Is our taxation system needed and/or fair?

Well state why you think we need/don't need taxes and why or why not the current system is fair.

 

Yes, I think it's needed in order to sustain government expenditures to stimulate the national and global economy. No, the current system is not fair.

Think about where your money is going to, in the government. If you pay taxes and your neighbor pays averts the IRS, should he deserve to reap the benefits of the national defense at your expense in times of war?

 

Money = power, taxes lead to money, therefore, for government, there is a need of taxes.

Fair? I'm assuming you are talking about the income tax rates? In a time of need, you need to tax the people with the money the most. A Flat tax is fair as in equal, but not completely fair as it could be more/less devastating for a different family with less/more annual income.

 

So if I make 100k a year, just because of that, I deserve to pay more tax then you for only making 50k a year?

Should we do the same for your neighbor since hes a citizen or let his house be blown up?

 

Not deserve. If the government needs more money, it's more sensible to tax the ones with more money that can sustain themselves more than the poorer population.

If you raise a flat rate tax, the ones with more money will be able to adjust rather than the ones with lower annual income.

 

Isn't that thievery? Taking more from one person then another. Also how do you know the spending habits and financial responsibility is greater for those with more money then those without.

 

You don't. It's an accountable variable, but the government will still tax without regards of their spending habits. In general, you help those that need it; those who have less money are assumed to need more help than those who have more.

The fixed rate tax is to get the most amount of money, by crippling the least amount of people, extremely unfair, but when needed, it is permissible.

 

That's discrimination based on income, and the constitution of the US has no laws against it.

 

I think that taxes are a necessary evil, because although we may not like having to give up our hard earned money, it pays for public services such as roads, schools, and national security (I don't know about you guys, but I sure like to utilize these things). Although the current system may not be fair to all, it is hard to come up with a system that would be equally fair to people of all incomes, and the only suggestion I have is to cut back government spending on un-needed things such as prison systems (a whole nother topic I could ramble about) and spend more on things like education (which with better education, in the long run would result in more professional jobs, which means more tax money back to the government). Theres my 2 cents

 

So lets say this for a scenario: Set the "fixed" tax rate to 20%. That means every dime made 20% of it goes goodbye before you get it.

How is that extremely unfair? Punishing those who do better is thievery. The people who make more and do better shouldn't have a heavier penalty for doing so as is not as encouraging to do better.

Everyone should be helped no matter what.

 

I think that foods, and the basics to live by should not be taxed. Ohter then that there should be a tax on items.

 

Cutting back on spending is like us hitting the lottery, its not going to happen. A fair system would be a flat tax rate to all, therefore not punishing those who do better.

A great idea! Dump another 50B in a completely failed public school system! How about not. Public schools are a joke. I went to one and graduated and if you couldn't graduate its because you failed on purpose.

If there were no taxes for roads, I'd bet that road you drove to work 10 miles away each week wouldn't have a problem staying fixed if you wanted to keep your job, would it?

 

Name specific items please.

 

Foods like: ceral, chips, fish, poultry, beef, veal, drinks... Not needed items such as beds, books, animals, glass works, cars...

 

I meant make an argument on specific items.

Should everything be taxed the same? Not everything is taxed equally by any means.

 

I believe that all foods should be tax exempt, like when people pay with food stamps it exempts the taxes anyways. All non-food items should be taxed the same, in my mind. The 10% sales tax is just ridiculous to begin with. Why would we need a 10% sales tax on anything? Whenever you spend $100 it is $10 added on just by tax which is plain stupid, but I guess it helps something. I do not much know about taxes.

FireZ: Can you explain to me what taxes do, where they go?

 

Food stamps are not tax exempt. Our tax dollars paid for those in the first place.

10% sales tax is ridiculous, 6 - 7% is fine with me for now.

As for where do our tax dollars go, they go to the ''government" and then they decide where they are spent in a very unfair way. (pork barrel projects come to mind)

 

Funds being cut from schools is the ONLY problem with public schools. Every problem in public schooling can be linked to the lack of funding, so if anything, putting more money into the schools is the only way to fix them, as they aren't going to get any better by bitching and moaning about how terrible they are.

If you are suggesting that roads should be payed for privately by the people who use them, a big problem arises, how do you decide how much of the road each person pays? Equal split all ways? Each person uses the road a different amount, and many people would complain on how unfair this is.

 

The way our tax dollars are spent are decided by your elected officials, if you have a problem with the way the government is spending your money, contact one of your elected officials, or vote them out of office.