tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post829173709026981926..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Bake Sales for Bombers, the Conservative Ideal?Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-48491424058034276562015-11-14T01:49:34.108-05:002015-11-14T01:49:34.108-05:00This is what they do to us. I've found myself ... This is what they do to us. I've found myself cheerleading for the god damn IRS several times in the last year...<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-47236085527887962752015-11-13T20:03:12.224-05:002015-11-13T20:03:12.224-05:00Article 1, Section 8 outlines what Congress can do...Article 1, Section 8 outlines what Congress can do. First power is to levy and collect taxes.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-88698197427083192542015-11-13T14:02:18.581-05:002015-11-13T14:02:18.581-05:00Me I thought it was to protect the citizens from o...Me I thought it was to protect the citizens from outside attack. <br />To do so it collects taxes to fund that as needed.<br />As a side effect of doing so it must build infrastructure to support<br />both the collection and its application.<br /><br />In the end taxes are a fact. Even the Romans knew that.<br /><br />What is arguable is do we need such a complicated system of law, rules, <br />exemptions to collect that which is due.Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-65989404719649649182015-11-13T11:55:12.612-05:002015-11-13T11:55:12.612-05:00For better or worse, the one defining thing about ...For better or worse, the one defining thing about government, is that it collects money from the citizens. It's job #1, and all the rest falls far behind, in importance.<br /><br />Failing in that, it is no longer a government, or indeed a country.Nangleatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-25921108930459046812015-11-13T10:53:19.222-05:002015-11-13T10:53:19.222-05:00Big photo....abolish IRS, and transfer responsibil...Big photo....abolish IRS, and transfer responsibility to DHS. Now the storm troopers Obama recruited to grab your guns can kick down your door to grab your money instead.CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.com