What really agrvegatas me about the complicated legal hurdles that we all have to endure is that the expenses involved in them are not actually counted as part of the tax burden.Indeed, we are commonly led to believe that those of us living in western countries hand over about 35% of our earnings to our governments.Far more relevant to us, however, is the fact that if we also take into account all the red tape that EVERYONE has to pay for (e.g. government-imposed red tape on businesses - which increases the price of the goods and services that we consume) we discover that around 50% (not 35%) of our purchasing power is appropriated by government. FIFTY PER CENT!For example, in Dr Helen's case, if she pays $500 to an accountant, this will not count as part of her 'tax burden' - but, surely, it should be counted as such because it is the government that has imposed this burden upon her.Of course, it is not counted as 'tax' because the money goes to her accountant, not to the government.Indeed, what we see happening nowadays is governments increasingly imposing their demands on people via the **private** sector. The idea behind this is to increase the power of government without this being reflected in the 'tax' take.This is nothing more than a deceitful scam which is perpetrated by governments to hide the fact that their powers - and the burdens that they impose upon us - are forever increasing.FIFTY PER CENT!
What really agrvegatas me about the complicated legal hurdles that we all have to endure is that the expenses involved in them are not actually counted as part of the tax burden.Indeed, we are commonly led to believe that those of us living in western countries hand over about 35% of our earnings to our governments.Far more relevant to us, however, is the fact that if we also take into account all the red tape that EVERYONE has to pay for (e.g. government-imposed red tape on businesses - which increases the price of the goods and services that we consume) we discover that around 50% (not 35%) of our purchasing power is appropriated by government. FIFTY PER CENT!For example, in Dr Helen's case, if she pays $500 to an accountant, this will not count as part of her 'tax burden' - but, surely, it should be counted as such because it is the government that has imposed this burden upon her.Of course, it is not counted as 'tax' because the money goes to her accountant, not to the government.Indeed, what we see happening nowadays is governments increasingly imposing their demands on people via the **private** sector. The idea behind this is to increase the power of government without this being reflected in the 'tax' take.This is nothing more than a deceitful scam which is perpetrated by governments to hide the fact that their powers - and the burdens that they impose upon us - are forever increasing.FIFTY PER CENT!
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Company: IRS
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