I have no guilt whatsover about driving a gas guzzler.
350HP930 is the one proposing penalities here and trying to justify his gas-guzzler. I happily burn a tank of premium each day and then for fun take the 911 out at night (which gets about 13 MPG!) and burn more.
"most of the people I know I just happy to be working, paying their bills, and staying healthy, much less owning homes or getting a tax break.
there are a few that I know though that just bought million dollar homes and drive new Benz's and those are the ones I hear complaining about the gubnit and how much they are being cheated."
And that's exactly the way it was planned by the politicians from day one .......
it's called the withholding tax. The single most ingenious, devious, repressive, destructive piece of legislation ever devised! First, understand that the government doesn't even trust you enough to send in your 'donation' - so they just steal the money before you even see your check (eliminates those pesky collection problems and the expense of administering this is paid by the employer - pure genius! ). Moreover, they put everyone on the installment plan by just stealing a little bit at a time - not enough that the majority ever get angry about it ......
OTOH, most upper income taxpayers pay their taxes quarterly - the way it should be. You essentially get your "full paycheck" with no deductions. But, 4 times per year you get your checkbook out and send in your 'government donation'. Without question, it's the largest check I write each quarter - sticks out like a sore thumb in fact ...... it does tend to make one a bit angry at the "gubnit" .....
People who have withholding taxes confiscated from their paychecks tend to not have a real good handle on how much they're really paying .... out of sight, out of mind.
Eliminate withholding tax and make everyone pay quarterly and there would be a much-needed tax revolution in this country.