One Guy's Opinion on the Political Scene By: Jim Herndon
Fleece the taxpayer Time
I said the paycheck withholding tax is the most devious element of the most shameful swindle the government ever perpetrated upon its citizens – the tax system.
Another notable taxpayer gouge, right up there with the death tax on savings already taxed, is the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Revenue Baseline scam which provides for automatic tax increases from year to year unless Congress votes to stop them; how likely is it that Congress will vote to prevent a tax increase once it has been established? The politicians can put their hands in our pockets and pull out a few more dollars of our spendable income without causing a stir or losing a single vote. Some writer said this taxpayer shakedown was “like a rabbit hidden so deep in the weeds that it went unnoticed for years.” Incidentally, this is the same passive resistance technique Congressional Democrats plan to use by failing to renew the Bush tax cuts; they assume we are too ignorant to perceive that their inaction amounts to an increase in our taxes. Ronald Reagan said, "Our federal tax system is, in short, utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive. “It reeks with injustice and is fundamentally un-American.” Final note: Doesn’t it seem odd that our IRS tax prepareration booklet includes a Spanish language voter registration form? Am I crazy in thinking that a person whose English is so poor, he can’t fill out a simple form might just possibly not be encouraged to vote?