Reply #63: The bottom 50% don't pay ANY federal income tax [View All]

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The only reason I brought up property taxes, etc., was because of our particular situation.

You are right about ONE thing. The bottom 50% couldn't choose to stay home. But, if we had a flat % tax, I think they'd become just as outraged as we all SHOULD be that our money is being run through an inefficient, corrupt system that allows the government and cronies to get paid FIRST, than what piddly amounts are left over MIGHT help out the poor and needy.

My only point (that might have been lost) is if everyone had to pay a %, we'd have a helluva lot more accountability in our government.

We decided to rebel in our own way by becoming unproductive. We aren't giving as much to THEM as we did in years past. Now, they have to figure out how to live without that money (although a drop in the bucket. Only if more people rebelled, they'd have to listen).

I'm sick of government waste. You couldn't run your business like they run the government. Hell, you couldn't run your household the same way the government is run.

You'd be bankrupt!

By the way, if you paid any federal income tax and you are in the bottom 50% of wage earners, you filed wrong. Unless you don't have kids. Than you aren't considered in the bottom 50% because you have more disposable income.