You don’t pay taxes – they take taxes.

Pay taxes? hah, they take taxes. I’m not willing to pay taxes at all. The government seizes my earnings. My will does not come into it. America, the country I love more than my life, has become a country of taxation in a land founded to avoid taxation. “He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation… For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent…. We, therefore… solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States.” ~The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies, 1776People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women. The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. “I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.”, Thomas Jefferson.I believe the problem to be in two parts; First, we have politicians, not leaders (with few exceptions) in Washington. Politicians by definition can not be leaders. Politicians have to pander for the vote in order to maintain their position. This leads to foregoing what’s actually, best for the Republic and bending to mob rule, (special interest groups). The second part, US. Yep, we have allowed this crap to happen. We let the roots of socialism take hold and now the majority have been placated with either, The Democrats- Tax the evil corporations and give to the “less fortunate” (poor choices, not luck lead generation after generation to the position they find themselves). BTW, I live a razer’s edge above the poverty line, so don’t start. The Republicans- The economy is great, the stock market is high, enjoy your plasma TV, (don’t pay attention to the debt behind the curtain). By each appeasing to their share of the masses, they have been able to create class warfare. And, in the same manner in which the Race whores keep racism (which people need to learn the definition of) alive, the politicians reak havoc upon our economy and our wallets by abusing the very citizens they claim to be helping, keeping the two party system in complete control. Hey Dems, Yeah, I don’t have much, but please for the love of God, quit trying to save me. Hey Repubs, “The party of smaller government, right, constitutional government, right. There has been nothing but defeats for the Republicans for the last 100 years. They have never reversed any socialist program that the dems have put in place. At times they have even defended them. They can’t bring themselves to let go of the power either.The Chinese can really screw up our economy by calling in their loans. They are building a new armed force with billions of dollars in trade from the US. Government. The government needs to get out of our pockets (we need to implement the Fair Tax), our personal lives, business (free trade), State sovriegnty, (local governments meet the local needs), Return to having our Representatives appointed by our state legislature. The whole point of the constitution was unite several states, by allowing the peoples of the different states to choose their manner of life, “as long as it doesn’t interfere with the right of another to choose his manner of life”. States cannot have rights if they have no representation.But sadly, the chances of our reversal of this trend is minimal at best. One of two things appear likely to happen in the future. An Orwellian, omnipotent government, or an all-out rebellion (if they haven’t finally taken all our guns). The founding fathers actually warned us of this, they took a look at history and knew what was likely to happen. They put in the second amendment, not so much for personal protection from each other as for the protection from a overreaching, tyrannical, or any other action or attitude taken by of our federal government which would be detremental to the freedoms promised to us and our grandchildren’s grandchildren. You have to read their statements concerning the various issues (including taxes) of the day. Their intentions are very clear.“When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny.” — Thomas JeffersonSource(s): http://www.foundingfathers.info/… http://www.simplyannoyed.net/freedom/ind…