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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Cynthetiq - In all honesty do you think the illiterate are the ones paying the bulk of the taxes? I think a far fairer argument is why people who pay no income taxes can decide what happens with the money (by voting) and who gets taxed. You say no taxation without representation, I say no representation without taxation.
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The bulk? no... I do get what you are saying about it in converse.
At some point in time should we not be paying income tax? or not as much? Since I'm slowly amassing retirement funds in different vehicles and careful as to what those income tax penalties are. Could I at some point in time have very little to no income and then suddenly not be represented?
edit: Everyone pays taxes, maybe not income taxes, but there's hidden taxes in bread, soda, manufactured goods, all passed onto the consumer built into the price.
purchasing almost any goods nets you some sort of sales tax. communications, TV, all these other taxes surround those... then gasoline... there's lots of taxes in that...
joke in NJ at one point in time was that you paid sales tax even to wipe your ass since toilet paper was a taxable item.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 08-06-2005 at 04:54 AM..
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