23 Jan 08
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Originally posted by duecerSure we all do, we pay taxes every time we buy milk for our kids
I think cost of living is more the issue, at $9/hr with 2 children, you don't pay taxes except 7.65% social security
or anything else. Businesses pay taxes that raise the cost of
everything so the cost of living goes up, because it cost more to
make things you require. The amount of money gas is taxed raises
the cost of every thing that is affected by that, it is all connected.
Which is why I hate hearing some politician claim that they want to
tax our way out of the trouble we are in, when in fact if they stopped
spending or giving away much of our money to make themselves look
good the government would not need so much less than they do now
to make ends meet. Look at the areas that are in real trouble most of
them are liberal bastions of giving away tax payers money and those
that receive a small crumb of that money keeps it so.
Kelly
24 Jan 08
Originally posted by der schwarze Ritteryeah exactly ! why have the dignity of going out and getting a job, when you can sit at home and be poor, and a burden on society🙄🙄
If jobs go begging in the United States, it's because people would rather exhaust their unemployment benefits or go on foodstamps or welfare rather than work.
24 Jan 08
Originally posted by KellyJaySorry if I didn't make my post clear, I meant payroll taxes. As to your point; taxes on gasoline pay for highway projects, so you can get back and forth to work (ostensibly). Taxes on cigarettes and liquor are sin taxes, you don't like paying them, then don't buy them. In Massachusettes (taxachusettes) we have no tax on food or clothing, or other life essential products. As far as companies paying taxes and passing that on to us...that is a whole different thread, but to be brief, if companies WOULD pay there fair share of taxes, then you and I wouldn't have to.
Sure we all do, we pay taxes every time we buy milk for our kids
or anything else. Businesses pay taxes that raise the cost of
everything so the cost of living goes up, because it cost more to
make things you require. The amount of money gas is taxed raises
the cost of every thing that is affected by that, it is all connected.
Which is why I hate heari ...[text shortened]... ng away tax payers money and those
that receive a small crumb of that money keeps it so.
Kelly
24 Jan 08
Originally posted by duecerWell, one reason is that if the government provides you a subsistence level existence, then you're free to spend your hours as a hustla, gangsta, pimp, thief, etc.
yeah exactly ! why have the dignity of going out and getting a job, when you can sit at home and be poor, and a burden on society🙄🙄
24 Jan 08
Originally posted by duecerWhat would happen to your stocks value if companies paid more taxes and made less profit?
Sorry if I didn't make my post clear, I meant payroll taxes. As to your point; taxes on gasoline pay for highway projects, so you can get back and forth to work (ostensibly). Taxes on cigarettes and liquor are sin taxes, you don't like paying them, then don't buy them. In Massachusettes (taxachusettes) we have no tax on food or clothing, or other life essenti ...[text shortened]... be brief, if companies WOULD pay there fair share of taxes, then you and I wouldn't have to.
F. GRANNY.
24 Jan 08
Originally posted by duecerThe cost of doing business is the cost of doing business, and if you
Sorry if I didn't make my post clear, I meant payroll taxes. As to your point; taxes on gasoline pay for highway projects, so you can get back and forth to work (ostensibly). Taxes on cigarettes and liquor are sin taxes, you don't like paying them, then don't buy them. In Massachusettes (taxachusettes) we have no tax on food or clothing, or other life essenti ...[text shortened]... be brief, if companies WOULD pay there fair share of taxes, then you and I wouldn't have to.
raise that things cost more, taxes are just part of the puzzle, the
more they pay the less people can get in their pay checks too.
Kelly
24 Jan 08
Originally posted by zeeblebotIsn't that lucky for me. I'm in upstate South Carolina. I could commute to the Quaker State and, with gas at 3 bucks a gallon they'd only have to pay me.....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_manufacturing_hamill_dc;_ylt=AmdnaX5_ro7GjTvgdt1SeEes0NUE
""I can tell you on my desk right now I have over 300 very high-quality job openings that I cannot fill," said Michael Smeltzer, executive director of the Manufactures Association of South-Central Pennsylvania, who coordinates job openings for that part of the state."
24 Jan 08
Originally posted by zeeblebothigh quality---but are they high-paying?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_manufacturing_hamill_dc;_ylt=AmdnaX5_ro7GjTvgdt1SeEes0NUE
""I can tell you on my desk right now I have over 300 very high-quality job openings that I cannot fill," said Michael Smeltzer, executive director of the Manufactures Association of South-Central Pennsylvania, who coordinates job openings for that part of the state."