
Originally Posted by
MinnesotaFats
The Federal Government has no business collecting Income tax from anyone living outside of DC or any Business that doesn't operate across State lines or international borders.
I'm sorry, but your understanding of the construction of the Union is really a by product of an over simplified K 12 education written in support of the post reconstruction - FDR era of centralized government. It's obsolete. The Country is shifting away from Centralized DC planning and moving more and more towards localized taxation and business policies.
I would not be surprised to see the individual income tax recinded in the next generation, followed by a flat C Corp tax applied only to Companies doing international sales and cross state lines sales.
With technology what it is today, there is no need for any Federal program outside of the Military. 70% of our budget goes to Social Services that the States can provide much more efficiently.
The post office, Medicare/ Medicade, Dept of Agriculture, Dept Education, HHS, etc all run with bloated overhead and overlap similar industries/ programs run both privately and within the 50 States.
Business recognizes this and is moving in that direction....the deregulation efforts and lower tax class efforts of the past boosted an economy that was otherwise stagnet. Making policy, as the liberals do, for blacks and poor people, doesn't create any wealth or rise the "tide" of US interests; making policy for the wealthy encourages investment, spending, innovation, and the ulitimate goal of all that- profit.
The problem we have in this Country is that we've made it comfortable to be poor in America. Poor in America is not the same as being poor in Nicaraugua. Being poor in NYC is not the same as being poor in Birmingham. Poor in America is a choice, and as such, it is not the responsiblity of others who plan years or generations ahead to give their next of kin the best education and worldly opportunities, to pay for the mistakes of the poor or their forefathers.