Modern-day government is a scam
- Posted by Rob (#1) on January 2, 2008 17:30 CET
If you drink and smoke like me, your tax burden probably increased again yesterday due to the increase of excise on alcohol and tobacco. Happy new year! Income taxes, sales taxes (or VAT), excise, import duties.. there aren't many countries left where the total tax burden of a person is less than 50%.
Don't get me wrong, taxes are a necessity. They are required for government and I wouldn't like anarchy much better. But how much government do we really need? Why do we have to work at least six months a year just to pay for government? Why does, for every hour of hard work, the government gets as many pennies, dollar/euro cents, yens or yuans as the one doing the actual work, if not more?
The government gets more money than the combined working class (lower, middle and upper combined) for their work. For every man or woman with a job, there should in theory be a dedicated aide to provide health care, education and security. Then why do I pay my own insurance fee for the first, why did I pay tuition for the second and why does the local pub have to hire a bouncer for the last?
Government should be much smaller than it is. At least twice as small, maybe even by a factor of ten. Lower taxes. I'm sick of working half my life just to support some entity telling me what (not) to do.
- Tags: taxation, government, scam, lower taxes
Neeraja (#63) on Jan 3, 2008 16:29 CET (Post reply)
oh, and what about here, in india? We pay 33% income tax...but wait, noone who falls into the taxpaying bracket( that is, with an income of greater than 100000 rupees a year) gets any advantages. The public schools are terrible, private ones are attended by a majority. The state run hospitals are overflowing with patients, badly designed, and in terrible shape every which way. Our taxes go to waiving a farmer's electricity bill, and gifting the "underprivileged" color tv sets. No kidding.