Tax and Spend Party Plays Shell Game
Submitted to Commentary on October 31, 2002
The political scene is full of supposed facts which the average voter cannot check the accuracy of so the solution of who to vote for can be better figured out by just analyzing the things we know to be true without anyone telling us. The constitution is the first place to look to find out who writes the tax law and that is the House of Representatives controlled by a Democrat majority for all of the tax raises in our life time. So Democrats raise taxes. Next we need to know, who do the Democrats collect the taxes from? The easiest way to know this is to think back to what is sold for that tax money. Goods and services are sold for tax money. Now go to work and look around and see who it is producing those goods and services. I see the working family members working hands on to produce those goods and services which are sold for tax money, by the rich and corporations. Democrats will have you believe that the rich sneak into the workplace and produce some goods and services to sell for tax money when the working family is sleeping. When you choose Republican our Democrat to vote for, use your own head and figure out if 15% Fed 5%state 5% sales 21% of goods 5% property 8% payroll and 8% payroll you earn so your employer can send it in, is enough tax for you to earn. Yes earn because no matter how much the rich are taxed the burden of producing those goods and services always falls on the working family even when the rich sell those goods for tax money. The 21% of the price of goods, is tax paid by you to the government thru factories, transport and stores; came from a study done at Harvard University. The payroll tax really totals 15.3% but feels like 16 if including Medicare is 17 and has been totally spent by the tax and spend leaving and an empty lock box of I.O.U. s for the working family to pay off. Our State government may run a little different from the Federal but in Madison the tax and spend party plays the same shell game.