The government has already established several new taxes to line their own pockets, and enrich their soldiers. We have had to endure the sugar act, stamp act, and the Quartering act, just to name a few, and are done paying them. The Government has been unfair and unjust and it’s time for action to stop this madness. We have had small protests in the past, such as boycotting,…
In a great example of bipartisanship, President Ronald Reagan and the Democratic Congress worked together in 1986 and reformed America’s tax code. The result of that effort led to America’s corporate income tax rate being slashed from fifty percent to thirty-five percent. Since then, attempts to continue lowering America’s corporate income tax rate have failed, leaving America with the fourth highest corporate income tax in the world. Recently, I introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, H.R. 2…
On July 11, 2011, Author Dee Dee Myers published the article “What Class Warfare Really Looks Like.” The Short Horn would be doing a great injustice if it chose not to publish the article in an upcoming issue of the paper. The article helps to paint a very vivid picture of the sacrifices that members of the poor and lower middle class have to make, while seeming the upper middle and wealthy maintain their comforts in life. (the intro should be a little longer/mention ethos/pathos/logos) The sarcastic tone in Myers writing allows the reader to relax in the reading as if they are simple enjoying a conversation with an old friend.…
When The Articles of Confederation were first written, they did not give congress the power to tax citizens. This may have been good for the people, but it was not good for the government. If this problem was left until now, we wouldn’t have schools, government buildings and workers, or healthcare. The outcome would be disastrous. States had the right to coin their own money.…
Exasperated taxpayers see the cost of government rise with no end in sight, which reduces consumer spending. A starting solution could be to slightly raise our current income taxes. Approximately 80 percent of federal funds come from the individual income tax and the payroll taxes that fund social insurance programs. Another 11 percent derives from the corporate income tax, and the rest comes from a broad mix of other sources.…
Even though a fully rehabilitated ex-inmate had met all the requirements specified on the voting restoration application, he was still denied the right to vote, and there was no reason provided as to why, and this is dangerous to our democracy because it goes against our American ideals. If we look far back to what led to the start of our democracy, it was the American Revolution, and the American Revolution was led by the 1750s and 1760s slogan “No Taxation Without Representation”. The slogan summarized the primary grievances of American colonists, because they had to pay taxes without representation; similarly, some ex-inmates have to pay taxes without representation. Granted, voting is a right that should only be reserved for those…
Jeb Bush, son of George H. W. Bush, has promoted more conservative tax policies during his campaign for president as a Republican candidate. He recently announced his tax plan on September 8; promoting tax cuts for all individuals and corporations. In general, Republicans heavily favor the “trickle down” economic theory, the theory that economic benefits for the wealthy will “trickle down” and benefit society as a whole. Rather than spend their newfound wealth, the upper classes would choose to reinvest that money, created jobs and providing more wealth for the lower classes. In addition to tax cuts, Bush has spoken about his intentions to transform the K-12 system to include for accountability for teachers, higher standards for students,…
Hardworking citizens spend time and energy working countless hours to earn cash to comply with their avarice. Whether they invest or preserve their wage, workers are proud of their work and their hard-earned wage. Therefore, people should have the entitlement to keep the money they’ve earned without the government seizing a major part of their hard-earned cash. Throughout history, Republicans and Democrats have held two contrary views on taxation of the American citizens. The Democratic party regards taxes as a plan of stabilizing social classes by raising taxes for the upper class to lower taxes for the lower class.…
The sixteenth amendment is one of the most controversial statements that has aroused the American people with its ability to grant the government to control your financial state and also disable you to do certain things when they need money to use for no good reason. Do you want your money in someone else 's hands? Or do you want your own money to be able to control? The money that is given to the government through taxes is supposed to be used to support foreign affairs and have the federal government assemble a decent society to be prosperous.…
By elevating the tax bracket to the top 1 percent, it will enable budget deficits that have already seen overwhelming cuts, to possess a more secure infrastructure (119). Meaning, concerns of healthcare and education would not be a battle to live and learn but a level playing field across the board. Any capital gains of the super- rich should be considered taxed at a…
In the words of Thomas Paine, “Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” Taxes must be paid, no matter how one feels about the system and there must be no loopholes; not for the rich and not for the poor. Rather, the entire system that governs how we pay our taxes must be completely revised to be fair to all Americans, no matter their backgrounds or their…
Whenever the societal norms have been in opposition to the freedoms of the individual, people have in the history of America fought for change. Such abominations of slavery, inequality for women, or child labor have been thrown off precisely because these traditions violated individual liberty or the societal honor and decency. Furthermore, it is also the erosion of each those previous fundamental guidelines that Paine described which breeds frustration and anger among the people. Taxes do continue to grow.…
A progressive taxation versus flat taxation that inspires ongoing debate according to, "The rise in the federal government revenue needs is likely to prompt efforts to increase the high tax burden on saving upcoming decades", (Viard) which will help people with higher taxes have even amounts of money. The high taxes that people pay for the ones that just sit at home is not the right thing. What to do is fix it with the flat tax system and they need to get up and work like everyone in this country has the right to do instead of depending on a paycheck. "…
This book Red Ink: Inside the High-Stakes Politics of the Federal Budget, written by David Wessel, provides a readable format for readers with or without specific financial background to briefly understand the whole picture of the federal budget. The book consists of five chapters. In the first chapter, Wessel began with, as a reporter, a scene that the president was about to give a speech on federal budget for next fiscal year, guiding readers to understanding the real issues about federal budget the U.S. government was facing. These serious issues came with bond face, including the fact that the amount of defense and healthcare spending was great, that the Americans are actually paying less portion of their income in tax than other…
One reason the colonists showed resentment toward England after the Seven Years War included taxation without representation. Taxation without representation is a phrase of the colonies being taxed by the British government despite not having a representative government official to express the views of citizens and colonies. Some of these taxes included the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act, Quartering Act and the Townshend Acts (Boyer 132-138) Colonists were upset about the taxes they had to pay because they believed the taxes were passed in England by parliament and not their own colonial governments. (Boyer 136) The colonists were also upset by this because they could not voice their opinion or fight back against the taxes due to lack of representation…