NormanSPremium,MVM
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Re: Lesson Learned said by james:Uh, you need to go back to 3rd grade math if you honestly believe that to be true. The negative number in an equation never disappears, it has to be negated by the addition of a positive number. Taxes aren't third grade math, they are a politico/sociological object.
Also, you keep saying no tax money went to them, but that's just wrong. The rest of us taxpayers end up having to pay more because they're not paying. Look at eating in an eatery with some friends, supposing everyone pays for the bill equally. One day everyone agrees you're a cool guy and you dont need to pay for your share of the bill, the rest of them are subsidizing your share of the bill.
Which assumes taxation is a "Zero Sum" game. Reality check:
All taxes collected by the government are paid by the citizens. Tax a corporation and you only see that tax passed on as a "Cost of Doing Business"; it is factored in to the prices you pay for goods and service. (Unless a company uses the "telco" mindset, and itemizes all taxes and fees as "extra costs" on your receipt, in which case you will clearly see what the price of the goods, or services would be without the taxes and fees).
It's the same net effect as if you paid your share of the bill and then they gave you cash afterwards.
It is not. The government structures taxes to cover its own costs. If the government decides to collect more from A than from B, it may be "unfair", but it isn't the same as taking money from A and giving it to B. Once the government decides who should pay what, the matter is settled: A pays what the government says they should pay, and B pays what the government says they should pay. Not a penny more, nor less, in either case.
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Norman
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