When they just print infinite money?
(Rhetorical question) but think about it.
(Rhetorical question) but think about it.
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Don't forget a lot of taxation is done before you even get the money. I bet if we had to "pay" our tax instead of "deductions" from payroll, people would be a lot more pissed at how much is taken.Taxation is theft. We pay taxes so the IRS doesn’t kick in our doors, shoot our dogs, and drag us off to prison. And so that politicians can buy our votes with our own money.
Perhaps that’s too cynical. Perhaps not cynical enough…
I think G. Washington would have said "Me and my homies woulda been stackin bodies by now"
Compound Interest is one of the greatest things ever.You might want to be careful with the truth as there are a lot of "good people" that feel very strongly about how interest is the greatest thing ever and the bankers need to get their money no matter what...
Except pretty much the first thing Washington did once they were in power, was to wait for it...
Raise an army and go enforce taxation on the poor at gun point
All so the bankers wouldn't have to wait quite as long for their money...
So in other words you just said yep, they had to have money and we'll use the "just following orders" types and "just doing their duty" types to collect it at gunpoint...You have a poor understanding of history. The standing army was based on his experience during the revolution. A govt can't act without funds: Yes there was a rebellion over a whiskey tax. The army wasn't raised for the tax or to enforce the tax. This of course led to the Federalist-Anti-Federalist split as the Federalists (Washington) wanting a standing army and national economic policy (under Hamilton). You gotta pay the bills. I'll have to go back and look , but only the assumption of state war debts was done and not chartering of the national bank
You don't quite seem to comprehend the mathematical impossibility of that being a good thing in the long term.Compound Interest is one of the greatest things ever.
Yeah, and lots of people voted for dementia Joe. Not only does it not make them right, it proves their stupidityYou might want to be careful with the truth as there are a lot of "good people" that feel very strongly about how interest is the greatest thing ever and the bankers need to get their money no matter what...
If you think what they collect is "astronomical" what do you call the amount they spend?My main issue with taxes is that the amount of money they collect (state and federal) is so astronomical that it would be impossible to comprehend where it all goes and how it's managed.
Yes yes yes, the budget office, the GAO and myriad of reports thru FOIA can give us glimpse of government spending and accountability of each dollar they collect.
I'm still not convinced. For example, in the state I live there are 4,161,655 vehicles, an average cost of registration is $151 each.
That's $628,409,905 that state collects each year just from that, on top of hundreds of other taxes (property, sales, income, fee for this, fee for that, tolls, fuel tax, etc.)
So that's just one state, now put it in perspective on the federal level.
For me, a commoner it's hard to imagine proper management of that much amount of money and where does it go, who does it go to and how it's spent.
The room for corruption, theft is absolutely there and we would never know about it.
You are living in your own world aren't you.So in other words you just said yep, they had to have money and we'll use the "just following orders" types and "just doing their duty" types to collect it at gunpoint...
Actually you are incorrect they actually DID raise an army for it, they called up the militia to assemble and march out go put a stop to those freedom loving types that wanted to be able to do their business without some vile corrupt heavy handed government tax man breathing down their necks.
They also weren't too happy about how the big rich had to pay less than the poor for the same thing... like today.
Many of the poor rural types quickly found themselves worse off under the new regime than the old regime, fact!
I have a fairly good understanding of history, just how it actually was not how it has been glossed over.
You don't quite seem to comprehend the mathematical impossibility of that being a good thing in the long term.
It is not mathematically sustainable.
The only outcome is a cycle of unending escalation of debt, inflation and devaluation of whatever is used as currency and then a huge crash where most lose just about everything and then it starts over.
It's part of what destroyed the Roman empire, eventually the money lenders wound up with all the gold.
But I understand there is no point trying to tell people about it because they have been so indoctrinated to believe "interest=good"
The Global Banking Elite have done a very good job convincing everyone that they have some right to enslave everyone.
Here is a simple one for you (and I'm sure you have the stock answer ready), so the fed prints all the "money" and lends it out for interest.. right okay now let's say everybody decides that they all will pay back the fed all the loans and clear out all their debts... oh wait, they can't because more is owed than money ever printed...
You could substitute Gold or Silver instead of money or anything else for that matter you would still wind up with the same problem as the Romans found out.
If you ever want to be free yourself and have your children remain free and their children, you have to... oh why bother, nobody ever learns they just will say interest in good and we deserve it and go right back to building up a world where the banking elite enslave all the nations and grow rich and powerful off the backs of the working stiffs... all enabled by a bunch of "just following orders" and "just doing their duty" types as the rest of the slaves chant "just obey the law".
Thats short sighted. Who builds the nice interstate highways you bitch about because there are too many potholes? You do, with your taxes.Taxation is theft. We pay taxes so the IRS doesn’t kick in our doors, shoot our dogs, and drag us off to prison. And so that politicians can buy our votes with our own money.
Perhaps that’s too cynical. Perhaps not cynical enough…
Guess who was behind the creation of the FED? I dont mean who created it here, but which entity was behind them.You also miss the point that the original bank was prohibited from doing any of the things the fed does now and inteded to be largely neutral to establish the credit of the United States. Banking was supposed to be a private enterprise.
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I'd say not enough...Taxation is theft. We pay taxes so the IRS doesn’t kick in our doors, shoot our dogs, and drag us off to prison. And so that politicians can buy our votes with our own money.
Perhaps that’s too cynical. Perhaps not cynical enough…
What is your definition of rich? I pay more in taxes than most people make. Now I'm not rich by any means but make a good living for myself. How is that not paying my fair share?Taxes are just a vehicle for control. The rich or well to do business owner laughs at the concept of taxes. They make the products and services that the poor are always buying. Businesses just bake the cost of taxes and regulations into the products they make. The poor end up paying the rich man's "taxes". All these extra tax spoils (funded by the poors) just enable the government to get bigger and claim more control. Its all funded by the poors that foolishly look to government for a solution for their self inflicted woes.
Remember when the federal income tax was only 3%? It was just to pay the representatives and provide for a national defense. Look what they want now.
1. I wonder what percent of the membership in here are connected to police or military service. Obviously you’re painting an awfully broad stroke of insult to the parties herein.Government itself only exists through coercion. Police are tools of the state to imprison or kill you for non compliance. Don’t buy into the lies that here in America we give consent to be governed. Men that choose government at any level as a career are morally and ethically compromised. They are accomplices in the extortion, impoverishment, and murder of their fellow citizens.
2. You should probably take a look at Hobbes’ Leviathan to broaden your understanding of the role of violence and society. Do you propose that we should live in anarchy with the strongest taking from the weakest without possibility of sanctions.
Elon?What is your definition of rich? I pay more in taxes than most people make. Now I'm not rich by any means but make a good living for myself. How is that not paying my fair share?
Once upon a time the government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of a desert.
Congress said, "Someone may steal from it at night." So they created a night watchman position and hired a person for the job.
Then Congress said, "How does the watchman do his job without instruction?" So they created a planning department and hired two people, one person to write the instructions, and one person to do time studies.
Then Congress said, "How will we know the night watchman is doing the tasks correctly?" So they created a Quality Control department and hired two people. One was to do the studies and one was to write the reports.
Then Congress said, "How are these people going to get paid?" So they created two positions: a time keeper and a payroll officer then hired two people.
Then Congress said, "Who will be accountable for all of these people?" So they created an administrative section and hired three people, an Administrative Officer, Assistant Administrative Officer, and a Legal Secretary.
Then Congress said, "We have had this command in operation for one year and we are $918,000 over budget, we must cut back." So they laid off the night watchman.
NOW slowly, let it sink in.
Quietly, we go like sheep to slaughter. Does anybody remember the reason given for the establishment of the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY during the Carter administration?
Anybody? Anything? Anyone? No? Didn't think so!
Bottom line is, we've spent several hundred billion dollars in support of an agency, the reason for which very few people who read this can remember!
Ready??
It was very simple... and at the time, everybody thought it very appropriate.
The Department of Energy was instituted on 8/04/1977, TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.
Hey, pretty efficient, huh???
AND NOW IT'S 2022 -- 45 YEARS LATER -- AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS "NECESSARY" DEPARTMENT IS AT $242 BILLION A YEAR. IT HAS 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES; AND LOOK AT THE JOB IT HAS DONE!
(THIS IS WHERE YOU SLAP YOUR FOREHEAD AND SAY, "WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?") 34 years ago 30% of our oil consumption was foreign imports. Today 70% of our oil consumption is foreign imports.
Ah, yes -- good old Federal bureaucracy.
NOW, IF WE HAVE TURNED OVER THE BANKING SYSTEM, HEALTH CARE, AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY TO THE SAME GOVERNMENT? What can possibly go wrong?
Hello!! Anybody Home?
Signed.... The Night Watchman
Nope , thats not cynical that is just the truth. That's what we should collectively do to send a real message and demand change. A good chunk of us stop paying taxes and get that going on Facebook and social media ect and we'd get some actual resultsTaxation is theft. We pay taxes so the IRS doesn’t kick in our doors, shoot our dogs, and drag us off to prison. And so that politicians can buy our votes with our own money.
Perhaps that’s too cynical. Perhaps not cynical enough…
And they will collect much more next year too because they have inflated our dollars (that they poof into existance) beyond what anyone can truly comprehend. All of these people understand macro economics very well.... they know exactly what they are doing. Same reason they get a spending bill passed anytime they want one..Not to mention this was another year that they set a record for the amount of taxes collected from us peasantry. They are also running record deficits yet again.
Here's a clue:
Don't want to pay interest? Don't Borrow!
When they just print infinite money?
(Rhetorical question) but think about it.
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"Anarchy" as in different from now. An entire group of people burned parts of the country down for months and got away scot free because they aligned with the correct political party that had the dominant control during their period of time. Or do you mean crime rates through the roof with the overarching theme that nothing matters or has inherent value and only the things an individual deems important to themselves are important.1. I wonder what percent of the membership in here are connected to police or military service. Obviously you’re painting an awfully broad stroke of insult to the parties herein.
2. You should probably take a look at Hobbes’ Leviathan to broaden your understanding of the role of violence and society. Do you propose that we should live in anarchy with the strongest taking from the weakest without possibility of sanctions.
So once again we come back to "Its not the institution, or taxes themselves, but the nature of the people in charge."You are right. We probably pay 10-15x what it would cost to do the job if gov’t weren’t involved. You can not name a problem that government is the solution. It doesn’t exist. You can name a problem and I can almost certainly say the government was the causation, many times intentionally. The state needs to go.
I've seen this quite a few times.Here, in Shreveport, I did some work for a local attorney, Tom Cryer. He's the only person, I've ever heard of, who refused to pay taxes and got away with it, after the government sued and prosecuted him for it. In the end, the government failed to prove criminal intent and he walked.
Over 60% of American households don't pay federal income tax.Not to mention this was another year that they set a record for the amount of taxes collected from us peasantry. They are also running record deficits yet again.
“The Creature From Jekyll Island” by G Edward GriffinEveryone here should read "The Beast from Jeckyl Island" and Ron Paul's " End the Fed"