We keep paying more taxes yet it never seems to be enough...?
101188
It is a liberal conspiracy to tax you until you cannot support yourself any more. Then you would have to depend on the government for support, and then they will declare victory.
1058036
Because you and I are not doing anything to stop them!!\nALL OF THE "LITTLE" people have to get together.\nIf we were to get together and email, write, call, talk to, every single person in government they would HAVE to listen.\nThe problem is people only complain...They do nothing.\nThey think they are too busy in their lives....If we don't wake up soon it WILL BE TOO LATE...The rich will get richer and the rest of us will be doing all of their work for NOTHING....\nProperty tax is a good example....After paying off your house...if you happen to be that lucky...you STILL HAVE TO KEEP PAYING...in the form of property taxes. This is unfair and unconstitutional....Once a person pays off their mortgage and OWNS their OWN house they should be able to KNOW they can live their for the rest of their lives without paying a dime.\nThat is just one tiny example of what is being done to us all...\nAnyone who wants to stop this email me.....The first thing we all must do is band together....I will start!....ceasefear@yahoo.com\n\nGood question....Keep asking the good ones...Maybe someday the people will awaken....
448524
I don't know if you can convince someone... it takes longer (and more money) to do something the right way... more money equals higher taxes... it seems like most people don't care about the "right way" to do things.. only the cheap way...\n\nI just hope the earth is more resilient than we think...
882443
What?!? And all these years I've been paying. . .\nNo, we are absolutely required to pay income taxes! We actually OVER-pay each year, and then in the Spring we get a partial refund. That's always nice, to help cover any credit card purchases we may have made at Christmas, or to do a home improvement project. But many Americans end up having to pay in even more, because not enough has been deducted from their wages throughout the previous year. OUCH!
1001884
Its costing us BILLIONS of dollars right now every year, so in ten years you can count on more taxes to pay of Illegals. Its our childrens children who will be paying unless something can be done about it.  I believe it was 1986 when amnesty was given to about 3 million illegal immigrants and the U.S. government promised it would not happen again.  Write to your senators and ask them the same question.
1102676
Taxes dont work like that..a government/public service is not a choice which benefits just yourself, it benefits the community. You cant say ' i dont want to pay such and such' because someday, you will us that service, and whing when you have to pay! Its a duty we all have to pay , wether we like it or not
255908
The people who make up these standards have to be paid.  If the didn't charge for them then they would have to tax us more so they can get paid more.
510245
Maybe it SEEMS so, but you probably don't spend more than 1/3rd of your income on taxes.  Sales taxes are only 5 or 6%; and you get tax deductions for mortgage interest, etc.  The USA has one of the lowest overall tax rates of any modernized country, especially compared to Europe.
119838
We have gone way too far in helping other people coming in. We offer every kind of help at the expense of the working peoples tax dollars and it just keeps going on and on.  The nation was built on Immigrants who worked hard for what they had, now it's the opposite.
387573
I live in Long Island which is one of most heavily taxed parts of the country.  I don't believe we are overtaxed.  Our state is one of the richest in the Union and we have to help out poorer states.   If Alabama was the richest state and we were the poorest Alabama would be taxed more and we would receive more federal aid.  I believe that our tax dollars are not going to the right places a lot of times though.
620659
In comparison to other countries in Europe, we do not pay as much as them.  They do offer more social programs in exchange for the higher taxes.
111332
Here we go again.\n\nFunny how the top 10% of all the income earners in the US still pay 90% of the taxes. But we, once again, hear the typical spew from the lib answerers about taking money from the poor or the middle class. Hell, if ANYTHING it should be the middle class and the wealthy to complain that we are in a punnishment tax system, where the wealthy pay more of a percentage than everyone else. (As you can tell I am a proponent of the flat tax system, with no loopholes or deductions, everyone paying the same percentage)\n\nBut as for what this administration/party has helped do. The economy is in a slow growth cycle, enabling workers to find new jobs, companies to prosper more (providing more chances at advancement), and small businesses to take a chance and thrive again with the increased power of spending. Thank GOD this is not another sudden boom movement like in the 90's, resulting in the inevitable market and economic correction.\n\nReduction in tax rates to have more $$$ in the pockets for those that earn it (notice I did not say more money given to those who feel the government OWES them a living)\n\nIncreased defense efforts to help secure this country more than what it was before. Still much more to be done, but this is better than cutting defense like some other President that can easily be named.\n\nTried to put more control over retirement funds back to the individual, instead of being controled by an outdated and failing Social Security system. I still have hope that this will happen in some form in the future. Again, the government is not responsible, and should not be responsible for the monetary well being of any individual that is not employed by that government.\n\nThe list can go on. But many of the uber-libs will continue to have it go in one ear and out the other, per usual.
305178
No, your not.  The government is absolutely dreadful at distributing money.  Particularly this administration, which also has yet to figure out that you can't increase spending and decrease income at the same time.  I figure that one out when I was like five.
601059
Maybe he has had enough, this is not the contract with America that he signed. I know that I have had enough. Tax cuts for the very rich. Spend, Spend and spend somemore, maybe he has joined the 71% that does not like the direction that the country is going in.
1087363
Some people, such as yourself, are creating awareness of the issue.  That is at least one thing the average American can be (and is) doing in the fight against injustice.\n\nI would advocate the following: \n\nStop paying taxes.  At the very least, recognize that our own money is being used against us.\n\nAs for the second question, try stop paying your taxes, see what happens.  This is why people pay the taxes, and accept the injustice.
479049
You have to request an extension. There is an application process. The application can be found on the IRS's website.
460050
Nope, too many people with too much influence don't want it and lobby hard against it.  Why would they want to pay a flat tax if they currently pay little or no tax to begin with?