In his latest column, Ron Paul talks about Tax Freedom Day, a hypothetical holiday which is “celebrated” today, April 13, and symbolizes the fact that Americans are slaving away 3.5 months, or 28.2% of this year to fulfill the government’s voracious appetite for confiscatory taxes, corrupt bailouts and wasteful stimulus efforts. Ron Paul wants to abolish the income tax and replace it with nothing, and until that dream becomes a political reality, he fights for every tax cut and tax credit possible.
Fewer Taxes for Real Economic Stimulus
by Ron Paul
Taxes are the issue this week as Americans struggle to make the April 15th deadline to file their returns. It is a good time to contemplate the effects of big government and what it does to our country. The income tax is one of the most egregious encroachments on our liberties today. It is a form of involuntary servitude, which was supposed to have been outlawed by the 13th Amendment.
Tax Freedom Day is defined as the day when the nation as a whole has theoretically earned enough income to fund its annual federal tax burden. For all of the days of the year before this day, you are a slave to government. For 2009, Tax Freedom Day will come on April 13th. Almost a century ago in 1910, before the mistakes of 1913-namely the inception of the Federal Reserve and our current income tax, Tax Freedom Day was January 19th, signifying a mere 5% tax burden. Somehow, our country functioned just fine.
If calculated to include government spending and the deficit, rather than just collections, Tax Freedom Day would actually fall on May 29. The annual deficit adds to the growing debt of future generations and adds insult to injury to those that struggle to make this economy work. It is a slap in the face that this is not enough to prevent this crushing governmental burden from falling on the next generation.
For months now, Washington has been desperately throwing taxpayers’ money at various programs to stimulate us out of the recession, to no avail. Seeing hard-earned money confiscated from the people and spent in such wasteful ways, such as the recent bailouts, is almost too much to bear. Getting rid of the income tax altogether, while very beneficial, may be a while in coming. In the meantime, I am fighting for every tax cut or tax credit possible.
I can think of no better economic stimulus than letting people keep their money and spend it how they see fit. For this reason, I am an original cosponsor on a bill that would give Americans a two month employment and income tax holiday, while taking unused TARP money back from the Secretary of the Treasury and putting it in the Social Security trust fund instead.
In addition, I have recently introduced the Child Health Care Affordability Act. If passed this legislation would provide parents with a tax credit of up to $500 for health care expenses of dependent children. I have also re-introduced the Tax Free Tips Act, which would make tips exempt from federal income and payroll taxes. I am also an original cosponsor of a bill that would make permanent the deduction of state and local sales taxes. My bill HR 162 exempts Social Security benefits from income tax.
These are just a few of the many tax related bills I am fighting for in Congress, but without a corresponding cut in the size of government, which I am also fighting for, we are simply adding to the future tax burden of our children.
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Ron Paul has it right, taxes are theft. 99% of all taxes are not needed and just go to wasteful spending. Viva Ron Paul!
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The Most important challenge GM faces is to win back the trust of the tax payers. Giving away billions of tax payer money is not going to go under good sights of the consumers
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chuckypita- impressive site and accomplishments! but I don’t see what that has to do with limiting the size of gov’t. I did read the part about the ‘politial stage’ but I guess I’m not sure how that would play out.
Oh and.. on your ‘about us’ page….Golden Whetman stumbled into football ‘BY’ accident, not “….ON accident.” (if you care, that is…lol)
And I haven’t got the time to start and maintain a blog…I’m trying to keep my head afloat running the office end of a manufacturing plant. http://www.sunny-hill.com
I’m going to have to work around my schedule for this political stuff…(I shouldn’t have much trouble..my husband and I own it! lol)
Anyway, thanks for the great advice and maybe just maybe we’ll be on tv one day…you for football and me because I’m either in jail (kidding!) or have grabbed enough attention around here to make our little political stage news worthy.
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Not sure if this is a “better idea” or not, but I started a football team called the Wasatch REVolution! Guess where we got that name? http://www.wasatchrevolutionblog.com
Anyway, I have teamed up with Lowell Nelson and others in the C4L here in Utah. It’s important that we put government back to size.
Go start your own blog and rant and rave! The more the better!
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