Votto
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I've always wondered, in a country that has produced a $30 trillion debt, why are we led to believe that paying increased taxes is needed to pay it off? The new democrat infrastructure bill is full of such taxes. And why give us a stimulus and then just take it all back in taxes?
Are taxes more or less a way to control people more than a way to generate revenue to pay for an unsurmountable debt that will never be paid down?
Or do some think that we need to keep a tax/debt ratio to keep it from all falling apart?
And what is our "fair share" of paying taxes? I hear this constantly from the government. What is fair?
One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from Ben Franklin
"It would be thought a hard government
that should tax its people one tenth part."
It makes me laugh every time I read it.
Are taxes more or less a way to control people more than a way to generate revenue to pay for an unsurmountable debt that will never be paid down?
Or do some think that we need to keep a tax/debt ratio to keep it from all falling apart?
And what is our "fair share" of paying taxes? I hear this constantly from the government. What is fair?
One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from Ben Franklin
"It would be thought a hard government
that should tax its people one tenth part."
It makes me laugh every time I read it.