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Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: funkedup on July 02, 2003, 07:39:00 PM: Figure 3: How Long America Works to Pay Taxes in Days Compared to Major Spending Categories, Calendar Year 2003
(http://www.taxfoundation.org/TFD/Fig4.gif)
'Nuff Said

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxfreedomday.html
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: ra on July 02, 2003, 08:02:44 PM: That graph is meaningless without a category for beer.
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Lazerus on July 02, 2003, 08:11:04 PM: Beer falls under the categories: recreation, food, medical care, houshold operation(gotta keep a case in the fridge), the accesories in clothing and accesories, and the all other categorie as well.
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: pugg666 on July 02, 2003, 11:46:19 PM: expand the federal/state/local tax to 45% of the pie (federal and provincial for me) then you'll have some thing to complain about.

and I think beer beer needs a catagory of it's own...well maybe include chicken wings then it will be a proper catagory.
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Tuomio on July 03, 2003, 12:01:27 AM: And the "decoded" pie looks like this:

(http://www.kolumbus.fi/latesoft/Fig4.gif)
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: pugg666 on July 03, 2003, 12:03:26 AM: you still have to increase the tax days Tuomio :d
and come to think of it, wifes visa days too :mad:
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Tuomio on July 03, 2003, 12:08:05 AM: Quote
Originally posted by pugg666
you still have to increase the tax days Tuomio :d
and come to think of it, wifes visa days too :mad:

Have couple of kids and the beer/visa swaps places..

My decoded chart's purpose is just to show, why wife is completely useless, without it you can buy even more beer! ;)
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: funkedup on July 03, 2003, 12:25:28 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Tuomio
And the "decoded" pie looks like this:

(http://www.kolumbus.fi/latesoft/Fig4.gif)

NICE :)
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Fatty on July 03, 2003, 06:49:36 AM: Christ, the government has taken a third of your beer.
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Lance on July 03, 2003, 08:05:12 AM: Now if we could just keep from perpetually operating on a deficit and get rid of the national debt, you could get back a whole 14 days from those 74 days spent on federal taxes.
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: lazs2 on July 03, 2003, 08:58:06 AM: yep lance... we should put the government on a budget.
lazs
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Ripsnort on July 03, 2003, 09:10:19 AM: Actually, since we're triple and quadruple taxed constantly, if you add in sales tax, license tabs, etc. etc., in OUR state the "Magic Day" that you start earning money for yourself is June 17th. So we work 5.5 months for the State/Fed taxes, then we start earning it for ourselves.
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Eagler on July 03, 2003, 09:12:50 AM: isn't it you work through May just to pay your tax burden?
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Mickey1992 on July 03, 2003, 09:16:28 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Lance
Now if we could just keep from perpetually operating on a deficit and get rid of the national debt, you could get back a whole 14 days from those 74 days spent on federal taxes.

Amen
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Ripsnort on July 03, 2003, 09:19:04 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Eagler
isn't it you work through May just to pay your tax burden?

Depends on your state. We're in the top 10 taxed I believe (thks Democrats) so we work later into the year to pay our taxes.
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Curval on July 03, 2003, 09:21:45 AM: Neener neener....
:p
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: JBA on July 03, 2003, 09:51:18 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Lance
Now if we could just keep from perpetually operating on a deficit and get rid of the national debt, you could get back a whole 14 days from those 74 days spent on federal taxes.

BS!! You first have to reduce the marginal tax rate.
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: funkedup on July 03, 2003, 11:56:09 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Lance
Now if we could just keep from perpetually operating on a deficit and get rid of the national debt, you could get back a whole 14 days from those 74 days spent on federal taxes.

Like I said, death to socialism.
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Sandman on July 03, 2003, 12:18:30 PM: I guarantee that it takes more than thirty days of pay to feed a pair of teenagers for a year. :)
Title: Death to Socialism
Post by: Frogm4n on July 03, 2003, 04:29:36 PM: you do realise that the closest non 3rd world county that pays as much in taxes as we do is turkey right?