Admittedly I’m trolling for comments. But seriously, did you pay less in ’09? Don’t forget all the “hidden” taxes.
Next Up: Bipartisan effort to raise fuel taxes.
The tax, which according to early estimates would be in the range of 15 cents a gallon, was conceived with the input of several oil companies, including Shell, BP and Conoco Phillips, and is being championed by Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. It is shaping up as a critical but controversial piece in the efforts by Graham, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to write a climate bill that moderate Republicans could support.
But, before you accuse me of being an anti-taxer, just tell me where the missing trillions are. When it’s been accounted for, I’ll be happy to pay my fair share.
I saved $400 for the “Making Work Pay” thing. That’s nothing compared to what I paid in a zillion hidden and overt taxes. I want to use part of that refund to buy the Democrats a clue.
Plenty of evidence but proof is nearly impossible to come by… but aren’t we all just playing into the hands of any flavor of government who happens to be in power these days? While you are arguing about which government policies are costing you more, while you are busy splitting into more and more groups of opposing arguments… the engine of government continues to fleece you all by pocketing your hard earned cash. Huge gov salaries, huge bonuses, huge perks… lots of outright theft, tax evasion, payoffs, bribes… every dirty scam in the book on top of just plain wholesale waste at every level. I suspect that the trillions you assume is spent on war, health care and bailouts. pales by comparison to what is being filched and wasted.
What would happen if Republicans, Democrats, Teabaggers, and everyone else decided to join forces to clean house of every crooked or inept politician stealing or wasting your money? Would there be anyone left?
Your taxes will go up again. Sorry American dude. Currently you’re at the lowest rate since ’66 but you’re not happier. The Dems want more spending on things like healthcare and social security. The tea baggers want more spending on medicare and social security. The Republicans want more family oriented lesbian sex clubs.
The Republicans dropped taxes in ’01 then pumped them up in ’04-’05. The Dems started dropping in ’06 and really dropped last year. They’ll have to raise them just like the Republicans did to start covering debt and spending at some point. Expect a jump after the next two election cycles.
Even if the bill goes up, a lot of the people on this board will just lie and cheat on their taxes and justify it with things like Halliburton or GE paid no taxes.
We can see this with their reaction to downloading movies and similar things.
It is not an issue of whether low income folks got a bit more back in taxes.
The issue is: our government borrows in order just to operate. It has operated IN THE RED for so long, and we give our government an embarrassing amount of money. And they waste it, lose it, and are bought off by lobbyists.
In a slow economy, taxes should be going down.
With deficit spending, we should be trimming government and liberalizing civil rights.
Big corporations that are subsidized end up profiting from taxpayers, which is ridiculous. it is a giant profit center. That’s not free market economics.
There is only one political candidate who takes Republicans and Democrats to task — Ron Paul.
He is America’s best hope in 2012.
The only reason to raise taxes is to cover the debt payment.
If the gov’t were a family you’d be the 18 yr still living at home, mowing the lawn & doing the dishes, paying a reduced rent while your kid brother gets an allowance and doesn’t take out the trash. Mom loses her job, and Dad is running up the credit cards borrowing a debt total of 90% of what he makes in 1 year – and he did so spending 3 times what he did last year. Now he is got to ask you for more rent, right after he promised your bro a raise in His allowance. Next year the back will change his credit rating and he will have to ask you for even more – but your brother is saying “why are you complaining? Your rent is lower than it was a year ago and all of us have gotten an increase in our allowance!”
Good luck with your future…
The Rich RULE over the poor – and the borrower is a SLAVE to the lender.
I got a tax cut, but my state taxes went up, go figure. Now I’m getting raped by the state, not the feds.
got money back…….because i made less this year, thanks Obama
It’s not how much I paid in taxes this year. it’s about how much the rich didn’t pay in taxes this year you assholes. I can’t believe all you turds for brains who hate Obama are rich. Your just blinded by your hatred of a black man.