Comments on: April 15th: Tax Day http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/04/15/april-15th-tax-day/ The FreedomWorks blog dedicated to lower taxes and more freedom. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:54:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mister Guy http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/04/15/april-15th-tax-day/#comment-80822 Mister Guy Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:29:01 +0000 http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/04/15/april-15th-tax-day/#comment-80822 As you state, our system of govt. in this country is NOT based on the Declaration of Independence, it's based on the U.S. Constitution, period. I support the type of democracy that our Founding Fathers setup a looong time ago in that document...they really knew what they were doing! "to some extent"...lol...dream on then...it'll never happen... As you state, our system of govt. in this country is NOT based on the Declaration of Independence, it’s based on the U.S. Constitution, period. I support the type of democracy that our Founding Fathers setup a looong time ago in that document…they really knew what they were doing!

“to some extent”…lol…dream on then…it’ll never happen…

]]> By: Casey Elliott http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/04/15/april-15th-tax-day/#comment-80802 Casey Elliott Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:05:47 +0000 http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/04/15/april-15th-tax-day/#comment-80802 As to the Flat Tax: I have supported the flat tax for years. I now support something that I think is better: the Fair Tax proposal. A national retail sales tax (without any exceptions or exemptions) with a prebate to make it "progressive" instead of oppressive to poor families, means I don't have to report my income to the government and I don't have to file a tax return. It is fair, everyone contributes, everyone can control, to some extent, their tax burden, and it is a tax on resources rather than income (so the very rich, even when the lose money due to the stock market tanking, still pay taxes). It permits people to invest and to transfer wealth to their offspring. That's a dream to reach for. As to the Flat Tax: I have supported the flat tax for years. I now support something that I think is better: the Fair Tax proposal. A national retail sales tax (without any exceptions or exemptions) with a prebate to make it “progressive” instead of oppressive to poor families, means I don’t have to report my income to the government and I don’t have to file a tax return.
It is fair, everyone contributes, everyone can control, to some extent, their tax burden, and it is a tax on resources rather than income (so the very rich, even when the lose money due to the stock market tanking, still pay taxes). It permits people to invest and to transfer wealth to their offspring.
That’s a dream to reach for.

]]> By: Casey Elliott http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/04/15/april-15th-tax-day/#comment-80801 Casey Elliott Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:59:55 +0000 http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/04/15/april-15th-tax-day/#comment-80801 Gee, Mr. Guy, we keep running into each other. The U.S. government does not march to the tune of the Declaration of Independence. It was created by the Constitution of the United States, which, to my surprise, does not mention God even once. If you remember, a group of colonists, harassed and ignored by an oppressive government, set the stage of their beliefs and the premise of their cause in the preamble to the Declaration of Independence with the beautiful phrase that you quoted. Let me point out, although they used to word Creator to describe God, that term can be construed to mean "parents". Does that help you support their cause? Gee, Mr. Guy, we keep running into each other.
The U.S. government does not march to the tune of the Declaration of Independence. It was created by the Constitution of the United States, which, to my surprise, does not mention God even once.
If you remember, a group of colonists, harassed and ignored by an oppressive government, set the stage of their beliefs and the premise of their cause in the preamble to the Declaration of Independence with the beautiful phrase that you quoted.
Let me point out, although they used to word Creator to describe God, that term can be construed to mean “parents”. Does that help you support their cause?

]]> By: Mister Guy http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/04/15/april-15th-tax-day/#comment-80315 Mister Guy Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:57:45 +0000 http://www.freedomtalks.org/2008/04/15/april-15th-tax-day/#comment-80315 "our Creator who endowed us with the rights to life, liberty, and property"...where, praytell did He do that?? I don't think the U.S. govt. should be taking it's marching orders from something that doesn't exist BTW. “our Creator who endowed us with the rights to life, liberty, and property”…where, praytell did He do that??

I don’t think the U.S. govt. should be taking it’s marching orders from something that doesn’t exist BTW.

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