whats wrong with this country ?? i'll tell you

[Dwinsgames]

Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table,
At which he's fed.

Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts anyway!

Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries Tax his tears.

Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has Then let him know
That you won't be done Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers; Then tax him some more, Tax him till He's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in Which he's laid...

Put these words Upon his tomb, Taxes drove me to my doom...'

When he's gone, Do not relax, Its time to apply The inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable Tax

Building Permit Tax

CDL license Tax

Cigarette Tax

Corporate Income Tax

Dog License Tax

Excise Taxes

Federal Income Tax

Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)

Fishing License Tax

Food License Tax

Fuel Permit Tax

Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)

Gross Receipts Tax

Hunting License Tax

Inheritance Tax

Inventory Tax

IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)

Liquor Tax

Luxury Taxes

Marriage License Tax

Medicare Tax

Personal Property Tax

Property Tax

Real Estate Tax

Service Charge Tax

Social Security Tax

Road Usage Tax

Recreational Vehicle Tax

Sales Tax

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 Nonrecurring Charges Tax

Telephone State and Local Tax

Telephone Usage Charge Tax

Utility Taxes

Vehicle License Registration Tax

Vehicle Sales Tax

Watercraft Registration Tax

Well Permit Tax

Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'

[willy]

Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table,
At which he's fed.

Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts anyway!

Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries Tax his tears.

Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has Then let him know
That you won't be done Till he has no dough.

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Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'

[Mach1]

[Orion]

[Mojouw]

Good to see that they've recycled the same old ideas into cartoon form. Back in my day you had to actual read this lunacy...

Wonder how many people can name the figures in the cartoon...I got some of them but not all...Or are they all just fed reserve chairs?

[Steeler-in-west]

it’s funny how a bigger government makes the wealthy even more wealthy and taxes the crap out of the middle class.

A smaller government reflecting the needs of the middle class and poor is superior to a big government
reflecting the needs of the privileged and powerful.

Robert Reich

[Mojouw]

What till you find out that Reich also supports a universal basic income, free access to education at all levels, and also thinks taxes are the price we all pay to live in a civilized society.

There's more, but that is just a thumbnail sketch.

[Steeler-in-west]

What till you find out that Reich also supports a universal basic income, free access to education at all levels, and also thinks taxes are the price we all pay to live in a civilized society.

There's more, but that is just a thumbnail sketch.

I don’t care about his other alleged positions. What he said above is truth.

[steelreserve]

I don’t care about his other alleged positions. What he said above is truth.

Yeah, its almost as if you can like a certain idea without automatically buying into every single other thing that person ever said. But disingenuously putting words into your mouth is kind of what the left does. Super clever! Except not really.

[Mojouw]

I don’t care about his other alleged positions. What he said above is truth.

Maybe. But Reich does not believe or worked towards the type of "hands off" small government most on here opine for.

Reich has worked under multiple administrations to expand and elaborate the role of government. He simply wants to redirect federal funds to the middle class rather than the corporate class. For instance, no corporate bailouts but a higher minimum wage, strong publicly funded worker training programs, and income assistance to individual workers.

Basically a coastal liberal elite that is coming to deliver the scourge of socialism and redistribution of wealth as a pox on all our houses.

But...the quote out of all context looks bad-ass, right?

[willy]

[silver & black]

A YouTube cartoon... Funny how those are cool when they bolster your view of things.

[Mojouw]

[Steeler-in-west]

Maybe. But Reich does not believe or worked towards the type of "hands off" small government most on here opine for.

Reich has worked under multiple administrations to expand and elaborate the role of government. He simply wants to redirect federal funds to the middle class rather than the corporate class. For instance, no corporate bailouts but a higher minimum wage, strong publicly funded worker training programs, and income assistance to individual workers.

Basically a coastal liberal elite that is coming to deliver the scourge of socialism and redistribution of wealth as a pox on all our houses.

But...the quote out of all context looks bad-ass, right?

i think your trying too hard to be 'badass' by trying to make this about Reich's biography rather than focus on the message itself.

for the record there is a huge problem in this country of government putting all the tax and cost burden on the middle class through cost of living increases, food cost increases, gas increases, ridiculous environmental rules, funding illegal immigration, etc. The rich don't care, they'll gladly pay for higher food costs and 7, 10, 15 dollars a gallon for gas in the name of some foreign policy adventure. But these costs hit the middle class hard - the rich like Steven Colbert don't care. Pay more for gas cause your a 'Patriotic American' - what bullshit. And you talk about Corporate bailouts? We've been bailing out the big banks and corporations for 10 years with all time low interest rates and QE gone wild - and that's been causing the stock market to break record after record, benefiting CEO's and shareholders, but doesn't do much for affordable cost of living or interest on saving accounts , all the while the value of the dollar is going to the crapper - that's your government intervention - i could get into NAFTA and shipping jobs overseas but i won't....anyway it goes on and on.

the money you were supposed to get in normal savings interest and savings through affordable cost of living is going to the CEO's, major shareholders, politicians and their lobbyists...

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Yeah, its almost as if you can like a certain idea without automatically buying into every single other thing that person ever said. But disingenuously putting words into your mouth is kind of what the left does. Super clever! Except not really.

Attacking the messenger when they don't like the message...its f****n childish

[Fire Goodell]

Don't worry, in another 3 years we'll have another one of those great presidential elections, and after it's over, everything will be magically fixed and your quality of living will improve dramatically /s

Actually, nothing will change no matter who wins. The government isn't interested in anything but keeping the status quo going. If you think your 'side' gives a flying fuck about you, you're wrong lol

[Hawkman]

Don't worry, in another 3 years we'll have another one of those great presidential elections, and after it's over, everything will be magically fixed and your quality of living will improve dramatically /s

Actually, nothing will change no matter who wins. The government isn't interested in anything but keeping the status quo going. If you think your 'side' gives a flying fuck about you, you're wrong lol

Very sad….but true! Anyone who is truly qualified and should be president, doesn’t want it. I mean really, what intelligent person wants their colon publicly scrutinized for a couple of years, just to end up dealing with the likes of congress and Putin.

[willy]

for the record there is a huge problem in this country of government putting all the tax and cost burden on the middle class ..............

Then stop voting for Republicans. The left has been trying to increases taxes on the upper class for years but the right won't hear of it.

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A YouTube cartoon...Funny how those are cool when they bolster your view of things.

That's Reich's "view of things".

[Steeler-in-west]

^won't disagree with Hawkman's post

Carlin said it best

https://youtu.be/Nyvxt1svxso

[Steeler-in-west]

Then stop voting for Republicans. The left has been trying to increases taxes on the upper class for years but the right won't hear of it.

The rich will always find loopholes to avoid or reduce taxes, the dems know it, its all smoke and mirrors for the dems to appear to look good to the public. A flat tax across the board is the fairer way imo, but it will never happen, like bringing manufacturing back, no foreign entanglements, etc...all these things are good ideas that will never happen (See Carlin above)

[willy]

The rich will always find loopholes to avoid or reduce taxes, the dems know it, its all smoke and mirrors for the dems to appear to look good to the public............

BS. We taxed the wealthy a lot higher in the 50s, 60s and 70s. No coincidence that's when America was at it's strongest and blue collar pay was it's highest relatively speaking.

[willy]

The rich will always find loopholes to avoid or reduce taxes, the dems know it, its all smoke and mirrors for the dems to appear to look good to the public. .............

I gotta say more about this because it's incredible anyone would believe it.

91%


In the 1950s and 1960s, when the economy was booming, the wealthiest Americans paid a top income tax rate of 91%. Today, the top rate is 43.4%. The richest 1% pay an effective federal income tax rate of 24.7% in 2014; someone making an average of $75,000 is paying a 19.7% rate.

https://americansfortaxfairness.org/...thy-americans/

See that? ^^^ I'm old enough to remember those days.

It's your fault the super rich aren't paying higher taxes. You elect people like Trump, a billionaire, and you back him when he refuses to increase taxes on the wealthy. Wake up.

[Steeler-in-west]

BS. We taxed the wealthy a lot higher in the 50s, 60s and 70s. No coincidence that's when America was at it's strongest and blue collar pay was it's highest relatively speaking.

key word is 'did', yeah, the tax was 94 percent on anyone earning over 200,000 in 1944. the wealthiest billionaires today pay in the neighborhood of 8-10 percent in taxes, far below the average. Dems are ineffective because they are beholden to their sponsors and lobbyists - not much different than their republican brothers and sisters, its a system problem.

tax system is changing yearly to benefit those with a huge amount of money.

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I gotta say more about this because it's incredible anyone would believe it.



https://americansfortaxfairness.org/...thy-americans/

See that? ^^^ I'm old enough to remember those days.

It's your fault the super rich aren't paying higher taxes. You elect people like Trump, a billionaire, and you back him when he refuses to increase taxes on the wealthy. Wake up.

yeah and democrats make us pay for illegal immigrants health care and education costs, cancel the keystone pipeline and then jack up gas prices and blame it on Russia

Moderna and Pfizer donated millions to Biden in 2020. You Wake up

[willy]

key word is 'did', yeah, the tax was 94 percent on anyone earning over 200,000 in 1944. the wealthiest billionaires today pay in the neighborhood of 8-10 percent in taxes, far below the average. Dems are ineffective because they are beholden to their sponsors and lobbyists - not much different than their republican brothers and sisters, its a system problem.

tax system is changing yearly to benefit those with a huge amount of money.

You don't know what you're talking about. In 1960 anyone making 100,000 was paying 90% on the top end of their income.

"tax system is changing yearly to benefit those with a huge amount of money"

Then tax their ass.

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yeah and democrats make us pay for illegal immigrants health care and education costs, cancel the keystone pipeline and then jack up gas prices and blame it on Russia

Moderna and Pfizer donated millions to Biden in 2020. You Wake up

Asinine, wake the fuck up. It's your own damn fault.

[Steeler-in-west]

^its way past your bedtime old timer

[willy]

^its way past your bedtime old timer

Haha, that's all this guy has.

There's no point in beating around the bush anymore. The right isn't too sharp.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opini...?ocid=msedgntp

Low levels of cognitive sophistication may lead people to embrace simple cognitive shortcuts, like stereotypes and prejudices that were amplified by the Trump campaign. Additionally, the simple linguistic style presented by Trump may have appealed to voters with limited education and cognitive sophistication. Beginning with [T.W.] Adorno's classic study of the authoritarian personality, empirical works have linked low levels of cognitive sophistication with right-wing orientations....

Trump's campaign may also have been more attractive to people with low cognitive sophistication and a preference for low-effort information processing because compared to other candidates Trump's speeches were given at a much lower reading level….

[cubanstogie]

LMAO, Joe’s speeches are incomprehensible, camelas are even worse . But yeah libtards are the smart ones. If you like record gas and food prices, inflation and wars. Trump 2024!

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Im sure the article made you feel smart for a split second. Then you realize you voted for this shit, lol.

[Mach1]

[willy]

Haha, tax the wealthy? Why do that when we can vote in another dumb shit billionaire?

[Fire Goodell]

Nobody's going after the rich, all of our candidates are multi millionaires / billionaires, you really think these guys are going to do anything against their own interests? "come on man"

[willy]

Nobody's going after the rich, all of our candidates are multi millionaires / billionaires, you really think these guys are going to do anything against their own interests? "come on man"

Another BS excuse from the right.

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If you like record gas and food prices, inflation and wars............

Hey: