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Friday, April 27, 2007
I.R.S.
We need more deductions, Like credit card interest. People used to be able to take that as a deduction. It would certainly help to have that back.
Or maybe deductions for renters. Homeowners get certain mortgage deductions, don’t they? Not all of us can afford to buy a house. Partial rent deduction sounds like a nice balance.
Or a flat tax. If we all paid 25% regardless of income, that would be fair. Put a waiver on it for anyone making under, say, $20,000, and make it equitable for everyone else.
Or even better would be a national sales tax instead of income tax. At least with that we’d have some control over how much money was going out of our pockets.
We’re choking on taxes. We need help. It sucks that I can’t accept a new job because it would put me just into the next tax bracket, and I’d actually bring home less money.
There’s got to be a way for the government to get the money it needs to be able to run without it hurting citizens so much.
--Hurting
Or maybe deductions for renters. Homeowners get certain mortgage deductions, don’t they? Not all of us can afford to buy a house. Partial rent deduction sounds like a nice balance.
Or a flat tax. If we all paid 25% regardless of income, that would be fair. Put a waiver on it for anyone making under, say, $20,000, and make it equitable for everyone else.
Or even better would be a national sales tax instead of income tax. At least with that we’d have some control over how much money was going out of our pockets.
We’re choking on taxes. We need help. It sucks that I can’t accept a new job because it would put me just into the next tax bracket, and I’d actually bring home less money.
There’s got to be a way for the government to get the money it needs to be able to run without it hurting citizens so much.
--Hurting
Unsent Letters, 12:02 AM
4 Comments:
Roses, at April 27, 2007 7:31 AM
Sales tax actually hits the poor harder than the rich. Not a good idea.
Sales tax exemptions might be an answer in that situation...they could work the same way a reseller's license does.
I'm all for whatever is fair across the board. And, of course, whatever works bet for me :)
I'm all for whatever is fair across the board. And, of course, whatever works bet for me :)
Yes, a fair and equitable way for the government to get the money it NEEDS to run, if they stopped wasting so much of it they could do it. Oh, and if you live in certain states and certain counties in those states you may as well just hand them your paycheck. And they wonder why the American People are saving so little and using credit cards more.
(I'd also give you a hug, but I don't want to squeeze you any more than you're already being squeezed.)