Originally Posted by cabo35

We all know about income tax, excise taxes, taxes on fuel, taxes on alcohol (hic) taxes on cigarettes, taxes on communications (can you hear me yet), transportation, social security and Medicaid, estate taxes (death does not end your tax obligation) and of course corporate taxes. Then we have those other pesky taxes like real estate and state sales taxes. These are just the tip of the iceberg because government with stealth and guile has the product of your labor constantly in their greedy sights. Check out the link below, with credible sources, for more government revenue stream producers. Be sure to check the whole list.

http://nowandfutures.com/taxes.html

The controversy over the extension of the payroll tax cut (FICA) is a contrived waste of time and pure political theater. If the often cited twenty bucks a paycheck is an honest concern to those in Congress, why don't they take a bite out of all those taxing targets listed above and in the link. Why don't they give "we the people" real tax relief?

Let me make it clear, I believe the government has a right and an obligation to tax in order to provide a strong military, veteran benefits and assistance to those in need. I believe they need to provide us with security from our enemies foreign and domestic. I believe they need to be securing our borders. I'm sure you can list a few more that I can agree with.

I do not believe the government and taxpayer dollars should be involved in social engineering, corporate welfare, building cars, betting on winners and losers in the private sector or manipulating the redistribution of wealth.

For these reasons, I believe the entire payroll extension exercise was a worthless, contrived, calculated, politically motivated distraction to take our attention from a floundering, self-promoting Congress and Administration. Frankly and sadly, I don't expect more for the foreseeable future.