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I did not read #T-rump's announcement about payroll taxes and withholding, so this is not directly a response to that. It is more of a response to someone who was talking about taxation in reaction to the President's proposal. "Trump is going to eliminate payroll taxes" I doubt that. There are years of statutes and constitutional law behind income taxes, and he is not going to …
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"I would prefer it if there were no income taxes, only sales taxes." You're young and you still live under your parents' roof. Once you're supporting yourself fully, you will notice that people who make more money spend a smaller fraction of it because they can save and invest a larger portion. In plain English, that means that lower-income people pay more of their income in sa…
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"Taxation is theft" I know. You did not say this. Someone else said this. Okay, I've lived outside the city limits, in an area where road maintenance happened if someone with construction equipment had a day off and the desire. Those of us without such equipment figured out that they were more motivated if we stopped and gave them a little money for their gas, their time, and …