Taxation

Taxation. A complicated maze of rules and regulations by which the government takes our money and finds ways to redistribute it to others. A tool that can be used as a carrot or a stick, depending on the purpose to which government stands to benefit. A system of curses and blessings designed to get people and corporation to act in the manner that the government wishes us to act.

The burocracy of the IRS created by government employs countless thousands of people at a cost of multiple millions of tax dollars. The surrounding industry created by the complicated tax codes suck billions of dollars from the economy. Tax preperation, tax shelters, tax planning, and the like are the sole reason for dozens of financial institutions and demand a high price for those who have many assets, and even are costly enough for us poor folks.

The government takes our tax dollars out before we can even see it. In this way we are sheltered from the true impact of the amount that they are stealing from us. Everything too is taxed at varying levels, again to try and induce people to act in a way the government decides. For example, we tax the heck out of cigarettes and alcohol. It is in the idea that people will smoke and drink less. Funny thing is, when people do smoke and drink less, the government has already spent projected monies based on usage before the tax.

Many taxes are hidden as well to hide their impact on the citizen. Our states new liquor tax is an example. They tax the distributors so that they have to raise the price at the store. People then think that it is the greedy companies raising prices for more profits when it is really just the tax imposed. Then, the sales tax is calculated on the higher sale price made by the tax, thus double taxing, or taxing the tax. Consumers get screwed twice.

Would it not be much simpler just to have one national sales tax? Eliminate all withholding, all corporate tax, and just simply place a sales tax of say 10% on everything that is purchased. It would practically eliminate the IRS and confusion in taxes saving untold millions of dollars on the nations budget. It would eliminate the need for many of the financial institutions, or at least many of their services, that suck money out of people and corporations on the simple idea that they can help us keep our tax burdens lower.

Think of the hours and worries people would be save by not having to deal with all of the stuff dealing with taxes. No more yearly forms to fill out and hours sitting at the desk going over an entire years finances just hoping that you got it right and won’t be audited. Think of all the property that is seized by the government by people who either by accident or purpose fall behind on their tax burdens. This would no longer happen.

What would you do if suddenly your paychecks were 25% greater? Most of us who live paycheck to paycheck would suddenly feel like rich people. We would go out and buy things which in turn would put people back to work to make those things we buy. Then those people would buy things, and so on and so on. In no time at all we would be back on our economic feet.

I doubt it is ever going to happen though. The government has to much at stake in the complicated tax codes. How can they control the people actions without it? Complicated taxation, that is. It keeps us in fear of the government and that fear is used to stifle our liberty and freedom. Perhaps just maybe, just maybe we are going to dawn on a new era from the ashes of what is being created now. An era where we refind our life, our liberty, and our pursuit of happiness, free from the fear of the government tax man.