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Add to FavoritesGOVERNOR PAT QUINN NEEDS SUPPORT
Like death taxes are inevitable.
If you ignore an elephant in the room it will not go away. The state's economic deficit will not go away if nobody mentions it.
That is why Pat Quinn mentioned it. Nobody notices it more than him. It is there whichever way he turns.
Paying a little extra in taxes is the most patriotic action people can take it this time. Yes, it is one thing to fly a flag out of your car window or watch fireworks while sitting comfortably in a lawn chair. Even one that looks the American flag. That does not hurt. Real patriotism hurts. Going off to war . Beating other teams at sport. Volunteering to help your fellow countryman.
Placing a dollar tax on a gallon of gasoline would be a wonderful tax right now. It would help get the state out of the red and create employment. Most people have adjusted their mindset, and their practices, to paying a proper price for gasoline. (Anyone who has not yet done so should look at the price of a gallon of milk, beer or orange juice.) People who use their cars and trucks to earn a living should be facilitated by being able to claim their dollar back at tax time. Of course, the system should be tightened up to prevent businesses claiming personal auto use as business.
Pat Quinn has a job to do so let us help him do it. Most people are not going off to war or training for the Olympics. Only a tiny handful of individuals volunteer to help others.
The American flag you bought to fly from your car was probably made in China. So was the lawn chair you sat on at the Fourth of July fireworks last year.
You have absolutely no idea where that car you flew the flag from was manufactured regardless of the emblem it carries. A little bit here and a little bit there. The best you can hope for is that it was assembled in America. If you think cars are still manufactured in America take a trip to Detroit.
Illinois needs to get behind Governor Pat Quinn right now. The sooner the state's debts are paid off the sooner we will all begin to prosper once more.
Let us get this done now, folks.
It can be difficult for ordinary people to understand politics. Even honest politicians must sugar-coat their offerings to get into office. They are well aware people do nor want to hear harsh truths. People want to believe their is a majic want capable of making everything right.
It is the unenviable task of a politician to add colored ribbons and baloons to harsh reality. When he/she gets elected he/she must remove the ribbins and baloons despite the cries of objection from his/her supporters. He/she must then quickly apply a pre-prepared repair and get the item working before the supporters disappear.
Governor Pat Quinn is capable of performing such actions.
Unfortunately, raising taxes is the only way it can be done.
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Would anyone favor a 50% income tax increase? Pat Quinn, of Illinois, seems a tad disillusioned these days as he suggested a huge income tax hike. Maybe he means if we keep bailing out idiots we will end up paying another 50%, in order to keep the country running. I don't like the tax percentage I'm paying now. Some years I already pay 50%. Another 50% would have me starving.
If I pay the Federal government the usual 30 percent and add the five percent my state calls income tax, I am up to 35 percent. That is a huge amount of my hard earned dollars being removed. Especially the ways the government spends our money. How do they expect people to live with any comfort if the government takes 35% ? What is sad, I'm not done paying taxes to the government.
I am a restaurant owner, therefore I pay sales tax on every dollar my business takes in. Which of course is how I earn my income. In my lovely state of Maine, Sales tax takes another seven percent. Sales tax is paid before federal and state income taxes. OK, now I am up to 42%. Where is the fairness in that? Free Country?
I appreciate some of the benefits I receive from taxes. It gives me comfort to have Police and Firefighters on call to assist if I need them. I got a fairly good education free of charge thanks to the good old public school system. However, I have no children, so I am educating your children. I know we should feel protected by a military that is on guard 24/ 7 and in ways I do. Are there really any soldiers left here in the US? Or are they all overseas?
As an employer, I want to match my employees Social Security and Medicare tax. They work hard and deserve some form of retirement check. Will they get one?
Deep down inside I can't help wonder, wouldn't it be better to have a National Sales Tax rather than any income tax at all. This way the rich pay will more since they seem to buy more expensive items. Even thieves and drug dealers will pay taxes for what they buy. Seems to me, the government would make a lot more money that way. Right now, the rich avoid paying their fair share, and the poor are excused. And we wonder why the middle class is the new poor?
With a National Sales tax, we keep our entire pay. It would be impossible to cheat or evade taxes, saving a couple trillion dollars just eliminating investigations and IRS auditors. Drug dealers who have never paid income taxes on the billions they make, would end up paying their share every time they bought a car, a house or ropes of gold. I would much rather pay a flat 20% sales tax on certain merchandise than pay half of all the money I earn. Especially since I seem to be working hard to supply greedy business men with bonuses and vacations. I dunnnooooo! There has got to be a better way.
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