[Vision2020] Idaho taxes -- Pray and pay

[Ralph Nielsen]

Just take it to the Lord in prayer, make generous donations to your  
favorite church -- tax deductible -- and Jesus will still love you.

Praise The Lord!

Ralph

On Jan 9, 2011, at 5:15 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> Ralph Nielsen suggests:
>
> "Perhaps one solution would be to privatize the tax collectors. If
> they were paid on a commission basis they would make sure that all
> taxpayers pay all the taxes they owe."
>
> Although I see, and seriously appreciate, the intent of your  
> suggestion,
> in my opinion I see one major flaw.
>
> If I were a crooked privatized tax collector . . .
>
> I could easily save an Idaho corporation at least 70% of their  
> calculated
> tax liability by simply having the Idaho corporation make a cash
> contribution to my favorite charity in the amount of (up to) 30% of  
> their
> tax liability, which I assume would be considerably larger than the
> "commission" paid to me by the state of Idaho.
>
> Which leaves one other question:  By which Idaho corporation is this
> privatized tax collector employed?
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate  
> in it."
>
> - Unknown
>
>