Americans Do Not Pay Taxes

Americans do not like to pay taxes, but they are an important and necessary part of our way of life. There is not a consensus agreement on a fair tax code that would impact everyone equally. Politicians use the tax code as a weapon to garner votes by punishing a small minority to the delight of the majority. Tax breaks are given to certain businesses for political support and campaign contributions. Against this backdrop it is understandable that the American public is disillusioned with the tax code, and politicians’ in-general. The complexity of the tax code assures that a segment of the work force has a reason to exist. Accountants have to decipher a complex set of tax regulations that the average citizen could not possible understand, and many times fail to take the deductions that would lower their overall payment to the government. Taxes obviously foot the bill for the government and income adjustment is the only thing that is discussed in Washington, never lowering the tax rate, but always raising the tax rate. Government spending is unchecked, and if the nation’s obligations are …show more content…
This would be a flat tax on all goods and everyone would pay the same. To me, the best part is if you choose to limit you’re spending for a month, then the extra savings would be tax free. Everyone would pay taxes because there would not be under-the-table income that is not taxed, providing a larger base that generates more revenue. Some tax is already built into the price of goods that we buy, so the amount one pays for goods would not go up significantly. Services could also be taxed using the same tax base. Since retailers would be reporting and paying the government\, there wqould not be a need for the IRS that we have today, just accountants keeping the books. Abolishing the IRS seems like a wise decision—considering that the last couple of years they were used by politicians as a weapon against their