Letter from the Boss

[RTHolmes]

lol eagler, you'd all be calling each other comrade without taxes. what do you think paid for national defence during the cold war?

[Shuffler]

The government has no money. If your on handouts it comes from all your neighbors.

I pay alot of taxes on money that I earned. I employ 28 individuals. If you think everyone should be paid the same then go to a communist country. That is what they strive for. That is also why they have so little food and such. With everyone getting paid the same why strive to be better. Everyone can sit on their couch and get an income. No reason to plant crops, make electronics, cars, homes...........

No since in enjoying the fruits of democracy if you don't want to support it.

[Mickey1992]

INterestingly enough - most taxes are collected by sales taxes which run the local and state governments

Most?  Hardly.

2007 sales taxes totaled about $237 billion ($787 per capita x 237 million americans).
(source - http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/23857.html)

Federal income, corporate, etc tax revenue in 2006 was $2.4 TRILLION.
(source - http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/81xx/doc8116/05-18-TaxRevenues.pdf)

[Eagler]

lol eagler, you'd all be calling each other comrade without taxes. what do you think paid for national defence during the cold war?

they collect plenty for the military - it is the hand outs & bail outs which piss me off

to watch my 401k tank by the hour because of the retarded actions of the comrade in charge pisses me off worse

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

"If that happens, you can find me sitting on a beach, retired with no employees to worry about."


So what your tellin' me Mr. BOSS is if they tax YOU like they have taxed the rest of US, then your going to close your company, JUMP STATE, and sit back in a chair and sip cheaply made alcaholic drinks till the day your heart stops.


Something tells me this guy is not born state side, most likely some india immigrant or something.


I dont know any (True) american (True) that would jump state no matter how bad things got.



He makes more, they take more, every tax he mentioned is tax's we ALL pay (with the exception of the employee payroll one) so basicly what hes sayin' is he makes 20 dollers a week,and the government took 50 cents of it.



Booh'freakit'ty hoo.

[Nilsen]

You just did...   

hush

[Vudak]

It's easy enough to say that people making $2 million shouldn't complain about losing $250,000 in taxes, but the fact remains that small businesses are failing and a large part of that reason is the amount of taxes they have to pay.  Not all of these small businesses are necessarily "bad" businesses or poorly run, either.  They just can't compete in the market while having to pay all the extra taxes...

I realize some taxes are necessary.  But every time I go to the post office...  Well, let's just say it's obvious the money isn't always well-spent.  We probably could do much more with less if we didn't believe that the government has to do it for us.

[Sox62]

I realize some taxes are necessary.  But every time I go to the post office...  Well, let's just say it's obvious the money isn't always well-spent.

Not one single dime of your taxes goes to the Post Office.

[Vudak]

Not one single dime of your taxes goes to the Post Office.

Are you an American who doesn't call stamps a tax? 

[RedDg]

Not one single dime of your taxes goes to the Post Office.

Ok, how about the Department of Motor Vehicles.

[John Curnutte]

 It is very simple you must tax but for gosh sakes don't break it off in ya either . I have owned and operated a small contracting business and the taxes are horrible . So I quit and now work for someone the stress is a whole lot less , and I get time to play aces high 2.
                 Nutte

[Kermit de frog]

Some of you are saying this "Boss" is unamerican.  What does it mean to be american?  What's the difference between patriotism and nationalism?  I've been told both are foolish and are there so that the american govt can control you.

[Sox62]

Are you an American who doesn't call stamps a tax? 

Stamps are for a service.Feel free to use another if you don't like to buy them.When you use UPS,you are paying for a service.When you use FedEx,you are paying for a service.Neither of those are taxes either.You purchase stamps.Stamps are used to show that you have paid for mailing them.It is not a tax.

[Sox62]

Ok, how about the Department of Motor Vehicles.

How about it?

[Shuffler]

"If that happens, you can find me sitting on a beach, retired with no employees to worry about."


So what your tellin' me Mr. BOSS is if they tax YOU like they have taxed the rest of US, then your going to close your company, JUMP STATE, and sit back in a chair and sip cheaply made alcaholic drinks till the day your heart stops.


Something tells me this guy is not born state side, most likely some india immigrant or something.


I dont know any (True) american (True) that would jump state no matter how bad things got.



He makes more, they take more, every tax he mentioned is tax's we ALL pay (with the exception of the employee payroll one) so basicly what hes sayin' is he makes 20 dollers a week,and the government took 50 cents of it.



Booh'freakit'ty hoo.

Only he pays a much higher percentage of his income to taxes than you do.