Don't apologize-you are exactly right!
The American people (in general) have become a bunch of sheep! Most of us don't
even exercise the right to vote-which our forefathers fought so hard for-and
some of our forefathers -and mothers had to keep on fighting for even after the
founding of the country.
(Wasn't it Jefferson who held that the American people had a sheeplike quality?)
The founding fathers of this country were politically active men who found the
time in their busy lives (and in a time when communications and travel were
slow-almost painfully so!) to be politically active. I think that the form of
government and the constitution reflect this activism-and that they expected
the citizens to take more of a role in their goverment-other than to obey
traffic laws and pay taxes. We've really let them down.
Now it's my turn to get off the soap box (see what you started, Brad!)
Laura G.
>
>From: Bradley D Richardson <bradrichardson@juno.com>
>Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 07:45:58 -0700
>To: richard@bonilla.com
>CC: spitlist@gte.net, spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: BIZARRE LAWS (all cars)
>
>
>I wish it was only double taxation. I pay taxes on my pay. They tax my
>social security tax withheld. What I'm left with, when I buy something
>at the store, or gasoline, etc., they charge me extra to cover the stores
>taxes. For those of you who live in a state with sales tax (no sales tax
>in oregon), you pay tax again. Then, if you live in oregon, you can't
>deduct from your oregon tax filing your FULL federal income tax, only a
>portion, so you pay tax on the federal tax. I'm sure there are other
>examples, but it looks to me like triple or more taxation.
>
>Our country's founders revolted against a tea tax, which if memory serves
>me correctly, was less than 5%. How proud they must be of us, as we
>simply lay down and let the politicians tax the country at about 10 times
>that amount.
>
>Off my soapbox. Sorry,
>
>Brad
>
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>On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 05:56:01 -0600 "Richard Bonilla" <richard@bonilla.com
>(no spam) (no spam)> writes:
>>
>> Yes...good point...it is called double taxation...something our
>> forefathers
>> fought
>> Against.....(and lost?)...
>>
>> :(
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
>> OHFASTONE@aol.com
>> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 10:11 PM
>> To: spitlist@gte.net
>> Cc: tboicey@brit.ca; root@abingdon; shall@fastpointcom.com;
>> nugentmd@gte.net; spitfires@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: BIZARRE LAWS (all cars)
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 7/28/0 2:40:11 PM, spitlist@gte.net wrote:
>>
>> <<if you move there and bring a car into the state, you are again
>> charged
>> Washington sales tax on the estimated
>> value of the vehicle even if you just paid it in another state.>>
>>
>> I'd love to know why you have to pay SALES tax on merchandise you
>> paid tax
>> on
>> in another state. At least in California, if you paid sales tax
>> elsewhere,
>> you owe the state nothing. Maybe its time for a modern day tea
>> party?
>>
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