Check this out....im 41 yrs old and just realized this....

When you make a dollar, its taxed we will say 30%, so ur left with 70%. You spend the .70 on a shirt at walmart. They tax walmart 30% of the .70! Now that original dollar is now down to about .48.  Walmart gives the shirt man the .48 for more shirts. The shirt man's .48 is taxed 30%! Leaves shirt man .32. he buys more yarn for more shirts and so its taxed again until they get the whole dollar!!!! blows me away!

Call me stupid, dumb whatever but i never realized it.

Quote Originally Posted by woopdurritis:

Call me crazy but do you enjoy having

1)  An elite army that keeps you protected
2)  Roads to drive on
3)  Social Security
4)  Medicare/Medicaid

If you don't want to pay taxes... move somewhere else

Ask Mikael what they pay in taxes in Denmark

The way you piss and moan about how bad obama is, I'm surprised you haven't moved yet.....

Ask Mikael what they pay in taxes in Denmark

difference between Denmark and the other EU states is they at least GET something for their taxes. ex for Social Security and Medicade for seniors, I really don't see much the Fed provides with the taxes we pay. same with roads and other infrastructure. SOME fed money BUT it's still mainly the States. witness the sutdown of the tunnel project by Christy in New Jersey. 

and DON'T bring up Police and Fire protection because that's a local or state function. you can say "National Defense" BUT we WAY overspend on that compared to the rest of the world including the Russians and ChiComs.

Call me crazy but do you enjoy having

1)  An elite army that keeps you protected
2)  Roads to drive on
3)  Social Security
4)  Medicare/Medicaid

If you don't want to pay taxes... move somewhere else

Ask Mikael what they pay in taxes in Denmark

yea, at about a fifth of what they are

Quote Originally Posted by Rotchburns:



If that were the case all of you Bush's fault fruitniks would have left by now

I thought Bush was the centerpiece of his horrible presidency obviously, but rumsfeld, wolfowitz, powell, cheney, etc.................... also had a say in those horrendous years.

I would never leave the greatest nation on the planet. But I also didn't bash george bush the way people do to obama on this forum. He's the President of the United States of America. He's our leader. I stand by whom ever the President is whether I like him or not. Of course I  may disagree with specific polices but I wouldn't continuously call the president a "dumbass" or a socialist or what not the way richard and woop do and the rest of these so called conservatives......

You dont move out of your house b/c you have roaches... you kill the roaches!

I'm not sure I like this analogy. What if these roaches are man-eating roaches?