If you were poor or on any kind of government assistance they would give you a free cell phone or free landline though. You, sir, are being charged for being a productive citizen so that others may have more free stuff.
" ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody."
~Oblunder to Joe the Plumber, 2008
But they have to give free cellphones out now, discounted phone service to libraries and schools and what about government offices?
Have a heart! You should be upset the taxes on residential phone service are ONLY 65.5%!
How do we throw phone lines in the harbor?
If you were poor or on any kind of government assistance they would give you a free cell phone or free landline though. You, sir, are being charged for being a productive citizen so that others may have more free stuff.
Uhh, excuse me. Those cellphones are free. They shouldn't be a part of this discussion. Free means they don't cost anybody anything.
Perhaps I should have put the entire line in purple, it seemed pretty obvious when I typed it.
Yes the free cellphones are a part of this discussion because the reason ATO (and myself) are paying 65.5% taxes on our phone bill is, in part, related to free cellphones... in addition to the rest of what I typed.
I don't really see getting to keep more of my own hard earned money as "government assistance".We are all on some form of government assistance you know.
Did you tax the interest mortage deduction on your taxes?
Higher education tax credit?
etc...
I don't really see getting to keep more of my own hard earned money as "government assistance".
I don't really see getting to keep more of my own hard earned money as "government assistance".
Me either.
How is the government assisting me by not taking my money.
Am I assisting my neighbor by not robbing his house?
That's a great way to look at things!!
I can't meet my household budget due to costs in the legal code. The same way the government can't meet its budget due to costs in the tax code.
Thanks Barry!!
And here I though only the mob ran the whole protection racket.
Also, I believe most intelligent people realize that when the government runs hundreds of billions of dollars into the red, that the money they "paid into the system" was already spent and then some.
It's like me "paying into" my savings account for a new gun, and then spending all of my savings and racking up thousands on my credit card, and then pitching a fit when my gun money isn't there. How can it not be there!? I paid into it!!!
pppsssstttt just print mroe money. c how simple it is.