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Date Posted：03/30/2012 10:05 AMCopy HTML Property tax, after income tax, is one of the most corrosive forms of taxation in existance. While income tax tells you that you are a slave to various governments, property tax tells you that nothing you worked for belongs to you unless you pay the squeeze.
Seems like maybe some folks are fighting back against property taxes... have a go at this report. http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/03/property-tax-revolution-in-north-dakota.html Come to the Dark Side.
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There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：06/29/2012 4:58 AMCopy HTML I am not happy to pay what the various authorities consider to be my "fair share".
I do not believe a majority of government spending goes towards maintaining either a safe or a sane society. Indeed - much of what is done by government now is incredibly unsafe (endless wars throughout the world) and insane (wars, covering the losses of millionaires and billionaires while allowing them to keep their gains, etc). Comment: Part of the present problem in Washington is the lack of compromise.
Response: It's always better for the bully when the bullied does not resist, isn't it?
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：06/29/2012 9:54 PMCopy HTML Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/03/2012 11:37 AMCopy HTML Reply to alaskaone (06/29/2012 3:54 PM) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165792/Natalie-Plummer-arrested-holding-sign-warning-drivers-police-speed-trap.html Fight. As if HPD officers don't have anything better to do. Pathetic! June 11, 2009: "No matter how we reform health care, I intend to keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you'll be able to keep your doctor; if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan." Barack Obama.
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/03/2012 4:18 PMCopy HTML I don't know, she interfered with the collection of money for the govt and it's always about the money, no matter your label.
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/04/2012 5:37 AMCopy HTML My god. If only you could make that connection to obamacare.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/24/2012 4:13 AMCopy HTML Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/31/2012 12:34 AMCopy HTML Farmers in Fauquier County are planning to bring their pitchforks to an Aug. 2 hearing before the Board of Zoning Appeals to protest the arbitrary treatment of one of their own. On April 30, Zoning Administrator Kimberley Johnson sent Martha Boneta an official cease-and-desist notice for selling farm products and hosting a birthday party for her best friend's 10-year-old daughter on her 70-acre Paris, Va., farm without a special administrative permit.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/examiner-local-editorial-fauquier-county-steps-over-the-line/article/2503450 Hip hip huzzah! Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/31/2012 1:14 AMCopy HTML Reply to alaskaone (07/03/2012 10:37 PM) My god. If only you could make that connection to obamacare. Or you could choose car insurance or seat belts or helmets. The "connection" comes when it doesn't benefit society by saving lives and money. That you choose not to save those lives or $$ in the mantra of freedom of choice is to bad. You are not an island, if you need to live so, find one, buy it and do your own thing. |
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/31/2012 2:17 PMCopy HTML Down that path, young katie, is hell. It's been taken before, and it always goes to the same place.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/31/2012 3:15 PMCopy HTML
My my you are exxergating again, "hell" is not this country, at our worst of times living here has not been living in "hell."
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/31/2012 3:23 PMCopy HTML The natural progression is for freedom to erode and tyranny take over.
And, yes. I'm looking at my daughters with the full knowledge they've been enslaved by the previous couple of generations. I'm thinking we're going to leave. Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/31/2012 3:26 PMCopy HTML
Have you picked that island and can you afford it?
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/31/2012 3:43 PMCopy HTML New Zealand looks nice, as does Australia. There are other possibilities, as well.
Is there any injustice you are unwilling to tolerate... so long as it's unka sam doing it? Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：07/31/2012 4:06 PMCopy HTML
They are lovely but they have everything and more that you hate here.
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：08/01/2012 12:43 PMCopy HTML Your imaginings about me and the reality are quite different.
Australia's debt is 39.7% of its gdp. Ours is 72.3% and going through the roof. Can't find N.Z.'s. And you dodged the question. Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：08/01/2012 2:41 PMCopy HTML
I wasn't thinking about debt but SS, welfare, unemployment insurance, national health care system, large chunk of university, college, tech school financed by the govt., their system that resembles HUD is far more extensive including to foreigners and more, in other words their 'social' systems offers more than ours.
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：08/01/2012 3:26 PMCopy HTML
I forgot one, taxes, NZ pays quite a chunk more in taxes than we do and Australia a bit more.
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：08/01/2012 3:38 PMCopy HTML It's their decision.
I am adamantly opposed to inter-generational debt and government pyramid schemes. Using poor people to benefit the wealthy seniors who sank the nation into debt and made war a hobby is indefensible. Last I heard, the Aussies and Kiwis weren't enslaving their own children or assassinating people for fun. Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：08/01/2012 3:42 PMCopy HTML I could live in either one, easily, I've gotten the impression you were more opposed to a 'nanny state' more than anything else. |
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：08/01/2012 3:55 PMCopy HTML I am opposed to an all-powerful centralized government such as what is growing in washington d.c. Symptoms of it are our intergenerational debt, perpetual warfare and endemic corporatism.
A while back, I lived on a 1940 wooden motor yacht in s.e. Alaska. Might be I'll eventually pick up another yacht and we'll just island hop while rome burns down. When the dust settles, we'll come back and help clean up. Depends upon how violent unka sam becomes. Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：08/18/2012 12:20 PMCopy HTML When New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed HB 146 into law on June 18, the Granite State became the first in the nation to enact a measure explicitly recognizing and protecting the indispensable right of jury nullification.
New Hampshire’s jury nullification law reads, in relevant part: “In all criminal proceedings the court shall permit the defense to inform the jury of its right to judge the facts and the application of the law in relation to the facts in controversy.” There is nothing novel about the principle and practice of jury nullification, which dictates that citizen juries have the right and authority to rule both on the facts of a case, and the validity of a given law. This is widely recognized in judicial precedents in both American history and in Anglo-Saxon common law dating back to the Magna Carta (or earlier). At the time of the American founding it was well and widely understood that the power of citizen juries – both grand and petit – was plenary, and that their chief function was to force the government to prove its case against a defendant – and the validity of the law in question. Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：09/18/2012 12:45 PMCopy HTML Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：09/18/2012 1:46 PMCopy HTML Reply to katie5445 (08/01/2012 10:26 AM) I forgot one, taxes, NZ pays quite a chunk more in taxes than we do and Australia a bit more. I've seen this repeated many times - and it is due to the fact that most comparisons only count national tax burdens. The United States has an incredible amount of state and local taxes as well that must be included. Here's the Wiki version - which lists the American tax burden at 24 to 26% of GDP. Now let's check with the President's Office of Management and Budget: Table 15.1—Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2011 We see the revenues have been as high as 30.6% of GDP, and in the past decade averaged 27%. Since the real American government burden is total spending (as borrowing is in essence a form of hidden taxation, let's check that out as well: Table 15.3—Total Government Expenditures as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2011 This has been as high as 37% of GDP, and in the past decade has averaged 33%. Another source of total tax burden is: Tax FoundationThey publish their Tax Freedom Day ® annually, which calculates the total tax burden as a percentage of income. Based on taxes, this date was April 17 this year, and based on total spending it was May 14. This represents 30% and 37% of the total income of all Americans - not just the tax rate, but the total average burden upon all taxpayers. This is an unbelievably heavy burden - and really illustrates how far off those charts and tables are that seem to indicate that Americans do not pay high tax rates. It appears that the various local, state and national governments of the United States have figured out how to spread the forms of taxes out in such a way that the total burden is difficult to calculate. They have achieved that age old taxman's dream: “The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing” Jean Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Finance under King Louis IV of FranceComment: Part of the present problem in Washington is the lack of compromise.
Response: It's always better for the bully when the bullied does not resist, isn't it?
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：10/20/2012 2:07 PMCopy HTML House Republicans say new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines aimed at forcing students to eat fruits and vegetables are a failure because students across the country are simply tossing the healthy fare into the trash.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/263069-republicans-say-students-throwing-away-vegetables-usda-is-trying-to-force-them-to-eat Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：10/20/2012 2:20 PMCopy HTML
Sorta like "cash for clunkers" when all those very usable vehicles got trashed.
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：10/20/2012 2:22 PMCopy HTML Yup. Now the prices of used vehicles in alaska is so high that the kids can't buy them without taking out a loan.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：10/20/2012 3:43 PMCopy HTML Reply to Hayekian (09/18/2012 6:46 AM) That isn't different than most other countries, they pay local, state, Social Security although they call it something else. Plus VAT, NZ at 12.5% and Australia at 10%, my state I pay zip in sales tax.Reply to katie5445 (08/01/2012 10:26 AM) I forgot one, taxes, NZ pays quite a chunk more in taxes than we do and Australia a bit more. I've seen this repeated many times - and it is due to the fact that most comparisons only count national tax burdens. The United States has an incredible amount of state and local taxes as well that must be included. Here's the Wiki version - which lists the American tax burden at 24 to 26% of GDP. Now let's check with the President's Office of Management and Budget: Table 15.1—Total Government Receipts in Absolute Amounts and as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2011 We see the revenues have been as high as 30.6% of GDP, and in the past decade averaged 27%. Since the real American government burden is total spending (as borrowing is in essence a form of hidden taxation, let's check that out as well: Table 15.3—Total Government Expenditures as Percentages of GDP: 1948–2011 This has been as high as 37% of GDP, and in the past decade has averaged 33%. Another source of total tax burden is: Tax FoundationThey publish their Tax Freedom Day ® annually, which calculates the total tax burden as a percentage of income. Based on taxes, this date was April 17 this year, and based on total spending it was May 14. This represents 30% and 37% of the total income of all Americans - not just the tax rate, but the total average burden upon all taxpayers. This is an unbelievably heavy burden - and really illustrates how far off those charts and tables are that seem to indicate that Americans do not pay high tax rates. It appears that the various local, state and national governments of the United States have figured out how to spread the forms of taxes out in such a way that the total burden is difficult to calculate. They have achieved that age old taxman's dream: “The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing” Jean Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Finance under King Louis IV of France |
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：10/20/2012 9:49 PMCopy HTML Reply to alaskaone (07/31/2012 9:43 AM) New Zealand looks nice, as does Australia. There are other possibilities, as well. Is there any injustice you are unwilling to tolerate... so long as it's unka sam doing it? Not sure you'd like Australia, Alaska. High tax rate, socialized medicine, major nanny government both locally and nationally. Cost of living is outrageous. A pound of grapes...$12.00..that's just one example. A basic dinner of say Chinese food and a glass of wine (for a couple) will run you around $75.00 over there. My hometown....dinner for two and two glasses of wine around $45.00....and with food to take home. It's gorgeous, but I find it to be very "Stepfordish" for a better word. If you are considering immigrating there, you have to prove you can pay your own way...including healthcare....especially if you are older. June 11, 2009: "No matter how we reform health care, I intend to keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you'll be able to keep your doctor; if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan." Barack Obama.
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：10/20/2012 9:58 PMCopy HTML My sister, currently in N.Z. working on the Hobbit and the next superman movie, says the same; food and healthcare are outrageous.
Odd considering the number of sheep in N.Z. You'd think at least mutton would be cheap. I once lived on a motor yacht, a smallish one... only 40ft. I've often thought about returning to that life... Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：Lights in the darkness; people are fighting back. Date Posted：10/20/2012 10:20 PMCopy HTML
My husband has been traveling to Australia on business back and forth for a while now, and while it's a beautiful country....it's just too expensive. We have several friends retiring over there, but their dollars will not go as far as ours will if we stay in the U.S. and just traveling. I hear you though, we have seriously debated moving somewhere else...even Australia, but I am not giving up on the U.S.A. We have though opened up a bank account in Australia and are putting some money over there...perfectly legal. June 11, 2009: "No matter how we reform health care, I intend to keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you'll be able to keep your doctor; if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan." Barack Obama.
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