Readers, you’re awake to the horrors of the Federal Government, our rapidly-declining GDP and ever-increasing debts. Trillions of dollars have been stolen, in the form of appropriations and programs that funnel directly from the tax-base: the fat “cash-cow” that the government suckles from. The taxes are life-sustaining to the government juggernaut, managed by the ever self-serving “representatives” of Congress who approve pay raises for themselves, immunity from prosecution from (what was formerly) insider trading, and exonerate themselves from any and all ethics violations.
Taxes keep the government going, keep the system emplaced and you the citizen in your place, from birth to death. The websiteivn.us reports the breakdown for the federal government’s feedings:
Personal income taxes 47.4%Corporate income taxes 34.1%Social insurance taxes 9.9%Tariffs/gas taxes/fees 8.5%
Ben Franklin summarized the position of the average citizen two centuries ago:
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
Franklin was correct; however, he should have reversed the order, because taxes can both bring on death and still haunt the deceased after their passing. The best example of this is the death tax, where a person’s estate is assessed after their death. Their heirs better pay the tax man! Yes, how exactly does all of that work? The deceased individual worked all of their lives, paying income taxes both federal and state, paying off their house and mortgage, paying their property tax.
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