Fair Tax?

[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Ruggerlife wrote:
Headhunter wrote:
Besides, why do you guys think the Income Tax was even created, in 1913? To fund the government? LOL! The goal of the income tax system was to eventually make sure that wealthy people stay that way, by holding down a rising middle class.

LOL! Your government is a joke!

We created an income tax system for a very specific purpose and once that is accomplished we’re abolishing our income taxes.

I’m not sure how many more years before we have our World War I effort paid in full, but it should be getting close. Suckers!

My point was that most of us ASSUME that the purposes of something a government does is somehow benevolent, which is rarely the case. Most things in gov’t are done to increase someone’s power. Expecting bureaucrats and the IRS to reduce their power over the American people is unrealistic at best.

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Yeah, I got your point and I moreless agree.

The one difference I would see is many times the initial idea, although not benevolent, is in the better interests of people. it’s usually when it becomes time to give up the power that “new directions and initiatives” are identified.

An example is the World Bank (or was it the International Monetary Fund, I forget now) was created to rebuild Europe after the second world war. Well last I checked it was rebuild. The World Bank however carries on with other international interests.

Side Note: I’m not saying I agree/disagree with the idea of the current World Bank, I’m just using it’s situation as an example.

[quote]Ruggerlife wrote:
Side Note: I’m not saying I agree/disagree with the idea of the current World Bank, I’m just using it’s situation as an example. [/quote]

Nice save.