[Vision2020] House Passes Bill Linking Tax Cuts, Minimum Wage

[Paul Rumelhart]

Donovan Arnold wrote:

> Paul,
>  
> Why should the government be allowed to tax you twice? You pay taxes 
> on everything, then you got to pay taxes again on your money when you 
> die again when you try to give it away to ensure a decent life for 
> your children.


Are they talking about estate taxes?  I'll have to read the bill in 
question, I guess.  It sounded from their little blurb that it was more 
like a wealthy person "giving" money to a family member in a presumably 
lower tax bracket and then having them "give" it back later.  Maybe I'm 
reading things into it, though.

>  
> How many times should you be taxed for each dollar you make?
>  
> You earn the dollar, you are taxed 40%, you buy something with it you 
> are taxed another 6%. You are taxed on that dollar when you are 
> letting sit in the bank. You are taxed again on the property you 
> already bough, every year, you are taxed when you give the house to 
> your children. Now you ask why they shouldn't allow a person to be 
> taxed again?
>  
> If the government wouldn't tax people 5 times on each dollar they 
> make, we wouldn't need loopholes.


They basically tax the movement of money, from what I've seen.  I know 
that nobody likes to pay taxes, but I do enjoy having a police 
department, interstate highways, some means of defending our country 
against a foreign invader, public access to information in libraries, 
and probably hundreds of other benefits I'd likely be surprised to hear 
are government-funded.  Don't we have a duty as a citizen of our country 
to help provide for it's well-being?

Paul