GeorgeM Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 >> :unsure:At first I thought this was funny. .. then I realized >> the awful truth of it. >> Be sure to read all the way to the end! >> >> Tax his land, >> Tax his bed, >> Tax the table >> At which he's fed. >> >> Tax his tractor, >> Tax his mule, >> Teach him taxes >> Are the rule. >> >> Tax his work, >> Tax his pay, >> He works for peanuts Anyway! >> >> Tax his cow, >> Tax his goat, >> Tax his pants, >> Tax his coat. >> >> Tax his ties, >> Tax his shirt, >> Tax his work, >> Tax his dirt. >> >> Tax his tobacco, >> Tax his drink, >> Tax him if he >> Tries to think. >> >> Tax his cigars, >> Tax his beers, >> If he cries, >> Then tax his tears. >> >> Tax his car, >> Tax his gas, >> Find other ways >> To tax his ass. >> >> Tax all he has >> Then let him know >> That you won't be done >> Till he has no dough. >> >> When he screams and hollers, >> Then tax him some more, >> Tax him till >> He's good and sore. >> >> Then tax his coffin, >> Tax his grave, >> Tax the sod in >> Which he's laid. >> >> Put these words >> Upon his tomb, >> 'Taxes drove me to my doom...' >> >> When he's gone, >> Do not relax, >> Its time to apply >> The inheritance tax. >> >> Accounts Receivable Tax >> Building Permit Tax >> CDL license Tax >> Cigarette Tax >> Corporate Income Tax >> Dog License Tax >> Excise Taxes >> Federal Income Tax >> Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) >> Fishing License Tax >> Food License Tax >> Fuel Permit Tax >> Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon) >> Gross Receipts Tax >> Hunting License Tax >> Inheritance Tax >> Inventory Tax >> IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of >> tax) >> Liquor Tax >> Luxury Taxes >> Marriage License Tax >> Medicare Tax >> Personal Property Tax >> Property Tax >> Real Estate Tax >> Recreational Vehicle Tax >> Road Usage Tax >> Sales Tax >> School Tax >> Service Charge Tax >> Social Security Tax >> State Income Tax >> State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) >> Telephone Federal Excise Tax >> Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax >> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes >> Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax >> Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax >> Telephone State and Local Tax >> Telephone Usage Charge Tax >> Utility Taxes >> Vehicle License Registration Tax >> Vehicle Sales Tax >> Watercraft Registration Tax >> Well Permit Tax >> Workers Compensation Tax >> >> STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? >> >> Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and >> our nation was the most >> prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no >> national debt, had the >> largest middle >> class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the >> kids. >> >> What in the hell happened? Can you spell >> "politicians"! >> >> I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 >> times!!!! YOU can help it get >> there!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 It's been around for a long time, but I suggest if you put your name on it, you do a bit of editing, as a number of those taxes WERE around 100 years ago. Here's a bit from one of Professor Maule's posts, which offers some good links. I'm not being critical, George, I too think we have too many taxes. But I think we need to be careful, too, that we do not over-state the issue. That just gives those who want to pass more taxes ammunition to attack you on the errors. "Had the author omitted everything between "FUNNY?" and "What in the world..." the point of the message would be focused. Instead, we are treated to assertions that are either untrue or irrelevant other then to demonstrate the anger that cannot be contained or disguised by the humorous poetry or the list that encourages thinking about the scope of taxation. Had the author looked at something like Taxation History of the United States, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_hist...e_United_States he or she would have learned that a federal income tax existed more than 100 years ago. So, too, did state inheritance taxes. Examining Fact Sheets: Taxes -- History of the U.S. Tax System http://www.treasury.gov/education/fact-she...xes/ustax.shtml would have informed the author that liquor taxes existed more than 200 years ago. A little more research would turn up articles such as Slouching Towards Utopia?: The Economic History of the Twentieth Century: -VII. From the British to the American Century, http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_British7.html which would disclose the salient fact that the United States was not the most prosperous nation in the world 100 years ago. The assertion that there was "absolutely no national debt" is nonsense, and anyone who wants to become educated on the subject can read something like The United States National Debt, 1787-1900, http://eh.net/bookreviews/library/1058 which discusses the national debt from its beginnings more than 200 years ago. It's unclear whether the assertion about the size of the middle class refers to total numbers or percentages. Nor is it clear how middle class is defined for these purposes. But during the nineteenth century, there wasn't much of a middle class in this country or elsewhere. Whether "Mom stayed home with the kids," which may or may not be a generally accurate statement about life 100 years ago, or whether someone must press 1 for English, which is true in at least some voicemail systems, doesn't seem to tell us much, if anything, about the scope of taxation or the history of taxation. These claims illustrate what happens when emotions trump intellect while a person is communicating." http://mauledagain.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanmcq Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Of course Mom stayed home with the kids...all working on the farm, or all doing piecework in the tenement if in the city, or maybe all went to work side by side in the factory (no child labor laws, remember?). And women couldn't vote, and we died really young, and there weren't much in the way of roads, but those were the good ol' days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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