{"id":12677,"date":"2012-09-05T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=12677"},"modified":"2012-09-05T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:57:00","slug":"the-greatest-story-about-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/05\/the-greatest-story-about-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"The greatest story about Taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got this as a subscriber to the free email\u2026 I love the way he put it and it really makes sense to me\u2026 it does not take sides on Flat Tax or Fair Tax but presents a great scenario about why our tax system in the US is just WRONG\u2026. <\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:fb3a1972-4489-4e52-abe7-25a00bb07fdf:2dc4424a-6d24-405a-8fd5-906ce8b41fe7\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/A-Mickey-Mouse-Tax-Plan-to-Save-America.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.growthstockwire.com\/3150\/A-Mickey-Mouse-Tax-Plan-to-Save-America\">A Mickey-Mouse Tax Plan to Save America<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><b>By Jeff Clark <\/b><br \/><b>Tuesday, September 4, 2012<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The United States of America should be the happiest <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>place<\/strong> on <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Earth<\/strong>. We just need to change our income-tax structure. Let me explain&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>After filing and paying my 2011 taxes, there was still a little money left in my checking account. So I decided to splurge a bit and take the wife and kids on a mini-vacation to Disneyland. As I stood in the ticket <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>line<\/strong> outside &#8220;the happiest <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>place<\/strong> on Earth,&#8221; I noticed the wide variety of <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>people<\/strong> standing in <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>line<\/strong> with me. <\/p>\n<p>There were tall people&#8230; short people&#8230; fat people&#8230; skinny people&#8230; <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>people<\/strong> of every ethnic <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>background<\/strong> imaginable. There were kids, teenagers, young adults, mid-lifers, and senior citizens. Every genetic and chromosomal <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>background<\/strong> possible was represented, as was \u2013 I think \u2013 every income class. <\/p>\n<p>Certainly the gentleman in <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>front<\/strong> of me with the tapered slacks, the Faconnable pullover shirt, and the Cole Haan walking shoes earned a decent living. In <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>front<\/strong> of him, though, was a man wearing oversized denim shorts, a &#8220;Battle of the Bands 2009&#8221; t-shirt, and a stained baseball cap. He probably wasn&#8217;t doing as well financially. <\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the thing&#8230; we all paid the same price for our admission tickets\u2026. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.growthstockwire.com\/\">READ MORE<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> we should be asking the U.S. government why it doesn&#8217;t have a tax policy similar to Disney&#8217;s admissions rate.\u201d     <\/p>\n<p>I agree\u2026&nbsp; if we all <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>pay<\/strong> the same, no matter what we make, or have then how can that be a bad thing\u2026 and I mean the same as in percent of what we make\u2026 if we all <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>pay<\/strong> 15% of what we <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>make<\/strong> and I <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>make<\/strong> $50,000 but you <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>make<\/strong> $500,000&nbsp; the dollar amount is different but we all hurt the same amount right?&nbsp; so those that <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>make<\/strong> <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>millions<\/strong> will <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>pay<\/strong> <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>millions<\/strong> but those of us that don\u2019t do not have to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>pay<\/strong> the most\u2026 currently the convoluted tax schedule has about 50% of the <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>people<\/strong> paying no tax\u2026 some wealthy <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>pay<\/strong> no tax as well\u2026 so the middle of the road <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>people<\/strong> <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>pay<\/strong> most of the tax\u2026 and the 49% that are paying support everyone else \u2026. that is not fair either\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Like Daddy always said\u2026. \u201cfigures never lie, but liars always figure\u201d (how to <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>make<\/strong> you <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>pay<\/strong> more than they do)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>REX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got this as a subscriber to the free email\u2026 I love the way he put it and it really makes sense to me\u2026 it does not take sides on Flat Tax or Fair Tax but presents a great scenario about why our tax system in the US is just WRONG\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> \u201cA Mickey-Mouse Tax Plan to Save America <\/p>\n<p>By Jeff Clark Tuesday, September 4, 2012 <\/p>\n<p>The United States of America should be the happiest place on Earth. 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