 TzaleProud Libertarian ConservativePremium join:2004-01-06 NYC Metro | . What else is new... Screw the customer... Taxes are wrong.
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 tschmidtPremium,MVM join:2000-11-12 Milford, NH kudos:5 | said by Tzale:Taxes are wrong. So how do you propose funding government services?
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 2 edits | said by tschmidt:said by Tzale:Taxes are wrong. So how do you propose funding government services? /tom When the country was founded, the Fed. gov't was supposed to provide basic fundamental services, like delivering the mail, national defense, and the Treasury, to name a few. Maybe there are just too many gov't services that require funding. Before the 16th amendment, there were no Fed. taxes. When they were implemented, it was 1% for all. |
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| reply to tschmidt said by tschmidt:said by Tzale:Taxes are wrong. So how do you propose funding government services? /tom Hes from NJ, he knows if Massachusetts is anything like NJ they will only waste it anyway. Its very simple if they dont get it they cant waste it. NJ got casino gaming and the lottery very early on and even with those key assets every year at this time the state cries broke only to raise taxes on the middle class. A few years ago it was the added shore/motel tax, then the 1% sales tax increase plus additional tax increases. This year they proposed toll tax increase which is perfect with the gas prices. With any luck this year we will have another State shutdown and never reopen
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 DogfatherPremium join:2007-12-26 Laguna Hills, CA | reply to tschmidt By cutting services.
The problem is gov't spends like a bunch of drunken sailors. If they would at least make a small effort to control their spending, they wouldn't need to endlessly raise taxes. |
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 | reply to HD_Ride said by HD_Ride:said by tschmidt:said by Tzale:Taxes are wrong. So how do you propose funding government services? /tom Hes from NJ, he knows if Massachusetts is anything like NJ they will only waste it anyway. Its very simple if they dont get it they cant waste it. NJ got casino gaming and the lottery very early on and even with those key assets every year at this time the state cries broke only to raise taxes on the middle class. A few years ago it was the added shore/motel tax, then the 1% sales tax increase plus additional tax increases. This year they proposed toll tax increase which is perfect with the gas prices. With any luck this year we will have another State shutdown and never reopen
. Yeah, don't you love how they raised one tax (sales) to use part of that revenue for tax relief elsewhere? (property)
Only in NJ is it considered good policy to raise one tax to cut another......... |
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 HD_RidePremium join:2000-10-18 Trenton, NJ | Since Brendan Byrne going forward its been all down hill however Cozine & McGreedy have to be the worst |
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 | reply to MrSpock29 said by MrSpock29:When the country was founded, the Fed. gov't was supposed to provide basic fundamental services, like delivering the mail, national defense, and the Treasury, to name a few. Maybe there are just too many gov't services that require funding. Before the 16th amendment, there were no Fed. taxes. When they were implemented, it was 1% for all. This is a state tax... -- --- Over ten plus years of carrying The Clue Bat... |
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 | said by NetAdmin1:said by MrSpock29:When the country was founded, the Fed. gov't was supposed to provide basic fundamental services, like delivering the mail, national defense, and the Treasury, to name a few. Maybe there are just too many gov't services that require funding. Before the 16th amendment, there were no Fed. taxes. When they were implemented, it was 1% for all. This is a state tax... Yes, of course it is. |
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 | The only reason I mentioned it was because you were talking about the federal government and federal taxes... -- --- Over ten plus years of carrying The Clue Bat... |
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 | reply to Tzale said by Tzale:What else is new... Screw the customer... Excessive, unneeded Taxes are wrong. Tweaked it for you...
The big problem with this is that the poles have already been "taxed" in the form of the fees required for the ROW that are paid by these companies. In essence, this is a double dip. -- --- Over ten plus years of carrying The Clue Bat... |
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 KearnstdElf WizardPremium join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Tzale this is more of a Double Screw on the customer. the taxes get mixed into the phone bill, on top of the existing taxes the customer is already charged for their services and the unfees. -- [65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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| reply to tschmidt said by tschmidt:said by Tzale:Taxes are wrong. So how do you propose funding government services? /tom I say reduce the government services to a point that the taxation is reasonable.
Start with welfare and schools. |
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 jgkoltPremium join:2004-02-21 Lakewood, OH | reply to NetAdmin1 plus how prominent was telephones when the country was formed ehhhhh. maybe thats why you didnt see them mentioning telephone with mail and national defense. -- Learning how to invest? Sign up to get 3 free trades for you and for me each. PM me |
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 | reply to NetAdmin1 said by NetAdmin1:The only reason I mentioned it was because you were talking about the federal government and federal taxes... I know, but I took the comment I was responding too as a generalization, and not really just about this tax. In fact, I took both comments that way. But I think there is a point made there in either instance. |
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 morboComplete Your Transaction join:2002-01-22 00000 | reply to NetAdmin1 consider it retaliation for "un-fees" |
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 MrMoodyFree range slavePremium join:2002-09-03 Smithfield, NC | reply to HD_Ride said by HD_Ride:It's very simple if they don't get it they can't waste it. Wrong! Just ask GW. Of course states don't have unlimited borrowing power though ... -- The public is a poor business manager. |
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1 edit | said by MrMoody:said by HD_Ride:It's very simple if they don't get it they can't waste it. Wrong! Just ask GW. Of course states don't have unlimited borrowing power though ... Obviously you dont know anything about NJ, once Trenton gets it they will waste it. That's why many NJ folks move once they retire, they can't afford to live here on a fixed income.
EDIT: For your perusal »www.nj.com/corruption/stories/in···ery.html |
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 jbobReach Out and Touch SomeonePremium join:2004-04-26 Little Rock, AR | reply to tschmidt said by tschmidt:said by Tzale:Taxes are wrong. So how do you propose funding government services? /tom Taxing by the government should be for government services. The public utility structures were put in place and paid for by the public utilities to support business. They are not provided by government services. This would be like taxation without representation. Similar to what NY does by taxing telecommuters who do not live in NY. |
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 MrMoodyFree range slavePremium join:2002-09-03 Smithfield, NC | reply to HD_Ride My point was, they don't need to actually get it in order to waste it ... borrow and spend! -- The public is a poor business manager. |
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