What is the solution to this illegal taxation on EVERYTHING?
- SALTY TAXING!
Property taxes, IRS, all of this bullshit.
We are being raped at every single point. Home ownership is a fucking scam, we don't own shit.
We don't own our cars. This Babylonian money magic system needs to fall. How do we combat this whole scam?
I'm sure there are so many of us who are struggling to get by while Ukrainians are getting billions. Look at Maui.
Once Trump gets back in, are things REALLY going to change? I read that sales tax can take care of everything, all costs and overhead to run the government.
Fuck this system.
**The entire system has to Collapse in order for the illiberal liberals to see that their liberal international order, erected after the Cold War was flawed from the start and thus destined to fail. **
Capitalism is good when people are good. i.e Everyone is motivated to work and have sense of pride in their effort and contribution towards a functioning society. They value their life and the monetary benefits their contribution provides.
Capitalism is bad when people are greedy beyond belief and corrupt - which is what has been happening. It is on a collision course when both corporations and the politicians are corrupt [which is the state it is at now].
A Government at no time should be in charge of an endless supply of money because majority of the administration is run by bureaucrats without financial experience** [ I seriously doubt that they can read a Balance Sheet, let alone put together a complex excel worksheet with numbers that has fiscal responsibility in balancing public revenue, public expenditure, and public debt.]**
I am all for a GOODS & SERVICES consumption tax and getting rid of all government employees [except for the military & police] & taxes. The hard working people can decide how, where and when they spend their money.
If you buy a Toyota Prius you pay the GST on the purchase price / if you buy a Ferrari you pay the GST on the purchase price. This is a one time tax.
If a man works all his life and wants to leave his wealth to his family that is his business, it is not for the government to gouge his estate in the form of a Death Tax [he paid his dues whilst he was living and earned the right to pass on his hard efforts to whom ever he choses without a penalty].
No Gift Tax - If you gift money to a person that person is ultimately going to spend that money in the economy.
No Taxes for businesses & corporations on the condition that certain percentage of income earned has to stay in the US and they have to hire people within the country. If talent is not available develop training programs to attract people within the country / implement apprenticeships / build training colleges specific to the industry.
If the corporations go outside the country to invest, they are subject to a tax in accordance with the funds they are taking out. Likewise if they are bringing in resources from outside the country that is otherwise available in the US, it is subject to a tax accordingly.
No government run pension funds [except for vets] - if you look at any one of the government pension funds today, they are all bankrrupt anyway.
We should implement a Superannuation System like in Australia, for retirement. Employer contributes a % of your salary and a worker can contribute above this if they choose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superannuation_in_Australia
Teach Financial litracy from early on, to future generations.
There are plenty of resources / wealth to go around for every human being, we currently have a system where people are kept poor and on a treadmill to pay taxes in an effort to support the lifestyles of politicians and the elite beside the fact they mismanage & wast tax payer money.
We need a better system that is benevolent to people who wants to work, provide for their family, live & enjoy the fruits of their labour.
We need a FAIR system that encourage & motivate the free loaders to be productive.
We need a true healthcare system that works like clockwork to benefit the citizens without the insurance companies and big pharma gouging to make their shareholders rich.
It is all achievable, people must demand it or stop paying taxes. Taxes are nothing but a river of gold that flows one way.
Capitalism is simply a financial structure. In ANY financial structure, we need to have checks and balances that are fairly and correctly enforced. Instead, cronyism abounds because there aren't enough laws against government reps getting funding.
I'm sorry, I don't care who this offends: Lobbying should be treated the exact same as a bribe.
“Lobbying should be treated the exact same as a bribe.”
Well said.
'Capitalism is good when people are good' actually capitalism's means to an end is to make the rich richer beyond belief. What we need is a return to true free market enterprise with fair profits (laws on the large corporations) and tariffs on goods that enter the country. A small sales tax along with tariffs and certain other fees that only apply to the corporations would give the government enough to do what it is supposed to do. Back to real free market enterprise not this convoluted shit show and regulations against the average small business capitalism that only benefits the rich.
I agree. What I mean is unambiguous clear laws written in plain English with no loopholes. One of these laws would be to end corporate personhood. I'm not talking about small business but corporations that have legal departments and are publicly traded or even if not public tradedbforced to serve the community and the nation at large. We can at least enforce the laws already on the books. Any new laws would be reasonable. We need large corporations but they also need to be held accountable for the good of the country.
The end result of capitalism is always a wealth pump that sucks everything into the hands of the few. In the beginning, when there is still much distributed wealth to be extracted, many can benefit from the money flows. But eventually the wealth runs dry and it will leave a 2 tiered system of the extremely rich and extremely poor.
There are, however, many other economic systems that can be tried. It was the sieve of the cold war forced every country into accepting either communism or capitalism. Before this, the economies of the world were much more diverse.
Free market distributism is an example of something that may be an option. As I read it, that is close to what you are describing.