Apparently there has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the fact that many middle class American citizens do not pay taxes. For many people there are enough provisions in the tax code for them to take advantage of that their federal tax burden becomes zero. The article cites a study published by the Tax Policy Center stating that 46 percent of American households will not pay any taxes. I haven't read the study, but based on the article I'm willing to wager that this figure should be higher. And that is because studies such as this never point out the obivious-Government workers and government contractors do not pay taxes. They are paid out of taxes. Tax money does not just disappear into a black hole. It goes into the pockets of the parasite class who are doing very well, thank you. I can think of only one way for all Americans to pay taxes and that is if every government employee was from a foreign country. If no American worked for the American government, then all Americans could possibly pay taxes to their foreign rulers.
It still amazes me that this concept is so hard for the American people to grasp. I've tried to explain this to some very intelligent people and they just cannot get their minds around this. But I will continue to hammer this point into the heads of the American people, in hopes that one day it will stick there.
Brutus, you have no idea about how hard it is to get "intelligent" folks to change their paradigm. For some time, I have posted here and elsewhere about US tax law, specifically US income tax law and the legal scope of that law. In a nutshell, the earnings of embedded workers, engaged in activities of common occupations in the private sector, fall OUTSIDE the taxing authority of the central govt. Working folks have become so instilled with the notion that all earnings are within the grasp of the central govt., it is nearly impossible to steal them away. So, like blind sheep, each year they self direct themselves to their own destruction. Please learn the facts and then help educate our neighbors so they can free themselves from this scam. The info., facts, history and evidence can be found at www. losthorizons.com. And always remember, its the message that is important, not the messenger.
Posted by: Redman | October 22, 2011 at 10:42 AM