In honor of tax time which is right around the corner, I have a tax related post:
So here it is, I have the solution to all those different people who complain about taxes on their income bracket being too high and taxes on another being too low, complain complain complain.
Percentage, people. Why can we not tax a standard percentage? Instead of saying ‘Group A is taxed 35% and Group B is taxed 25% because of reason C’, why not just say ‘All groups will be taxed at 30%’? This seems like the fair thing to do, right? “Well, shouldn’t the rich be taxed more, b/c they have more to spare?” No. “Shouldn’t the poor be taxed less, b/c they have less to spare?” No. Keep it standard across the board. When you start doing exceptions, you have problems. By having a set percentage for everyone, it ensures a sameness, a unity, between us.
In addition, I used to live in a town that was very…well, it was struggling. I worked at a grocery store, and would see people come in wearing more gold then I own, paying with food stamps. I saw people living with their boyfriends, but the boyfriend has to leave when the state comes to inspect the ‘single mother living alone’. I’ve seen people purposely not get married b/c they loose benefits, etc etc. I think that helping those in need is great. However, I’m not for rewarding those in need. A coworker of mine at the time, her daughter was in the same situation. She lived with her boyfriend (ie, ‘alone’ to the state), and had two children. They had a leak in their apartment, and my coworker was saying how daughter had to move all of their stuff into one room. “So now she’s got the big screen, both computers and the game station in the one tiny room.” I was like “isn’t she state funded? I don’t even have that stuff.” That shut my coworker
up real quick. Now I’m ranting, but bear with me. I work with the Medicaid program. I pay doctors claims, that’s what I do. I also deal with the state in deciding what should and should not be covered. Let’s just say that the benefits given out in the various Medicaid programs are better then my own benefits, in most cases. You would think it would be bare minimum, what was necessary. However there are quite a few procedures we cover that baffle my mind.
It’s frustrating. So yeah, flat percentage over the whole board. Problem solved. People will quit their bitchin’. Obama can send his thank you letter to my home address.
Percentage, people. Why can we not tax a standard percentage? Instead of saying ‘Group A is taxed 35% and Group B is taxed 25% because of reason C’, why not just say ‘All groups will be taxed at 30%’? This seems like the fair thing to do, right? “Well, shouldn’t the rich be taxed more, b/c they have more to spare?” No. “Shouldn’t the poor be taxed less, b/c they have less to spare?” No. Keep it standard across the board. When you start doing exceptions, you have problems. By having a set percentage for everyone, it ensures a sameness, a unity, between us.
In addition, I used to live in a town that was very…well, it was struggling. I worked at a grocery store, and would see people come in wearing more gold then I own, paying with food stamps. I saw people living with their boyfriends, but the boyfriend has to leave when the state comes to inspect the ‘single mother living alone’. I’ve seen people purposely not get married b/c they loose benefits, etc etc. I think that helping those in need is great. However, I’m not for rewarding those in need. A coworker of mine at the time, her daughter was in the same situation. She lived with her boyfriend (ie, ‘alone’ to the state), and had two children. They had a leak in their apartment, and my coworker was saying how daughter had to move all of their stuff into one room. “So now she’s got the big screen, both computers and the game station in the one tiny room.” I was like “isn’t she state funded? I don’t even have that stuff.” That shut my coworker
up real quick. Now I’m ranting, but bear with me. I work with the Medicaid program. I pay doctors claims, that’s what I do. I also deal with the state in deciding what should and should not be covered. Let’s just say that the benefits given out in the various Medicaid programs are better then my own benefits, in most cases. You would think it would be bare minimum, what was necessary. However there are quite a few procedures we cover that baffle my mind.It’s frustrating. So yeah, flat percentage over the whole board. Problem solved. People will quit their bitchin’. Obama can send his thank you letter to my home address.
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