I Have an Uncle Who Lives in Taxes...

``War would mean a prohibitive increase in our taxes.``
``Hey, I have an uncle who lives in Taxes``
``No, I`m talking taxes, money, dollars.``
``Dollars, that`s a where my uncle lives, Dollars Taxes``..



I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable tax day! In the spirit of this giving season, I thought you`d all enjoy seeing where your money is being spent.

Did you know that you work on average 77 days just to pay your federal taxes? That`s 15 days more than you work to pay for housing, and 25 days more than you work to pay for health care. If health care is a terrible crisis (as Saint Hillary and her posse keeps telling us) what does that make taxation? How about letting me withold 52 days worth of taxes for a Medical Savings Account? That would solve the problem.

Eastern Europe has proven that by minimizing taxes (10-15 percent) and making them less complicated (a flat tax) you stoke the economy and take in more revenue than with a higher, progressive system. The United States is employing a neo-Marxian taxation system, one developed in the late 19th/early 20th Centuries, and since completely discredited.

But the system isn`t going to change; too many people have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, and most of the populace is doing well so there is no public demand for reform. This short-sightedness will ultimately hurt us down the road; eventually we will face an economic competitor with low taxes, and we will find ourselves slipping behind. Furthermore, high taxes mean big government, and these feed each-other (big government means higher taxes, which means we can increase government.) How long before the old joke becomes true and America becomes the land of the fee and home of the slave?

Happy taxes, everyone!