For the first approximately 80 yrs, except for a brief period during the Civil War, the US survived on tariffs Even in the 1920's, only 2% of the US expenditures came from income tax. From 1868 until 1913, 90 percent of all revenue came from taxes on liquor, beer, wine and tobacco.
Enter the Depression and FDR, with the Fed's blessing, throwing money around like only a Democrat can. He and the politicians rubbing their grubby hands together once they realized they could steal money from US citizens and call it "income tax".
Not to mention these days, Federal employment is insane. There are 3 million Federal employees earning an avg. of $100,000/year.
3000000 x $100000 = 300 BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR
Praying POTUS will drastically cut the number of employees once he is reelected.
The income tax came in well before FDR, when the Republicans were in charge because the federal government couldn't function on taxes on alcohol and tobbaco. The expansion of the federal government led to the greatest economic surge this country has ever seen. We couldn't have fought WW2 without it. And where will these job cuts come from? Even if you wiped out the entire Department of Justice, that would only be about 3% of the federal work force. The largest federal government departments are the DoD (37%) and the VA (11%). It would be hard to make cuts without basically destroying the military and screwing over veterans. How would we pay for all those? And why should a bunch of California billionaires get all their money tax-free?
I understand the income tax was instituted before FDR. My point, apparently not well made was that FDR and gov't saw income tax as way to tax and spend and they've been on that joyride ever since..
Why did we even fight WWII? The US should have stayed out of it.
Keep the military BUT stay out of foreign wars like stupid Ukraine. Our military should protect our country and our borders. If government leaders want to fight overseas, let them and their families don fatigues.
Most of all, we need transparency in ALL agencies that would survive a purge.
Why did we even fight WWII? The US should have stayed out of it.
The US was attacked on our own soil. Should we have just rolled over and ignored all the Americans killed at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines? Also, if we had stayed out of WW2, we wouldn't be the powerhouse that we are today. The massive jump in manufacturing capacity and the dollar being made the world reserve currency were all outcomes of WW2.
If government leaders want to fight overseas, let them and their families don fatigues.
But we aren't fighting overseas. There aren't any American soldiers fighting on the ground in Ukraine.
Most of all, we need transparency in ALL agencies that would survive a purge.
Sure, but I still don't see how we could fund this on alcohol taxes and tariffs. I think the interstate system alone costs more than the government could bring in on those.
Sorry, I meant we should not have been involved in Europe. Besides, the COMINT personnel in the Army and Navy had realized from diplomatic decrypts that war with Japan was very close. Had they acted on this, we would not ahve to have been involved at all.
We've sent billions to Ukraine which was stupid. It's not our war.
The status quo says there are no ways to fund. If POTUS hires people to think "outside the box", solutions could be found.
For the first approximately 80 yrs, except for a brief period during the Civil War, the US survived on tariffs Even in the 1920's, only 2% of the US expenditures came from income tax. From 1868 until 1913, 90 percent of all revenue came from taxes on liquor, beer, wine and tobacco.
Enter the Depression and FDR, with the Fed's blessing, throwing money around like only a Democrat can. He and the politicians rubbing their grubby hands together once they realized they could steal money from US citizens and call it "income tax".
Not to mention these days, Federal employment is insane. There are 3 million Federal employees earning an avg. of $100,000/year. 3000000 x $100000 = 300 BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR Praying POTUS will drastically cut the number of employees once he is reelected.
The income tax came in well before FDR, when the Republicans were in charge because the federal government couldn't function on taxes on alcohol and tobbaco. The expansion of the federal government led to the greatest economic surge this country has ever seen. We couldn't have fought WW2 without it. And where will these job cuts come from? Even if you wiped out the entire Department of Justice, that would only be about 3% of the federal work force. The largest federal government departments are the DoD (37%) and the VA (11%). It would be hard to make cuts without basically destroying the military and screwing over veterans. How would we pay for all those? And why should a bunch of California billionaires get all their money tax-free?
I understand the income tax was instituted before FDR. My point, apparently not well made was that FDR and gov't saw income tax as way to tax and spend and they've been on that joyride ever since.. Why did we even fight WWII? The US should have stayed out of it.
Keep the military BUT stay out of foreign wars like stupid Ukraine. Our military should protect our country and our borders. If government leaders want to fight overseas, let them and their families don fatigues.
Most of all, we need transparency in ALL agencies that would survive a purge.
The US was attacked on our own soil. Should we have just rolled over and ignored all the Americans killed at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines? Also, if we had stayed out of WW2, we wouldn't be the powerhouse that we are today. The massive jump in manufacturing capacity and the dollar being made the world reserve currency were all outcomes of WW2.
But we aren't fighting overseas. There aren't any American soldiers fighting on the ground in Ukraine.
Sure, but I still don't see how we could fund this on alcohol taxes and tariffs. I think the interstate system alone costs more than the government could bring in on those.
Sorry, I meant we should not have been involved in Europe. Besides, the COMINT personnel in the Army and Navy had realized from diplomatic decrypts that war with Japan was very close. Had they acted on this, we would not ahve to have been involved at all.
We've sent billions to Ukraine which was stupid. It's not our war.
The status quo says there are no ways to fund. If POTUS hires people to think "outside the box", solutions could be found.