Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Mar 11 2008
The butcher, the baker, the doctor and the IRS
One little drawing on one little index card says a lot about the way things are for U.S. workers. When it comes to taxes, it's not who you know, but who checks on you when it's time to report your income.
This whole thought is a sobering reminder that all government-based regulations, departments and funding should have built-in time limits that come with periodic reevaluation and maybe even a vote by the people in order for them to continue. A vote of "no confidence" in the current tax system of the IRS would go a long way toward pushing politicians to concentrate on government matters, rather than encouraging them to make speeches about matters that would be better left up to church pulpits and individual consciences. Following the money is a wise practice. Following our money, which is collected through taxes and then spent by politicians, is essential to maintaining a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
posted at: 06:16 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
One little drawing on one little index card says a lot about the way things are for U.S. workers. When it comes to taxes, it's not who you know, but who checks on you when it's time to report your income.
This whole thought is a sobering reminder that all government-based regulations, departments and funding should have built-in time limits that come with periodic reevaluation and maybe even a vote by the people in order for them to continue. A vote of "no confidence" in the current tax system of the IRS would go a long way toward pushing politicians to concentrate on government matters, rather than encouraging them to make speeches about matters that would be better left up to church pulpits and individual consciences. Following the money is a wise practice. Following our money, which is collected through taxes and then spent by politicians, is essential to maintaining a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
posted at: 06:16 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
