tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post3954948387778967615..comments2024-03-09T05:38:40.298-08:00Comments on Nemesis: Taxes will Save Us!stormnemesishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-54409941937151595102010-03-30T04:31:01.814-07:002010-03-30T04:31:01.814-07:00these are very hard issues. Primarily because we ...these are very hard issues. Primarily because we either 1) trust that it's the best idea for government or 2) we just don't think about it anymore. I'm sure there are other reasons. I know that the city we lived in previously made very clear where our property taxes went--school district, water, parks, etc. Like a receipt for services. Our Federal taxes don't. So, why not anstormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-27661427366887292812010-03-29T23:22:47.680-07:002010-03-29T23:22:47.680-07:00okay, i'll bite. i paid about $25K in taxes la...okay, i'll bite. i paid about $25K in taxes last year. ouch. and i generally like my gov't, with a few exceptions. what ticks me off is abuses inside and outside the system. it abuses us (too much defense spending, not enough education spending) and we abuse it (medicare fraud, etc.). it's symbiotic. is there any absolute perfect combination of taxes and services, i'm not sure jfulfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920520929216126172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-204057451319159072010-03-29T14:52:51.205-07:002010-03-29T14:52:51.205-07:00sorry to offend. I'm simply asking for more i...sorry to offend. I'm simply asking for more investigation of current practices and perceptions. How do we examine the world that has given many of us the very mode of thinking we need to escape. <br /><br />What do you suggest to pull us out of of the world of Mike McConnells?<br /><br />http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/29/mcconnell/index.htmlstormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-11647749939250382902010-03-29T14:47:40.553-07:002010-03-29T14:47:40.553-07:00leg bit off from trap and will not return.leg bit off from trap and will not return.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-66705753370109519552010-03-29T14:43:11.774-07:002010-03-29T14:43:11.774-07:00stepping right into my evil trap...pigs!
Let me s...stepping right into my evil trap...pigs!<br /><br />Let me simply admit my fallacy and my ad hominem and ask that we move into--what is there to do?<br /><br />A bit tongue in cheek, this was intended to be. <br /><br />My assertion is that we need more public awareness of the machinery and motivations. Talking about the ways a change in taxation will simply create another way for corporations stormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-25518525818233430892010-03-29T14:33:58.068-07:002010-03-29T14:33:58.068-07:00Ultimately, who really pays for a corporate tax in...Ultimately, who <i>really</i> pays for a corporate tax increase (or the closure of loopholes)? Is it not logical that the corporation simply passes any new cost, including increased taxes, in doing business on to the consumer? Or, withdraws benefits from current and past employees, like AT&T is doing, to improve the bottom line? Maybe I am pig to point that out, (seems a premature use of an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-43302273204858444572010-03-29T14:15:58.970-07:002010-03-29T14:15:58.970-07:00will give it some thought, and possibly post later...will give it some thought, and possibly post later, but what jumps out first is the logical fallacy ad hominem third paragraph from the bottom.chappynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-2854319358978262902010-03-29T07:53:53.033-07:002010-03-29T07:53:53.033-07:00Hey, a comment! I'm going to have to review t...Hey, a comment! I'm going to have to review that move by AT&T. I'm not sure what the consequence will be--does the reform bill have a way to manage that very move from the likes of corporate "citizens"?stormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-42337105824064052762010-03-29T07:36:46.851-07:002010-03-29T07:36:46.851-07:00This isn't a derision, but my recent example o...This isn't a derision, but my recent example of AT&T. Because of the new healthcare bill they can no longer receive $1 billion free from the government towards their retirement plan. (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/o9fYr1-Eyqs/healthcare-bill-will-cost-att-1-billion-may-lead-to-cut-in-retiree-drug-coverage-whos-to-bla) So now they've cut prescription meds for sstuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01045640613199854533noreply@blogger.com