What Benefit Do I Get From Fed Tax?

[froggy]

I pay property tax to cover law enforcement firefighters and paramedics. i pay gas tax to cover roads, but what does fed give me for "fed withholdings"?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Less money in your pocket.

 

[boedicca]

20% goes to national defense - most of the rest is just transfer payments with which Congress buys votes.

 

[froggy]

20% goes to national defense - most of the rest is just transfer payments with which Congress buys votes.

Why can't i just pay the 20% and keep the rest.

 

[boedicca]

Sounds good to me. The present Federal Government spending 25% of GDP is 5X too much from my POV.

 

[Old Rocks]

CDC. FDA. NOAA. NASA. EPA. DOE. And so many more that protect us and provide R and D that has often been the driving force behind new technology. If you really wish to live where there are no taxes, move to Somolia.

 

[bodecea]

20% goes to national defense - most of the rest is just transfer payments with which Congress buys votes.

Why can't i just pay the 20% and keep the rest.

Go right ahead.

 

[Luissa]

I pay 7.58 for a pack of cigarettes, my child gets state medical due to a disability. I think it works out well.
While you get interstate highways, fireman, policeman, city, state, and national parks, etc.

 

[blu]

you get to subsidize imperialistic murder throughout the world and lazy fucks who smoke crack on your money

 

[Gadawg73]

I pay 7.58 for a pack of cigarettes, my child gets state medical due to a disability. I think it works out well.
While you get interstate highways, fireman, policeman, city, state, and national parks, etc.

Why do you hate yourself?

 

[Cuyo]

I pay property tax to cover law enforcement firefighters and paramedics. i pay gas tax to cover roads, but what does fed give me for "fed withholdings"?

Battleships and Nukes and Bombers and Aircraft Carriers galore.

But education, and healthcare, shit we just can't afford it.

 

[Dante]

I pay property tax to cover law enforcement firefighters and paramedics. i pay gas tax to cover roads, but what does fed give me for "fed withholdings"?

better yet, figure out what percentage your two cents contributes to...

2010 United States federal budget - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

* Mandatory spending: $2.184 trillion (+15.6%)
o $695 billion (+4.9%) – Social Security
o $453 billion (+6.6%) – Medicare
o $290 billion (+12.0%) – Medicaid
o $0 billion (−100%) – Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
o $0 billion (−100%) – Financial stabilization efforts
o $11 billion (+275%) – Potential disaster costs
o $571 billion (−15.2%) – Other mandatory programs
o $164 billion (+18.0%) – Interest on National Debt

US receipt and expenditure estimates for fiscal year 2010.

* Discretionary spending: $1.368 trillion (+13.1%)
o $663.7 billion (+12.7%) – Department of Defense (including Overseas Contingency Operations)
o $78.7 billion (−1.7%) – Department of Health and Human Services
o $72.5 billion (+2.8%) – Department of Transportation
o $52.5 billion (+10.3%) – Department of Veterans Affairs
o $51.7 billion (+40.9%) – Department of State and Other International Programs
o $47.5 billion (+18.5%) – Department of Housing and Urban Development
o $46.7 billion (+12.8%) – Department of Education
o $42.7 billion (+1.2%) – Department of Homeland Security
o $26.3 billion (−0.4%) – Department of Energy
o $26.0 billion (+8.8%) – Department of Agriculture
o $23.9 billion (−6.3%) – Department of Justice
o $18.7 billion (+5.1%) – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
o $13.8 billion (+48.4%) – Department of Commerce
o $13.3 billion (+4.7%) – Department of Labor
o $13.3 billion (+4.7%) – Department of the Treasury
o $12.0 billion (+6.2%) – Department of the Interior
o $10.5 billion (+34.6%) – Environmental Protection Agency
o $9.7 billion (+10.2%) – Social Security Administration
o $7.0 billion (+1.4%) – National Science Foundation
o $5.1 billion (−3.8%) – Corps of Engineers
o $5.0 billion (+100%) – National Infrastructure Bank
o $1.1 billion (+22.2%) – Corporation for National and Community Service
o $0.7 billion (0.0%) – Small Business Administration
o $0.6 billion (−14.3%) – General Services Administration
o $19.8 billion (+3.7%) – Other Agencies
o $105 billion – Other

 

[Dante]

20% goes to national defense - most of the rest is just transfer payments with which Congress buys votes.

2010 United States federal budget - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Dante]

20% goes to national defense - most of the rest is just transfer payments with which Congress buys votes.

Why can't i just pay the 20% and keep the rest.

If you did, nothing would change at all, nothing. 2010 United States federal budget - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia except we the people would send your ass to jail.

 

[saveliberty]

20% goes to national defense - most of the rest is just transfer payments with which Congress buys votes.

Why can't i just pay the 20% and keep the rest.

The rest is protection money too. You pay to keep the government away from you.

 

[Dante]

CDC. FDA. NOAA. NASA. EPA. DOE. And so many more that protect us and provide R and D that has often been the driving force behind new technology. If you really wish to live where there are no taxes, move to Somolia.

THAT'S where the above phrase came from. Saw it used in another thread that made absolutely no sense.

 

[Cuyo]

20% goes to national defense - most of the rest is just transfer payments with which Congress buys votes.

2010 United States federal budget - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hate to burst your bubbles, but ABOUT HALF goes to military spending, not no 20%. Remember, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid are paid out of payroll taxes (FICA).

 

[Dante]

20% goes to national defense - most of the rest is just transfer payments with which Congress buys votes.

2010 United States federal budget - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hate to burst your bubbles, but ABOUT HALF goes to military spending, not no 20%. Remember, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid are paid out of payroll taxes (FICA).

I was posting in the context of the OP you started this thread with:

What Benefit Do I Get From Fed Tax?
I pay property tax to cover law enforcement firefighters and paramedics. i pay gas tax to cover roads, but what does fed give me for "fed withholdings"?

What I am saying is if you are complaining about federal taxes and would like to deselect what you actually contribute to, not a dollar amount would be subtracted in any program...minus your contribution.

I often hear people say "My money goes to support" such and such. As if whatever they are opposed to exists because of their individual contribution. It's all idiocy.

 

[Chris]

20% goes to national defense - most of the rest is just transfer payments with which Congress buys votes.

2010 United States federal budget - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hate to burst your bubbles, but ABOUT HALF goes to military spending, not no 20%. Remember, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid are paid out of payroll taxes (FICA).

 

[Dante]

2010 United States federal budget - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hate to burst your bubbles, but ABOUT HALF goes to military spending, not no 20%. Remember, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid are paid out of payroll taxes (FICA).

I never said 20% blah, blah, blah...the poster Cuyo must have me on ignore or is part of the drug addled culture who can't figure out how to properly reply with quotes.