you dont simply pay taxes only for those services you desire, you are forced to pay the same taxes as everyone else whether you like it or not and if you support that then you support theft. i do not. the purpose of posting the article is to get certain people (cough tony cough) who go around preaching that there arent enough rich people to tax to realize that if the ends justify the means (if you support government) then its very possible (and IMO desirable) to settle through simple confiscation of excess wealth from the wealthy.
No bumz... I didn't say I supported all taxes. I am ok with taxes on services that I use... For instance, transportation and the like.
I understand that certain things are for the good of our American society, such as education, so I acquiesce to be taxed for it as it is better for us to have educated youth than not, but that does not mean that I support all taxation or even the same rate of taxation as everyone else. Which is actually not how the tax code is written in the first place.
I guarantee you that my base tax rate is much higher than yours. So your idea is already flawed.
Now, if you can come up with a person who does not use ANY of the service that the government provides, yet pays taxes, then certainly THEY are being robbed... No doubt, but your idea of thievery is in fact flawed, as everyone else would be using some services.
Equally, of course not, but as much as I would love to be able to create a consumption tax, we all know that will never work because the more poor of the country, such as yourself, would be paying a much higher rate by percentage than someone such as I. Many studies have shown this to be true.
Unlike some people, I do understand that a certain amount of taxation is obviously needed to fund some amount of government, however I also realize that government is far too large and that if you give them money, they will never stop using it.
Let me give you a little insight on how government budgets work there Bumz, since I'm sure you do not really know.
Budgets are produced... Let's use round numbers so it's easy to follow... Let's say that I have a budget of 1 million dollars.
FY2012 I am given a 1,000,000 dollar budget.
Throughout the year I spend 900,000 to actually do the job that needs to get done.
Now, it's the last 2 weeks of FY2012 and I have 100,000 dollars left.
What do you do with that money? Any normal person would say, well, I won't spend it... I'll save it and use it next year or put it away.
Government does not do that... You have 100,000... If you do not use it, then your budget next year will only be 900,000 dollars... To government thinking, obviously you do not need 1 million... 900,000 will suffice.
You simply lose that money... It goes no where. It is returned to the big coffer and you do not get to keep it, plus your budget is now shrunk for FY2013.
This leaves zero incentive to save money and is a huge part of why government is spending far more than it should.