10-29-2016, 04:19 PM
(10-29-2016, 12:42 PM)Maggot Wrote: Taxes. As the government grows and spreads into every aspect of peoples lives whether it be health care, environment, welfare, use taxes, retirement taxes. Quite a few things over the years have eaten into my paycheck that if the Democrats had their way would be worse than now. Government left unchecked would certainly lead to the fleecing of the masses as we see today. Government waste is running amuck and it truly needs oversite. Not the other way around. So as long as cash is king I imagine that that's the only way to keep the powers that be in check. Bartering is becoming a powerful tool in today's transactions and its a non taxable way to get what you want. I can trade and deal in gold and silver and services rather than go the traditional route of credit cards and banking services. It may not amount to much but it certainly alleviates some of the pressure of the hand of government overreach.
Thanks, Mags. I see what you're talking about now.
My beef isn't so much personal taxes as it is business taxes and regulations (primarily state/local, not federal), as well as the federal government (primarily Republicans) trying to legislate what people do with their bodies.
Those are the primary reasons that I prefer one branch of Congress to be Democratic majority and the other to be Republican majority -- harder for the President's party to pass whatever he/she likes without a challenge and/or a compromise.
I'm getting buzzed here and gonna put politics outta my mind. I've been working like a dog on my backyard for weeks now -- power tools, paint, trimmers -- the whole shabang. A couple of my friends are coming over for a barbecue tonight (so, of course, it's drizzling).