you missed something.

Last year, between Federal, State and property taxes, I paid 44% of my income.  That, of course, doesn't include the myriad other taxes that we pay for gasoline, telephone, cable, utilities, etc.  AND O'scumbag wants to end the mortgage interest deduction which is the only deduction most families have aside from the dependent deduction.

You think you can do better someplace else,go there.

You can`t, tho.So STFU and stop whining.

Btw,does your profile read as whiney as your forum posts do?

Maybe that`s why you`re single.

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The question I have is why are you siding with the criminals?

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ORIGINAL: lockedaway

Because he is the dumbest, greediest and most unethical person on this board.  His posts prove it time and time again.  Owner59 is a shameless, entitlement recipient and the enemy of everyone on this board that actually loves this country.  Do not think for one moment that if there was a tax proposal to take money directly from YOU and give it directly to Owner59, he would jump at the opportunity and take every dime you had.  

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ORIGINAL: Real0ne

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Because he is the dumbest, greediest and most unethical person on this board.  His posts prove it time and time again.  Owner59 is a shameless, entitlement recipient and the enemy of everyone on this board that actually loves this country.  Do not think for one moment that if there was a tax proposal to take money directly from YOU and give it directly to Owner59, he would jump at the opportunity and take every dime you had.  

thats my whole bitch about democracy et al.   Democracy is force, the 51% gang over the 49% gang vho votes to take all your shit (taxation) and then if you dont put out (property/income taxes) they come with guns and force you out.  Even if you take none of what they consider benefits.  Oh wait breathing is a benefit too.

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Oh, I am sure it pales in comparision to Bell.. a city manager that was paid twice the US President is. Aint that a hoot, if it werent so friggin sad..

"In this city of fewer than 40,000 — 90 percent Latino, with an income well below the national average — the tiny political class took advantage of the residents' lack of civic engagement to create a slop-filled public trough for elites while cutting services and laying off workers.

Thanks to the Los Angeles Times, the public learned that city manager Robert Rizzo was making nearly $800,000, or twice that of the president of the United States, while his deputy was paid $376,000. Police Chief Randy Adams was pulling in $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck."

http://www.laweekly.com/2010-07-29/news/city-of-bell-corruption/

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Oh, I am sure it pales in comparision to Bell.. a city manager that was paid twice the US President is. Aint that a hoot, if it werent so friggin sad..

"In this city of fewer than 40,000 — 90 percent Latino, with an income well below the national average — the tiny political class took advantage of the residents' lack of civic engagement to create a slop-filled public trough for elites while cutting services and laying off workers.

Thanks to the Los Angeles Times, the public learned that city manager Robert Rizzo was making nearly $800,000, or twice that of the president of the United States, while his deputy was paid $376,000. Police Chief Randy Adams was pulling in $457,000, 50 percent more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck."

http://www.laweekly.com/2010-07-29/news/city-of-bell-corruption/

In 2007, our long time school superintendent convinced the school board to give him a raise. He received a free home, car which was replaced each year at tax payer expense (he liked BMW), free health care for himself and his family. His kids went to private school, which the city school board paid for. All total he made over $1 Million a year and was the highest paid public school superintendent in the country. Keep in mind, Erie is only the fourth largest city in PA, our schools are shoddy, there are 3 nurses employed by the school district and they must travel from school to school, most classes don't have enough books for all the students and my son's social studies book was 25 years old when he was in 7th grade. My 11 year old niece isn't even learning cursive writing--they aren't teaching cursive any more in our schools.

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ORIGINAL: lockedaway

And then there's this:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/june-swoon-economy-added-almost-no-jobs-last-125737430.html

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Nope, I'm a die hard, bleeding heart liberal.

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Nope, I'm a die hard, bleeding heart liberal.

Why would anyone be a die-hard anything when it comes to national issues?

I'm just an American who doesn't follow a particular party line because not one party has all of the best answers.

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And then there's this:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/june-swoon-economy-added-almost-no-jobs-last-125737430.html

Eh, lockedaway, you are aware, I'm sure, that a lot of the job stiffling in June has been caused by the fact that so many government workers--teachers, police officers, etc., have been laid off? The private sector added jobs, but the public sector lost so many jobs, it amounted to only 18,000 new jobs total in June. I blame the republicans across the board for this jobs report.

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Democracy fails once 51% decides that the other 49% has to carry their freight. And that, my friend, is where this country is almooooooost at. Failure is imminent.

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I want to see the plan to shrink government before there is any talk of ANY taxes.