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Originally Posted by Guest
None of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
And our nation was the most prosperous in the world:
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle 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 Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
We had absolutely no national debt...
We had the largest middle class in the world...
What happened?
*'Politicians'!*
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I am a conservative, but have to disagree, NOT with the point you are trying to make but with your presentation,
Most of those taxes are collected and exist to pay for some government service and what you should do is investigate the history of each to determine why they are actually there.
In addition, many of the taxes you list have an origin at the state level and that even more complicates your research.
I am not a big believer in generalization as I have said many times and while I support a review of spending and taxes, some taxes do not have a terrible history.
We, the people, want services, and those services cost money and have increasing costs. Adding a specific tax is one way to pay for those things.
Point is, we need to have taxes to pay for services we demand from our local, state and federal government. They DO need to be looked at, but we are the ones asking for certain services.