TAXES AND THE POOR
THIS IS A TOPIC THAT HAS REALLY BOTHERED ME.
LET ME EXPLAIN.
SOME OF YOU WILL NOT LIKE THIS. BUT YOU HAVE TO ADMIT IT STILL DOES NOT SEEM FAIR TO THE AVERAGE PERSON IN AMERICA WHICH IS ALMOST EVERYONE.
I SELL CARS FOR A LIVING. DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR ( TAX TIME ) WE DO A LOT OF TAX RETURNS FOR CUSTOMERS. THIS IS MY COMPLAINT. I OFTEN DO TAX RETURNS ON PEOPLE WHO MAKE ROUGHLY 15-25K A YEAR THESE PEOPLE RARELY PAY MORE THAN 600-1300 IN TOTAL TAXES, ONCE THEY INCLUDE THEIR DEDUCTIONS. THAT SEEMS FAIR ENOUGH, TILL YOU LOOK AT THEIR RETURNS, WHICH ARE USUALLY IN THE BALLPARK OF 2500-5000. THAT IS 1900-4400 DOLLARS MORE THAN WHAT THEY PAID IN.
MY QUESTION IS THIS. HOW DO YOU GET A REFUND FOR MORE THAN YOU PAID IN? TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE GET PAID TO BE POOR AND HAVE KIDS.
FAILURE FOR THEM TO BE RESPONSIBLE BECOMES OUR PROBLEM NOT THEIRS.
WE HAVE TO PAY LITERALLY FOR THEIR MISFORTUNE, POOR PLANNING, OR FAILURE TO DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
YET THESE PEOPLE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SEEM TO COMPLAIN THE MOST, AND ARE THE BIGGEST DRAIN ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMIES AND RESOURCES, SUCH AS WIC, WELFARE, POLICE, FIRE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL. NONE OF WHICH THEY ARE PAYING A DIME FOR IN FACT WE ARE PAYING THEM TO SPEND AND USE OUR MONEY.
THIS REDISTRIBUTION OF OUR WEALTH IS COMPLETELY UNETHICAL. WHY SHOULD YOU AND I BE PUNISHED FOR WORKING HARD, AND DOING RIGHT. WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE FOR WHERE OTHERS HAVE FAILED.
DOES THIS SEEM RIGHT TO YOU.
OR ARE YOU TO SHALLOW TO SEE HOW THIS EFFECTS YOU AND MOST EVERYONE YOU KNOW.
IN CONTRAST I PAY IN USUALLY CLOSE TO 30K IN TAXES AND STILL OWE SOME USUALLY A FEW HUNDRED MORE COME TAX TIME.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF REFORM. A FLAT TAX FOR EVERYONE. LIKE SALES TAX IS.
OR PERHAPS, JUST A MUCH LARGER SALES TAX. THEN YOU ONLY PAY FOR WHAT YOU SPEND AND NO INCOME TAX AT ALL.
WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS, ON BOTH TOPICS?