If you will learn the truth about taxes go to a free video like Google Video and watch (America; Freedom to Fascism by Aaron Russo). If you will learn the truth about Obama then watch (The Obama Deception). They both will open your eyes. Before you say I am a nut, watch the videos and learn the truth, if you refuse then what happens to this country can be laid at your feet.  

So you think there is something wrong with being "lucky"?  Why should the "system" need to equalize anything?  Instead of comparing you and your friend, let's look at the situations of Bob, Sam, and Tom.

Bob's parents aren't rich, but from the time he was born they scrimped and saved for his college education. By the time he was 18 they had saved enough to pay all of his expenses for 4 years at college. Bob was lucky, he didn't need to get a job to support himself or pay for his education.

Sam's parents are farmers, and they aren't rich either, but they didn't plan ahead, so very little was set aside for Sam's education. Luckily, Sam was chosen by the local farm association to receive a full scholarship to college. Sam didn't need to get a job either.

Tom's parents had always made good money, but they spent it as fast as it came in, so there was nothing set aside for Tom's education. Tom had to work 30 hours/week at Pizza Hut to pay for his room and board and also took out school loans which took him many years to repay after graduation.

All three graduated from college. All three married and had families that benefited from the education received. Neither Bob nor Sam worked to pay for their education, they were just "lucky". Should the "system" step in and "equalize" things here? Should the money saved for Bob and the scholarship provided to Sam be pooled and the money divided equally between the three of them? Should Bob and Sam be forced to pay off Tom's loans? That is what you're proposing, you know.

You say your friend has never had to work, he was "just lucky". Well I can guarantee you that somewhere up the line someone worked for that money. Just as Bob's parents worked hard so Bob wouldn't have to, someone in your friend's family worked hard to provide that money for their heirs. We are all affected by the choices of our ancestors. That's life. Learn to deal with it.

Of course we all are affected by each other, for both good and bad, but that's hardly the point. We all are taxed one way or another, some more than others. The point here is that those who are rich are already paying the majority of the taxes. If we want to start talking about equivalent contributions, that's something else entirely.

Some people never volunteer, some volunteer a little, some a lot. Should the government step in and say that not enough volunteer work is being done, so there will be a law requiring those who already volunteer to give even more? Those who never volunteer will not have to do anything. Those who volunteer 10 hours/month must now volunteer 12. Those who volunteer 20 hours must move up to 30, and those who already volunteer 50 hours/month must now volunteer 75. "Obviously" those who already volunteer so much of their time are able to give more, while those who give nothing do so because they are simply unable. Forcing them to volunteer would be unfair.

Or how about military service? A new policy of required military service is put into affect. Young adults with parents in the military must sign up for a 10 year hitch. Those with one military parent must serve 5 years. Those with a grandparent who served sign up for one year, and those with no family history of military service must spend a week tending military cemeteries.

Those are scenarios comparable to making the rich pay more taxes.

You think the tax code is complicated now? Throw in your "tax equivalence" and no one would ever make it through a tax form. Who do you want deciding what kinds of activities are "tax equivalent" and which are not? Surely not our dear devoted congressmen?

 Why should the rich be penalized for being successful. I am not rich, but, rich people are why I have a job. America is built on a dream of being prosperous. If the welfare people do not pay any taxes why should the pendulum swing the other way, and tax the rich. Most of those who are rich worked for it. Do we punish people for working hard? Does that not kill morale to succeed? I as a upper middle or maybe a middle middle class woman, I know I will never be rich, rich. God told me so (LOL) seriously. I am comfortable though, and God supplies my daily bread, and much more. I do not want to be taxed to the hilt either. My brother and SIL, just got their stimulus money. They do not work, I am wondering why they received it. I am not resentful, because I love my brother and SIL. They bought a big screen HD TV. My parents are retired school teachers, who worked many years got the same stimulus, do not know what they did with theirs. Probably spent it on my girls.  The middle class, seems to pay the most in taxes, those who are college educated, making 45,000 to 150,000 a year.

I'm not paying taxes! I want to thank all the taxpayers for their wonderful support.

Also, I want to thank b. hussein o. for the 2.7 trillion dollars in debt and growing I'm gonna have to pay off when I start working for China! Boy!!, I can't wait to grow up!! Just kidding.

My GOD is bigger than obamas debt!!

The ol' SE tax routine.  Now that you're paying both sides of the FICA and Medicare you get a whiff of the whole thing and see how smelly it is, eh?

EXPLAINING THE TAXING SYSTEM WITH  BEER

Suppose that every  day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.


If  they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like  this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth  would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The  eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the  richest) would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. 'Since you are all such good customers,' he said, 'I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beers by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.'

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected.
They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men? - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that  everyone would get his 'fair share?' They realized that $20 divided by six is  $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar  owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the  same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should  pay.

And so:

The fifth man, li ke the first four, now paid  nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings). 
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid  $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18  (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings). 

Each of the six was better off than before and the first four continued to drink for free, but once outside the restaurant, the men began  to compare their savings. 'I only got a dollar out of the $20,' declared the  sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, 'but he got $10!' 'Yeah, that's  right,'exclaimed the fifth man. 'I only saved a dollar, too.. It's unfair that  he got TEN times more than I!'

'That's true!!' shouted the seventh  man. 'Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the  breaks!'

'Wait a minute,' yelled the first four men in unison. 'We  didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!'

”This is an unfair financial break for the wealthy at the expense of the poor”, they surmised.

The nine men  surrounded the tenth, berated him, accused him of making money off of them and taking advantage of them.

The next night the tenth man  didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But  when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something very  important....they didn't have enough money between all of them for even half  of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college  professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes  DO get the most benefit from a tax reduction. They also PAY more than the  rest.

David R. Kamerschen,  Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of  Georgia

For those who  understand, no explanation is needed.


For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible!