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• Daniel's tax preparer February 13, 2005 11:40 am

  

  Daniel–we had a budget surplus with the Clinton administration

• Daniel's tax preparer February 13, 2005 11:40 am

  

  Daniel–we had a budget surplus with the Clinton administration

• Daniel February 12, 2005 10:58 pm

  

  TAXES:
  Accounts Receivable Tax
  Building Permit Tax
  Capital Gains Tax
  CDL license Tax
  Cigarette Tax
  Corporate Income Tax
  Court Fines
  (indirect taxes)
  Dog License Tax
  Federal Income Tax
  Federal Unemployment Tax
  (FUTA)
  Fishing License Tax
  Food License Tax
  Fuel permit tax
  Gasoline Tax
  (42 cents per gallon)
  Hunting License Tax
  Inheritance Tax Interest expense
  (tax on the money)
  Inventory tax IRS Interest Charges
  (tax on top of tax)
  IRS Penalties
  (tax on top of tax)
  Liquor Tax
  Local Income Tax
  Luxury Taxes
  Marriage License Tax
  Medicare Tax
  Property Tax
  Real Estate Tax
  Septic Permit Tax
  Service Charge Taxes
  Social Security Tax
  Road Usage Taxes
  (Truckers)
  Sales Taxes
  Recreational Vehicle Tax
  Road Toll Booth Taxes
  School Tax
  State Income Tax
  State Unemployment Tax
  (SUTA)
  Telephone federal excise tax
  Telephone federal universal service fee tax
  Telephone federal, state and
  local surcharge taxes
  Telephone minimum usage surcharge tax
  Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax
  Telephone state and local tax
  Telephone usage charge tax
  Toll Bridge Taxes
  Toll Tunnel Taxes
  Traffic Fines
  (indirect taxation)
  Trailer registration tax
  Utility Taxes
  Vehicle License Registration Tax
  Vehicle Sales Tax
  Watercraft registration Tax
  Well Permit Tax
  Workers Compensation Tax
  COMMENTS:
  Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our nation was the most prosperous in the world, had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
  What happened?

• Mark Levine February 11, 2005 7:45 pm

  

  Personally, Vicky, I support each person able to pass on $1 million to their children (so a mom and dad can give up to 2 million) tax free. Spouses should be able to give to each other up to, say, $100 million (after that is really greedy). Perhaps even a greater amount should be tax free for a couple with more than say 4 children, up to $500,000 per kid. After that, I’d tax. If a person can’t succeed in life with a beginning nest egg of half a million (indexed for inflation), then maybe he/she needs to get a job!
  As for the Bible, I am admittedly more familiar with the Old Testament than the New (given my heritage), although I have read or skimmed the entire Bible, including the New Testament. (OK, I skipped some of the Psalms and Song of Songs and skimmed some of the Letters in the NT..but I read most of it!) In any case, I do know that in the Old Testament, I think it’s Leviticus but honestly I don’t remember where, each and every land owner was required by law to a leave a corner of their field unharvested for the poor and every 50 years, there was complete land redistribution and debt forgiveness so everyone could start with an equal shake in life (the Jubilee Year). The Biblical proposal — government expropriation of land and redistribution, forgiving all debts, and freeing all the slaves — is a more extreme socialist route than I would approve (though I like the freeing of slaves!), but all that shows is I’m not as liberal as the Bible is!
  Clearly the Bible favors extreme redistribution of wealth. That may or may not be your particular view, but it was the Law of the Israelites as ordained by God in the Bible.

• Vicky February 11, 2005 6:43 pm

  

  I also think that the more money people have, the greedier they become. (Not in all instances, of course.)