"Jeff" wrote in message ...
Charles Momsen wrote:
The poor are overtaxed. Look at the taxes on gasoline, liquor,
cigarettes, ammunition, food, even ice cream - children's ice cream
Mandrake and one can plainly see the poor are bearing an unjust burden.

A two pack a day smoker works 3 hours at minimum wage just to pay for
cigarettes and the privilege of earning minimum wage. Figure 2 gallons of
gas a day for his old car, a pint of Wild Turkey for his problems and
there is nothing left over. What's the poor guy to do? Go out and steal
so his poor family can eat?

If sales taxes and sin taxes were eliminated the poor would be better off
and crime would be reduced. The jails would be less crowded and
Inspector Javert could attend to more important business.
Here in Massachusetts we had a referendum on eliminating the State Income
Tax. The proponents argued at great length about how the state
legislature would be forced to eliminate waste if half the revenue was
gone. What they never mentioned is that ou[r] income tax is a flat rate -
a burden carried equally be rich and poor with very few exceptions. The
other primary sources of revenue, sales and property taxes,
disproportionately affect the poor. Eliminating income tax would mean
that the rich would get a free ride, while the poor and middle class
carried the entire load of financing the Commonwealth.

Fortunately, the voters saw through the sham and voted it down, 3 to 1.


Unfortunately the voters are brainwashed. They saw through nothing. The
entire point was to reduce the tax revenues to limit the size and scope of
government. The voters missed the point.

Using the smoke and mirrors of class warfare government successfully reduced
the populace to warring factions that got NOTHING done to reduce the size
and expense of government.

And, you seem to be happy about it. Duh! What a fool.

Wilbur Hubbard