Ok...from a lifelong, diehard CONSERVATIVE here. First, I agree that the taxes are WAY outta control. After factoring in all the "hidden, BS taxes" my CPA told me that we paid in excess of 60% in taxes last year!! OUCH
So, I work 6 out of every 10 days for the gov't....that sounds like an equation for success, huh??!!
Now, don't get me wrong, I understand that taxes are a necessary "evil" in order to provide BASIC infrastructure needs (roads, police, fireman, etc, etc)
HOWEVER, our government has proven time and again that they can't handle the programs they already have in existence (i.e. Welfare, Social Security, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, etc, etc) and now they want to tax us more so they can "control more things"?? Like banking, healthcare, the auto industry.....if history is indicator of what is yet to come, LOOK OUT.
At my age (45) I'm hoping to outrun the worst of it. However, I am extremely worried about my children (ages 11 and 15) and yours. What type of society will they be living in? As the gov't continues to PRINT more money and drive our national debt higher and higher (and drive the value of the US $ lower and lower to foreign currencies), what will they inherit? Probably a nation with tax rates of 75-85%.
No wonder current college grads are fleeing the US in droves, headed to places like Brazil, China and India. They CAN"T find decent jobs after 4+ years of college and the future for them isn't looking so bright.
I think its WAY past time for us to call our elected officials out! And we MUST demand that federal and state gov'ts establish TERM LIMITS and our elected officials MUST be forced to live under the guidelines of the legislation that they enact (no dodging US healthcare, no exclusions from the social security system, etc ,etc) AS long as legislation revolves around "getting re-elected" nothing will ever change.
OK....I'm going to get a cup o' coffee and get off my soapbox. Sorry to have rambled
Everyone have a HAPPY NEW YEAR
So, I work 6 out of every 10 days for the gov't....that sounds like an equation for success, huh??!!
Now, don't get me wrong, I understand that taxes are a necessary "evil" in order to provide BASIC infrastructure needs (roads, police, fireman, etc, etc)
HOWEVER, our government has proven time and again that they can't handle the programs they already have in existence (i.e. Welfare, Social Security, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, etc, etc) and now they want to tax us more so they can "control more things"?? Like banking, healthcare, the auto industry.....if history is indicator of what is yet to come, LOOK OUT.
At my age (45) I'm hoping to outrun the worst of it. However, I am extremely worried about my children (ages 11 and 15) and yours. What type of society will they be living in? As the gov't continues to PRINT more money and drive our national debt higher and higher (and drive the value of the US $ lower and lower to foreign currencies), what will they inherit? Probably a nation with tax rates of 75-85%.
No wonder current college grads are fleeing the US in droves, headed to places like Brazil, China and India. They CAN"T find decent jobs after 4+ years of college and the future for them isn't looking so bright.
I think its WAY past time for us to call our elected officials out! And we MUST demand that federal and state gov'ts establish TERM LIMITS and our elected officials MUST be forced to live under the guidelines of the legislation that they enact (no dodging US healthcare, no exclusions from the social security system, etc ,etc) AS long as legislation revolves around "getting re-elected" nothing will ever change.
OK....I'm going to get a cup o' coffee and get off my soapbox. Sorry to have rambled
Everyone have a HAPPY NEW YEAR