If you drive a car, I'll tax the street, If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat. If you get too cold I'll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Most covert taxes go towards infrastructure, and to keep your stupid ass from being poisoned, literally poisoned. This is unless you think the oil corporations, or the local productions corporations are going to make sure your soil, water, and air are safe; as you should generally consider they are. Also, that your family isn't going to get smashed to death on the highway by an over worked trucker, on your way to holiday. It is not taxes that are the issue, it is the why, and how. The fact is, most humans are mostly still the lowly primate they came from, stop believe the telly.
Remember that the government is made of people. The only reason it has power is because the power of the people. If it becomes corrupt and enough people realize that, it can be overthrown.
Someone I know recently complained about gasoline prices on Facebook -- blaming greedy oil companies. I explained to him that the government (federal and state) profits more than anyone off every gallon of gasoline sold -- in the form of taxes. And he lives in New York State, which has the highest gasoline taxes of all!
Every fuel company wants to unload refining to some other company and stick to exploration/extraction and retail. But they can't, because refining doesn't make any money. "Retail" means selling gas at thin margins to get people in to buy cigarettes, lottery tickets, car washes, or whatever.
Gas taxes are one of the best taxes you can implement though, because car users would have a huge number of unpaid externalities otherwise. American gas is incredibly subsidized already, with roughly half the pump prices that you see anywhere else.
Fuel should be taxed even higher until oil corporations, operators (corporations), and their insurance carriers (corporations) take responsibility for the public health liability. Why should income and other individual tax be used to clean up sites, when oil corporations (and the individuals who steward them) make record profits, operating corporations (and the individuals that steward them) get awarded huge equities through brown-fields, plus state grants. This all while using alien labor in extraction operations, importing it illegally through the visa programs, and by means of undocumented emigration/immigration. Stop being an obtuse peon.
@@MattH-wg7ou The "Oil Companies" do fine, and the idea that owner/operators can barely turn a profit has been majorly exaggerated. In a lot of cases the property is purchased at ten to twenty percent of its value, with the stipulation the equity is to pay for neccessary remediation which has an accurate cost estimate. So, the money not spent on the property value is applied over a long period of time to the remediation, and then add that the property value will increase as soon as that is completed. What some places do is shut down as much visible income from the property as possible for a short period, then claim hardship and apply for government loans, which are really grants since they don't have to be paid back if certain criteria is met. How else do you think someone who owns a couple of stations can drive expensive cars and live in really nice houses? It's pretty much a scam.
I guess if government would get all of taxdollars via the single income tax, people would get so pissed off by the sum that we would kick tea back to harbour again
Hence the fees, surcharges, fines, levies, etc., etc., etc. Not to mention the taxes we don't even know about usually hidden in the small print or so far up the supply chain consumers never notice.
I've been saying this for years, but nobody listens or cares. It started when friends talked about high taxes in Europe (employed there at the time). I pointed out that we pay more and get less (no health care, etc). They'd object and I'd point out these hidden taxes. That was long ago and taxes have only gotten worse. We're fools to pay so much.
They should only get to pick one tax and it can't exceed 25 % flat rate if that's not enough money then that's tough and they need to fix their budget. Also why do I have to file my own taxes if IRS employees are getting payed to deal with taxes they should do it for me if I'm going to pay their salaries.
No, we need *massive spending cuts (city, state, & federal - every department, every activity),* with a huge cut in taxes. Government is out-of-control. For example, the military actually encourages officers to use up their budgets early so the military can ask for more money next year. Very little (±20%) is actually going to national defense in some vague manner. At least 80% of our social programs are going to those who don't need or deserve it. *People don't demand spending cuts, so government won't do spending cuts.*
Jason .. I agree. However, I'm less concerned about social security than welfare (touched on in your last paragraph). Many on social security at least contributed something, while welfare is just a massive free handout of our money - for just about everything, rent, utilities, expensive clothes & shoes, cars, cellphones, computers, and even recreation in some states. Just reducing that to the bare essentials would cut many from welfare.
Taxation Is Robbery "The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: “Your money, or your life.” And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat. The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the roadside, and, holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account; and it is far more dastardly and shameful. The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your own benefit. He does not pretend to be anything but a robber. He has not acquired impudence enough to profess to be merely a “protector,” and that he takes men’s money against their will, merely to enable him to “protect” those infatuated travellers, who feel perfectly able to protect themselves, or do not appreciate his peculiar system of protection. He is too sensible a man to make such professions as these. Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you, as you wish him to do. He does not persist in following you on the road, against your will; assuming to be your rightful “sovereign,” on account of the “protection” he affords you. He does not keep “protecting” you, by commanding you to bow down and serve him; by requiring you to do this, and forbidding you to do that; by robbing you of more money as often as he finds it for his interest or pleasure to do so; and by branding you as a rebel, a traitor, and an enemy to your country, and shooting you down without mercy, if you dispute his authority, or resist his demands. He is too much of a gentleman to be guilty of such impostures, and insults, and villainies as these. In short, he does not, in addition to robbing you, attempt to make you either his dupe or his slave." Lysander Spooner - No Treason : The Constitution of No Authority
Ok so if I make 50k a year and my tax is 27% in NY. Im looking at a take home pay $36k. From that 36k almost everything Im spending gets hit with a 8.87% tax. So that leaves me ~32k. Then theres rent and health care and car insurance mortgage... sigh
And think of how much better your life would be if you got to keep that money instead of being forced to toss it into the government's black hole of taxation. An extra 18k a year would change your life. You are being oppressed. We all are, and it's absolutely infuriating that more people aren't outraged by taxes.
I just did a quick account of the % I pay in taxes and I'm over 40%. 28% Federal, 5.5% State, 9% sales; is 42.5% just by itself. That's not counting all of the little taxes I don't know of. We are being taxed to death. We need to get the government spending under control.
If you're paying over 40% in direct income taxes, once you add property taxes, the mountain of hidden taxes on everything as described in this video, the hidden 5% annual inflation tax, and the fact that 45% to 55% of the cost of everything you buy with your "after tax" income goes to pay the corporate taxes that accumulate throughout the supply chain and are passed on to the end consumer, you may be paying over 100% of your income in taxes!
Control government spending? Never happen. Teachers need more money. Cops need more money. The town workers need more money. We need a new town hall. I remember when government officers were austere. Now they are as fancy as corporate offices.
Wait. If you made $1000 a month, and you pay 30% in income taxes, then you would have to pay at least $300 in goods and service taxes. Is that really true? In MN, food and clothing is not taxed
@@qiuyushi2752 Let's not forget fuel taxes, tax on alcohol, property tax. How about when you buy a car and finance the taxes so you're paying interest on tax. If you're a competitive shooter like I am, there's an 11% federal tax on ammunition which is hidden in the price.
“Why should we believe you you’re twelve years old?” Hahahaha! I love people who can have a civil and funny conversation that is also genuine and informative.
It's not even the government taxing me that pisses me off, that's expected. It's the ignorant citizens who help them force you to comply. "You HAVE to pay that tax! It helps the government keep us safe! The politicians know EXACTLY what's good for us, and you're just ruining it! It's for our own good!"
Technically they were upset because England gave one of its companies rights to sell to America. It actually made tea cheaper for Americans, but it hurt American merchants
That's what they teach in the schools, but it's not true. (Very little of the history taught in public schools is true.) _"The colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been that England took away from the colonies their money, which created unemployment and dissatisfaction. The inability of colonists to get power to issue their own money permanently out of the hands of George III and the international bankers was the prime reason for the Revolutionary War."_ -Benjamin Franklin
But how else will we pay for muh roads! (I type as I sit in traffic waiting for the union workers to figure out who will hold the stop/go sign while they "work" on a 50 yard long section of road that has taken them 2 months to finish half)
Very true. I start a small business in 2003. That first year, kept perfect records of every penny, where it came from and where it went. I paid more than 85% of my profit in taxes of one form or another. I kept much less perfect records. If a customer paid in cash, that transaction never happened ... according to my records.
@@John-jg2km I try not to but yes i do use the "services" that i am forced to, like a slave would eat the food his master provides in order to not starve. That does not make taxation not theft. If i show up at your door and point a gun at your face and say pay up, then use some of what you give me on a service you may or may not need/want ... i still robbed you and i would still be a thief.
@@magnus4g63 No. If you walked into my private community and refused to pay the fee to live here, I would arrest you. A gun is held at your head because by being here, you are using emergency servics, public streets, etc. You can go, leave. Your stealing from the state by being here and not paying taxes. Doesnt matter how little you try to use services, your still a burden.
@@John-jg2km So you believe that your owners called "the state" legitimately own all land, property and people and thus have the right to control all those things ? how did your rulers legitimately obtain such wast ownership? Taxtion is theft.
If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists. Lysander Spooner
The saddest thing about this video, is that people accept this like slaves, but they will complain about racial inequality, and a plethora of other issues.
Or perhaps force taxes to reduce and what does get taxed pays for reasonable stuff. Because it’s necessary in some capacity, but i believe because we don’t know WHAT it goes to fund, its a robbery
Explode yeah those are examples of things that shouldn’t be privatized. There’s a whole other list of a hundred other different things the government does which could be privatized and done more efficiently
@@ejr7733 It's up to the people to do it, don't expect the government to change... Now how do we organize so the government doesn't do it for us anymore? I volunteer one day a week to helping out my local schools and parks, but it's a drop in the bucket with what's needed...
The income tax on C corporations is also just passed down to the consumer since all corporations in the US have to pay it. "The wage earner, often a higher rate when compared with his earnings, makes his contribution, perhaps not directly, but indirectly in the advanced cost of everything he buys." ~Calvin Coolidge
The worst part is most of these taxes go to fund politicians and government workers that get a full pension, lifetime health, medical, and dental insurance after 20 to 25 years of service, no private sector job has anything close to this, or they go to welfare recipients who pay pretty much zero taxes but get to pull from this fund, so they can stay home and relax, that the rest of contribute to, but get nothing in return.
It depends, but it's a mess to figure out. The easy answer is no. Many products and services are subject to sales tax, depending on the state (some states don't even have sales tax). If you look at the lists in this video, many of those items don't have sales tax, but governments still want to collect your money so they created these specialized taxes.
Some or most of these ARE sales taxes. Do you really think there's a separate tax for sliced bagels, straws, and marshmallows? I doubt it; they're probably just things that qualify for sales taxes, but if you call them "bagel slicing taxes," it gets people riled up. Really, in the case of bagels, it's the difference between prepared food, which is taxed (sliced, buttered, whatever), and regular grocery items, which aren't. This rhetorical trick works no matter what your political affiliation too; do a web search for "tampon tax" to see what I mean. Some items do get their own special taxes - gasoline, hotels, plane tickets - but mostly it's sales tax by another name to produce manufactured outrage.
Actually, we don't need taxes! The FED (a private bank with shareholders)prints money out of thin air. Taxes are a way to control the populous and ensure that the FED currency circulates.
Dennis Walker --- You know, I would have found that hard to believe if I did not visit a website called "freedominthe50states". Either way, in a couple of months I am out of California.
Haha, great american tax ripoff? Try living in Sweden... It's like a downhill ride like no other! 25% tax on pretty much everything and extra on a lot.
Preaplanes Sweden is actually more economically free than the US, yes there is a huge tax burden but overall there is LESS government regulation and more privatization (like trains). You can research this on your own but Sweden and Denmark actually rank higher on the economic freedom index than the US. Which is hilarious because the Democrats think it’s such a “socialist success story” when in reality they take and give some government involvement and their success is largely due to there free market economy
@@ejr7733 thats cool but I rather live in a country with low taxes there little paradise so they say, they don't innovate, middle-class and poor pay most in taxes and rich pay less most entrepreneurs leave because taxes are high for those starting businesses they heavily depend on american health care for innovation plus their suicide rate is high they aren't happy like everyone says they are, some would say its a mediocre society in a way
how about the taxes the companies have to pay to the government in every single product or service you consume? that comes with the price of the good you consume, plus another tax when you actually buy it, about 90 percent of our COST OF LIVING IS BECAUSE OF TAXES, are we all that free here in america after all ?
I once saw a article that stated that for every $1.00 you spend $0.85 goes to cost created by the .gov. The author of the article included taxes the corp. payed and all the .gov regulations that are the cost of doing business. Every business has a lawyer that makes sure the owners are complying with all those .gov regulations. Which is a cost that is passed onto the consumer.
Ya know….him questioning her knowledge due to age is a legit question. That being said her answer was good. She did the research and as long as it’s all by the book she’s good to go.
NO... These are not hidden taxes.. They show up as line items on every invoice you receive. The real hidden taxes are the corporate taxes that are included in the price of all of the goods and services that you buy. You'll never see those taxes on your bill... but you pay them just the same. And, the business owners (stockholders) also have to pay tax on the dividends (profits) that they receive. Think about it the next time you hear a politician complain that corporations don't pay their fair share in order to justify increasing corporate taxes - again.
We pay at least 50% of our income to taxes. Approximately 30% federal income, 5% state, 7% sales tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, property tax, the list goes on.
Many of us are aware of all these "fees" that are merely hidden taxes. The problem is that most of us don't have the wherewithal to fight these taxes. The government has a gun to our heads and most of us cannot afford to challenge their authority, although it has reached a point where that authority sorely needs to be challenged. Each hidden fee must be fought with a different agency or government department. Trying to track down exactly where and by whom each tax was implemented is a near impossibility and would amount to a full-time endeavor. It is truly outrageous that we are extorted out of almost all the money we earn through overt and covert taxes, for which we seldom, if ever, know nor agree with their designation. Our predecessors fought a war of independence, partly in protest of the taxes that were being imposed without benefit to the people and were going instead to the British crown (taxation without representation). Why have we become so complacent with this legalized theft? We always prided ourselves of the "relatively" lower taxes we pay as compared to European countries. While their official taxes may be higher, I doubt that they are nickle-and-dimed to death with "fees" as we are. I suggest that the issue should be placed on the ballot for all "fees" to be repealed immediately and those that cannot be shown to specifically be used for the support of the activity, service, or good for which they are charged must be re-labeled a tax and put up for vote by the people. I submit that our tax burden would drop by at least 30-40% overnight if that were to happen. Can you imagine how your life would change immediately, if you were to have an additional 30-40% more disposable income? It's time to stop allowing politicians from hiding behind obscure labels and put these issues on the table for people to see and know what their money is going to support. Politicians and petty bureaucrats in our state, local, and federal government have lost the last remnants of respect for the citizenry and we have only ourselves to blame. We have given them the clear impression that we are willing to submit to this monetary rape as long as it is done in small increments, so that we do not "see" the damage done all at once. Meanwhile, the damage is real. Our standard of living falls with every passing year. Our parents and our parents' parents were able to make ends meet with a 3-4 children households and a single bread-winner. Can we even imagine that today? Real costs for food items, fuel, and household staples have become painfully expensive and yet we pay the costs because we have no recourse. The powers that be, know that they have run the people ragged and that they don't have the time, energy or even the education (thanks to our failure of an educational system) to fight this atrocity. I am one of those trying to make ends meet and when I hear or see something like this video, it brings up a rage that I shudder to think what might result were I confronted at this instance by a government representative. It is not healthy for a society to feel this way, nor is it right that we should be put in this position, where we know we are being assaulted but are helpless to do anything about it. I know I am not alone out here, and I also know that we, the people, will eventually be pushed too far. Where that point is, exactly, I don’t know, but the repercussions for those in authority will not be pretty.
How about the compounding hidden tax in products, services and rent? The consumer pays for the property tax, sales tax, etc for each product they buy from raw to store shelf, it all gets passed on to you.
One of the worst forms of taxes is the Sales Tax. If the price tag says $1.00 I expect to pay $1.00 up front on the check out. I don't want to an 8-cent mark up revealed to me the moment I'm about to pay it. The price tag should reflect the true price of each item by adding the sales tax to it in the first place!
One item not mentioned in this video is the tax that's embedded in the cost of goods and services that you buy. The providers of goods and services pass the tax costs on to their customers. It's the only way that they can stay in business without suffering a loss for their operations. I would venture to say that about half of everything that you buy has an embedded tax of roughly 50%. It could be considered as double taxation, since you've already been taxed on your money when you earned it. Government kind of recognizes this. That is why business expenses are deductible. In this way, some of the tax burden is removed from the cost of producing goods and services and therefore there is some relief given to the customer. But there are still a lot of embedded taxes for which there is no relief.
Taxation is theft. ANY new taxes ought to be laughed out of the legislature as we already have a cornucopia of taxes that even though are paid, are not bearing any fruit that you can tangibly point to.
You still haven't got all the taxes tracked. Inflation is a significant tax on your savings and pushes more into rich man tax brackets (Income Tax was originally only for the very rich). Taxes on corporations (Tesco/Walmart et al) are of course only a way to collect more tax from consumers via higher prices they then charge. So you pay property tax on your own home and also for every business you deal with - you pay theirs too. And their licensing fees, and their employee taxes, and their fuel taxes etc. etc. etc.
I just saw an ad that I'm not taking advantage of all my Medicare features. It's no wonder we're in debt up to our eyes. About tax, I say cut the expenditures but keep the taxes until we get some semblance of balance and stop the red ink. Those people who bemoan taxes show no concern about this. Hey, we're in a deep hole; doesn't matter why. We have to contribute (i.e. taxes) and cut expenses or face fiscal insolvency...(And you're right, the free spenders don't care either.)
In 1976, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was the third-largest contributor of taxes to the US, directly behind 1) personal income taxes 2) corporate taxes and they came in 3rd. Why ? They collected excise taxes.
You don’t get taxed for a bagel cutting tax you get charged for “prepared food” as opposed to a grocery food item. 🥯 makes total sense actually. I have had a 911 tax on my phone bill for decades. Irony is, 911 doesn’t even work in my area. I have to dial all 10 digits for the fire department.
My overtime hours spent in an ambulance are taxed to the point where working beyond 72 hours per week is not worth it as each additional hour loses more and more of its net income. My regular hours are taxed at 32% to begin with.
You vote locally on milage renewals. Don’t renew the taxes. Look at your annual property tax. Here’s some of the items-$246 for police. $47 for fire dept. $26 for library. About 20 different listings. Every freakin year.
A lot of taxes go under the radar by being labelled "fees". One of the most common fees is the so-called "administrative fee" when is just a tax and has nothing to do with administering anything. In my state, they want people to renew online their vehicle registration and the bait they use is that you get a $1 discount. However, the online renewal process comes with a $2 administrative fee.
A tax on a sliced bagel in New York, but not if it's not been sliced? I am so happy I left that fucking rotten town 20 years ago. The few times I visited out of nostalgia, I got cured right away, between the filth, the outrageous prices, and the rude people.
She's right, Politicians are cowards. In California some fees were/are passed in the night to avoid public scrutiny, no debate = no dialog = no objection - All in favor? Fee passed! But some voters were savy to the crooked ways of government, now bureaucrats must call a tax a tax if it looks or acts like one. No longer can they call a tax a fee, but they can still pass them late at night to minimize scrutiny. California has three taxing authorities, Franchise Tax Board (income tax), Board of Equalization (sales tax/fees) and the DMV. Then there is the county property tax collection, and city fees. Lots of hidden or unpublished charges are in the mix. Gives a whole new meaning "Taxation without representation is tyranny ".
There is no wealth tax in America. We simply do not do that. But you have to pay property tax on your house (which is your wealth). You also pay property tax on your car. But the rich will not be taxed on their investments, bank holdings, etc. Common people are expected to contribute to the workings of the country according to the amount of wealth that they own. Rich people, not so much. There are lots of loopholes for them because they can manipulate government with their money in order to protect and propagate the rest of their money. That is what our government is about.
What makes taxation not theft? If I take money or property from another, I go to jail. If I disallow the government from taking my money or property, I go to jail.
California has the highest compounded taxes of just about anywhere. And there are tax increases on the ballot every single year. THE HIDDEN TAXES POSING AS 'FEES' are the most egregious . This video could have gone into much more detail. Here's a basic example: Did you know CA doesn't have a 'deposit' on cans and bottles? It's a tax, pretending to be an environmental effort: they call it "California Redemption Value". And the grocery bag fee? Same thing: another tax pretending to be for something good.
This is even more unfair for non-citizen residents (those legally here). These residents pay these taxes and don’t have the right to vote. They cannot vote out the politicians who are creating these taxes. Taxation without representation.
I hate hidden taxes. The biggest one is matching FICA. Also regulations like the ethanol mandate and CAFE are very inefficient hidden taxes. The Corporate tax is also a hidden tax on people.
What would happen if we all stopped paying taxes? I'm talking about us who viewed this video and all the libertarians in this country. I think we need to show our government that we escaped Britain because of taxes and now we are taxing ourselves. Do we need a major revolution in this country?
We need to get a list every year and check mark which things we want our taxes to fund and which ones we want to opt out of. Then I wouldn't mind so much.
A dog license is unconstitutional. A dog is private property private property is a right. the Supreme Court of the United States says "if the state tries to turn a right into a privilege via license or fee the citizen can ignore said license or fee with impunity"
I find it curious that most voters in New York and California think that everything produced by the private sector should be free or cost next to nothing, but at the same time, think that everyone should have to pay through the nose in taxes for it.
Tax Tax Tax. My parents are in their 70's and have been taxed to gills their entire lives. Being told, of course, that there would be programs for them to be taken care of when they are old. Now, as one of them is entering a nursing home they will have what little they have been able to save stolen by this wonderful system that was supposed to help them out. It's referred to as the "Asset Recovery Program" as if somehow it already had belonged to the gov and now they are taking it back. We get taxed and our gov hands it out to illegals and bums all day long, but people like my folks who fund those freebies get NOTHING when it's their turn. In fact, not only do they receive nothing, they get stolen from and that's just what it is THEFT. Thank you uncle Sam for bankrupting my folks...
when you are sleeping in your own home in your own bed, yes you are being taxed. property taxes, you paid tax on said mattress, sheets, pillows etc and then ontop of that you are being taxed for public transportation that you will likely never use because u own your own car that you paid tax for to drive on the road you paid taxes for, where if you slightly speed you will again, pay a tax or a "fine". Everything you do is taxed and we literally fought a war against taxation, and now we are the ones taxing everything.
In the great social democracy of Germany, you always pay AT LEAST 19% tax on any purchased item. More for "luxury items". Pet tax, car tax, real-estate tax, etc.
As with all other articles about taxes what is left out of the discussion is the little taxes are regressive. That means the less money you have the higher the percentage you have to pay. If a person makes $500.00 a week and has to pay a $250.00 traffic ticket (another tax), that is 50% of his weekly income. If a wealthy person makes $250,000.00 per week, the $250.00 fine is 1/10th of one percent of his weekly income. These "little" taxes add up for most Americans but are virtually meaningless for the wealthy. The average working person actually pays about 43% of their gross financial compensation in their TOTAL tax bill. All of the NON FEDERAL INCOME TAX TAXES are virtually zero for the wealthy. The rich should not be unfairly taxed but they should pay the SAME percentage the rest of us pay. david
The increased tax bracket alone for the wealthy would be higher than the daily taxes the lower class pays. The top 10% already pay over 80% of the tax revenue collected by the government.
In Europe it's the same or worse. People are unaware of the true extent of the amount they pay in taxes, because most of it is already included in the consumer price. If they ever realized it they might even get violent.
Women are now the majority voters, and most of them seek easy non-challenging employment, read government or non-profit. Taxes are to their benefit. Want to see something truly infuriating look at taxes paid sorted by gender.
embedded taxes ... 23% on the dollar for everything you purchase is taxes before sales tax, so a $1 item with 7% sales tax has a total of $0.30 in taxes ....... ... More than the profit for the retailer and in many cases more profit than the manufacturer ..... ......... .. .
Add it up, we spend half of what we make. HALF. Whats scary is even if we were taxed 100%, it wouldnt be enough to get the country out of debt. This nation is fucked.
lets not forget you also have to pay social security even though most of us young people wont see a cent of that, and you have to pay insurance for literally everything as well. insurance is a tax in and of itself, for it to be insurance and not a tax it has to be voluntary not you pay or you get fined or sent to jail
I believe this quote is credited to Benjamin Franklin when he became the first treasurer of the United States: Tax evasion is illegal. Tax avoidance is pretty in. By all means, avoid the tax.
this is why you'll never see a flat tax style system. it would make it to transparent and up front. they don't want you realize how much your paying in taxes to simply stay alive and live ... don't matter where you live, they don't want you to know the truth.
We do not need taxes. If something is valuable to people they will pay for it. In fact, it's a huge sign that people don't want something, or don't want it done by government, that you are forcing them to pay for it.
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Skill Graal If you're hard as a rock, I'll tax your C/ock.
Taxmaaaaaaaaaaan! And you're working for no one -but meeee....
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Most covert taxes go towards infrastructure, and to keep your stupid ass from being poisoned, literally poisoned. This is unless you think the oil corporations, or the local productions corporations are going to make sure your soil, water, and air are safe; as you should generally consider they are. Also, that your family isn't going to get smashed to death on the highway by an over worked trucker, on your way to holiday.
It is not taxes that are the issue, it is the why, and how. The fact is, most humans are mostly still the lowly primate they came from, stop believe the telly.
JohnNNJ right... bc they never serve to line the pockets. ok then - you just keep on believing that...
“Government only grows” this statement is scary but true. Once the government exerts power step by step there is no way to real it back in.
sonoftherepublic Ronald Reagan was also part of the problem. Ironic.
Remember that the government is made of people. The only reason it has power is because the power of the people.
If it becomes corrupt and enough people realize that, it can be overthrown.
@@diamondstrings5212 Government always grows slowly. But it can also shrink very rapidly.
@@dfw_motorrad1329 Please give one example when it shrank.
@@marshall4759 Revolutionary war
Someone I know recently complained about gasoline prices on Facebook -- blaming greedy oil companies. I explained to him that the government (federal and state) profits more than anyone off every gallon of gasoline sold -- in the form of taxes. And he lives in New York State, which has the highest gasoline taxes of all!
Every fuel company wants to unload refining to some other company and stick to exploration/extraction and retail. But they can't, because refining doesn't make any money. "Retail" means selling gas at thin margins to get people in to buy cigarettes, lottery tickets, car washes, or whatever.
Gas taxes are one of the best taxes you can implement though, because car users would have a huge number of unpaid externalities otherwise. American gas is incredibly subsidized already, with roughly half the pump prices that you see anywhere else.
Fuel should be taxed even higher until oil corporations, operators (corporations), and their insurance carriers (corporations) take responsibility for the public health liability. Why should income and other individual tax be used to clean up sites, when oil corporations (and the individuals who steward them) make record profits, operating corporations (and the individuals that steward them) get awarded huge equities through brown-fields, plus state grants. This all while using alien labor in extraction operations, importing it illegally through the visa programs, and by means of undocumented emigration/immigration. Stop being an obtuse peon.
@@JohnNNJ dont oil companies operate on some of the narrowest of profit margins, though?
@@MattH-wg7ou The "Oil Companies" do fine, and the idea that owner/operators can barely turn a profit has been majorly exaggerated.
In a lot of cases the property is purchased at ten to twenty percent of its value, with the stipulation the equity is to pay for neccessary remediation which has an accurate cost estimate. So, the money not spent on the property value is applied over a long period of time to the remediation, and then add that the property value will increase as soon as that is completed.
What some places do is shut down as much visible income from the property as possible for a short period, then claim hardship and apply for government loans, which are really grants since they don't have to be paid back if certain criteria is met.
How else do you think someone who owns a couple of stations can drive expensive cars and live in really nice houses? It's pretty much a scam.
I guess if government would get all of taxdollars via the single income tax, people would get so pissed off by the sum that we would kick tea back to harbour again
Hence the fees, surcharges, fines, levies, etc., etc., etc. Not to mention the taxes we don't even know about usually hidden in the small print or so far up the supply chain consumers never notice.
I've been saying this for years, but nobody listens or cares. It started when friends talked about high taxes in Europe (employed there at the time). I pointed out that we pay more and get less (no health care, etc). They'd object and I'd point out these hidden taxes. That was long ago and taxes have only gotten worse. We're fools to pay so much.
They should only get to pick one tax and it can't exceed 25 % flat rate if that's not enough money then that's tough and they need to fix their budget. Also why do I have to file my own taxes if IRS employees are getting payed to deal with taxes they should do it for me if I'm going to pay their salaries.
No, we need *massive spending cuts (city, state, & federal - every department, every activity),* with a huge cut in taxes. Government is out-of-control. For example, the military actually encourages officers to use up their budgets early so the military can ask for more money next year. Very little (±20%) is actually going to national defense in some vague manner. At least 80% of our social programs are going to those who don't need or deserve it. *People don't demand spending cuts, so government won't do spending cuts.*
Jason .. I agree. However, I'm less concerned about social security than welfare (touched on in your last paragraph). Many on social security at least contributed something, while welfare is just a massive free handout of our money - for just about everything, rent, utilities, expensive clothes & shoes, cars, cellphones, computers, and even recreation in some states. Just reducing that to the bare essentials would cut many from welfare.
"You're 12 years old"
I replayed that a few times to make sure I wasn't mishearing.
Jailbait. :(
You're a towel!
Only Stossel says crap like that to his guests and gets away with it. Of course, tone matters, but still.
LMAO ! That was great. Classic Ball busting NY humor. Love it!
Taxation Is Robbery
"The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: “Your money, or your life.” And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat.
The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the roadside, and, holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account; and it is far more dastardly and shameful.
The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your own benefit. He does not pretend to be anything but a robber. He has not acquired impudence enough to profess to be merely a “protector,” and that he takes men’s money against their will, merely to enable him to “protect” those infatuated travellers, who feel perfectly able to protect themselves, or do not appreciate his peculiar system of protection. He is too sensible a man to make such professions as these. Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you, as you wish him to do. He does not persist in following you on the road, against your will; assuming to be your rightful “sovereign,” on account of the “protection” he affords you. He does not keep “protecting” you, by commanding you to bow down and serve him; by requiring you to do this, and forbidding you to do that; by robbing you of more money as often as he finds it for his interest or pleasure to do so; and by branding you as a rebel, a traitor, and an enemy to your country, and shooting you down without mercy, if you dispute his authority, or resist his demands. He is too much of a gentleman to be guilty of such impostures, and insults, and villainies as these. In short, he does not, in addition to robbing you, attempt to make you either his dupe or his slave."
Lysander Spooner - No Treason : The Constitution of No Authority
Upvotes for my man, Spooner.
There is no such "natural order" to rulers.
Doesn't matter. It's wrong because there is no such "natural order." Human history predates states by quite some time.
The state isn't a natural order. Also civilization also predates states. Conflating the two is just idiocy.
No True Civilization fallacy from the dumbass troll.
Ok so if I make 50k a year and my tax is 27% in NY. Im looking at a take home pay $36k. From that 36k almost everything Im spending gets hit with a 8.87% tax. So that leaves me ~32k. Then theres rent and health care and car insurance mortgage... sigh
And think of how much better your life would be if you got to keep that money instead of being forced to toss it into the government's black hole of taxation. An extra 18k a year would change your life. You are being oppressed. We all are, and it's absolutely infuriating that more people aren't outraged by taxes.
And you’re also being affected by high taxes on landlords, healthcare, etc, which makes those services more expensive for you
Why do you even live there. I hope you got to move especially with what's happening right now
@@todoldtrafford true
Matthew Hg If you're paying actual tax % of 27%, you need a new accountant.
I just did a quick account of the % I pay in taxes and I'm over 40%. 28% Federal, 5.5% State, 9% sales; is 42.5% just by itself. That's not counting all of the little taxes I don't know of. We are being taxed to death. We need to get the government spending under control.
If you're paying over 40% in direct income taxes, once you add property taxes, the mountain of hidden taxes on everything as described in this video, the hidden 5% annual inflation tax, and the fact that 45% to 55% of the cost of everything you buy with your "after tax" income goes to pay the corporate taxes that accumulate throughout the supply chain and are passed on to the end consumer, you may be paying over 100% of your income in taxes!
Control government spending? Never happen. Teachers need more money. Cops need more money. The town workers need more money. We need a new town hall.
I remember when government officers were austere. Now they are as fancy as corporate offices.
What's your effective tax rate?
Wait. If you made $1000 a month, and you pay 30% in income taxes, then you would have to pay at least $300 in goods and service taxes. Is that really true? In MN, food and clothing is not taxed
@@qiuyushi2752 Let's not forget fuel taxes, tax on alcohol, property tax. How about when you buy a car and finance the taxes so you're paying interest on tax. If you're a competitive shooter like I am, there's an 11% federal tax on ammunition which is hidden in the price.
“Why should we believe you you’re twelve years old?”
Hahahaha! I love people who can have a civil and funny conversation that is also genuine and informative.
I don't believe that she's twelve
It's not even the government taxing me that pisses me off, that's expected. It's the ignorant citizens who help them force you to comply. "You HAVE to pay that tax! It helps the government keep us safe! The politicians know EXACTLY what's good for us, and you're just ruining it! It's for our own good!"
She's cool.
That dog would be a deal breaker, though.
d4n4nable Yep, clear indication she is a money pit.
and hot
@@madmaxxmad2 and apparently 12 years old. "Why should I listen to you, You're only 12 years old." Stossel says.
100% agree!!!
We call these Stealth Taxes in the UK.
In the UK they outright tax you out the VAT.
You guys should interview Ron Paul!
There's a tax when you die, I guess you just can't die if you don't have the money.
The Founders fought a revolution
over a tax on tea... And in some states you can get Backer Acted if you say that to loud.
Adammrtl27 you make a very good historical analogy/ reference. Bagles and tea are comparable.
Technically the boston tea party was about taxation without representation in parliament.
Technically they were upset because England gave one of its companies rights to sell to America. It actually made tea cheaper for Americans, but it hurt American merchants
Guild Sweetheart You feel represented by your government?
That's what they teach in the schools, but it's not true. (Very little of the history taught in public schools is true.)
_"The colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been that England took away from the colonies their money, which created unemployment and dissatisfaction. The inability of colonists to get power to issue their own money permanently out of the hands of George III and the international bankers was the prime reason for the Revolutionary War."_ -Benjamin Franklin
But how else will we pay for muh roads!
(I type as I sit in traffic waiting for the union workers to figure out who will hold the stop/go sign while they "work" on a 50 yard long section of road that has taken them 2 months to finish half)
Most road maintenance workers are not Union. On top of that most, flaggers are contractors that aren't even part of the company doing the work.
Someone's going to get a visit from animal control in the near future...
Very true. I start a small business in 2003. That first year, kept perfect records of every penny, where it came from and where it went. I paid more than 85% of my profit in taxes of one form or another. I kept much less perfect records. If a customer paid in cash, that transaction never happened ... according to my records.
Roses are red violets are blue, TAXATION IS THEFT inflation is too
But you use the services tax provides?
@@John-jg2km I try not to but yes i do use the "services" that i am forced to, like a slave would eat the food his master provides in order to not starve.
That does not make taxation not theft.
If i show up at your door and point a gun at your face and say pay up, then use some of what you give me on a service you may or may not need/want ... i still robbed you and i would still be a thief.
@@magnus4g63 No. If you walked into my private community and refused to pay the fee to live here, I would arrest you. A gun is held at your head because by being here, you are using emergency servics, public streets, etc. You can go, leave.
Your stealing from the state by being here and not paying taxes. Doesnt matter how little you try to use services, your still a burden.
@@John-jg2km So you believe that your owners called "the state" legitimately own all land, property and people and thus have the right to control all those things ? how did your rulers legitimately obtain such wast ownership?
Taxtion is theft.
If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists.
Lysander Spooner
At 1:44 she says, "I think I need to get a side job that pays cash."
I love it!
We dont NEED tax. Government WANTS taxes. Public funding by their own choice, or donations are what we need.
Government should be funded from the interest of a $100 endowment.
Without taxes, how would we have grocery stores, car dealerships, big-box stores, or smartphones?
You want to fund the entire government with donations?
I'd like the entire government to be so small that funding it is easy. Most of what it "pays" for should be private.
Unless you plan on privatizing things like the military and emergency services then the government still needs some taxes
The saddest thing about this video, is that people accept this like slaves, but they will complain about racial inequality, and a plethora of other issues.
Time to abolish taxation. Forever.
Wish granted.
Now give us all your money.
Pete hendrickson
Or perhaps force taxes to reduce and what does get taxed pays for reasonable stuff.
Because it’s necessary in some capacity, but i believe because we don’t know WHAT it goes to fund, its a robbery
We don't of course need taxes. Most of what the government does should be privatized anyway.
Are you planning on privatizing the military or emergency services? If not then the government still needs some taxes
Explode yeah those are examples of things that shouldn’t be privatized. There’s a whole other list of a hundred other different things the government does which could be privatized and done more efficiently
@@ejr7733 It's up to the people to do it, don't expect the government to change... Now how do we organize so the government doesn't do it for us anymore?
I volunteer one day a week to helping out my local schools and parks, but it's a drop in the bucket with what's needed...
@@ejr7733 ever heard of black water and erick prince private military service does it for half the price and better
The income tax on C corporations is also just passed down to the consumer since all corporations in the US have to pay it.
"The wage earner, often a higher rate when compared with his earnings, makes his contribution, perhaps not directly, but indirectly in the advanced cost of everything he buys." ~Calvin Coolidge
The worst part is most of these taxes go to fund politicians and government workers that get a full pension, lifetime health, medical, and dental insurance after 20 to 25 years of service, no private sector job has anything close to this, or they go to welfare recipients who pay pretty much zero taxes but get to pull from this fund, so they can stay home and relax, that the rest of contribute to, but get nothing in return.
Are all these on top of sales taxes?
It depends, but it's a mess to figure out. The easy answer is no. Many products and services are subject to sales tax, depending on the state (some states don't even have sales tax). If you look at the lists in this video, many of those items don't have sales tax, but governments still want to collect your money so they created these specialized taxes.
Some or most of these ARE sales taxes. Do you really think there's a separate tax for sliced bagels, straws, and marshmallows? I doubt it; they're probably just things that qualify for sales taxes, but if you call them "bagel slicing taxes," it gets people riled up. Really, in the case of bagels, it's the difference between prepared food, which is taxed (sliced, buttered, whatever), and regular grocery items, which aren't. This rhetorical trick works no matter what your political affiliation too; do a web search for "tampon tax" to see what I mean. Some items do get their own special taxes - gasoline, hotels, plane tickets - but mostly it's sales tax by another name to produce manufactured outrage.
Actually, we don't need taxes! The FED (a private bank with shareholders)prints money out of thin air. Taxes are a way to control the populous and ensure that the FED currency circulates.
A tax on bagel cutting? That's just stupid. ....
Dennis Walker --- You know, I would have found that hard to believe if I did not visit a website called "freedominthe50states". Either way, in a couple of months I am out of California.
No way, it's cutting edge!
Why not? There's a tax on a big cup of soda.
If you over pay your taxes and get a refund you have to pay tax on what you already paid tax for. Can that be any more of a rip off.
Haha, great american tax ripoff? Try living in Sweden... It's like a downhill ride like no other! 25% tax on pretty much everything and extra on a lot.
I'd rather not live in Sweden, the fucking democrats are bad enough, Sweden is an exercise in what happens when they win. Y'all need a revolution.
Preaplanes Sweden is actually more economically free than the US, yes there is a huge tax burden but overall there is LESS government regulation and more privatization (like trains). You can research this on your own but Sweden and Denmark actually rank higher on the economic freedom index than the US. Which is hilarious because the Democrats think it’s such a “socialist success story” when in reality they take and give some government involvement and their success is largely due to there free market economy
@@ejr7733 thats cool but I rather live in a country with low taxes there little paradise so they say, they don't innovate, middle-class and poor pay most in taxes and rich pay less most entrepreneurs leave because taxes are high for those starting businesses they heavily depend on american health care for innovation plus their suicide rate is high they aren't happy like everyone says they are, some would say its a mediocre society in a way
Oh look, here we have a smart well dressed, well educated, and well spoken Woman. Something so rare these days.
Tuesday, April 17th is Theft Day.
In a horrible twist, it's also my birthday. The government really must hate me.
how about the taxes the companies have to pay to the government in every single product or service you consume? that comes with the price of the good you consume, plus another tax when you actually buy it, about 90 percent of our COST OF LIVING IS BECAUSE OF TAXES, are we all that free here in america after all ?
"You're 12 years old"
Lol
I once saw a article that stated that for every $1.00 you spend $0.85 goes to cost created by the .gov. The author of the article included taxes the corp. payed and all the .gov regulations that are the cost of doing business. Every business has a lawyer that makes sure the owners are complying with all those .gov regulations. Which is a cost that is passed onto the consumer.
Ya know….him questioning her knowledge due to age is a legit question. That being said her answer was good. She did the research and as long as it’s all by the book she’s good to go.
imho that is kind of disrespectful. the way he said it. Thankfully the girl is good job well done.
Taxed. Enough. Already. It way overdue to hold our "elected representatives" accountable to the American OVER-taxed tax payer!!!!
We probably pay more than 50% in taxes if you combine all of these taxes. Now think about more than half of what you make are taken from you.
NO... These are not hidden taxes.. They show up as line items on every invoice you receive. The real hidden taxes are the corporate taxes that are included in the price of all of the goods and services that you buy. You'll never see those taxes on your bill... but you pay them just the same. And, the business owners (stockholders) also have to pay tax on the dividends (profits) that they receive. Think about it the next time you hear a politician complain that corporations don't pay their fair share in order to justify increasing corporate taxes - again.
We pay at least 50% of our income to taxes. Approximately 30% federal income, 5% state, 7% sales tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, property tax, the list goes on.
Many of us are aware of all these "fees" that are merely hidden taxes. The problem is that most of us don't have the wherewithal to fight these taxes. The government has a gun to our heads and most of us cannot afford to challenge their authority, although it has reached a point where that authority sorely needs to be challenged. Each hidden fee must be fought with a different agency or government department. Trying to track down exactly where and by whom each tax was implemented is a near impossibility and would amount to a full-time endeavor. It is truly outrageous that we are extorted out of almost all the money we earn through overt and covert taxes, for which we seldom, if ever, know nor agree with their designation. Our predecessors fought a war of independence, partly in protest of the taxes that were being imposed without benefit to the people and were going instead to the British crown (taxation without representation). Why have we become so complacent with this legalized theft? We always prided ourselves of the "relatively" lower taxes we pay as compared to European countries. While their official taxes may be higher, I doubt that they are nickle-and-dimed to death with "fees" as we are.
I suggest that the issue should be placed on the ballot for all "fees" to be repealed immediately and those that cannot be shown to specifically be used for the support of the activity, service, or good for which they are charged must be re-labeled a tax and put up for vote by the people. I submit that our tax burden would drop by at least 30-40% overnight if that were to happen. Can you imagine how your life would change immediately, if you were to have an additional 30-40% more disposable income?
It's time to stop allowing politicians from hiding behind obscure labels and put these issues on the table for people to see and know what their money is going to support. Politicians and petty bureaucrats in our state, local, and federal government have lost the last remnants of respect for the citizenry and we have only ourselves to blame. We have given them the clear impression that we are willing to submit to this monetary rape as long as it is done in small increments, so that we do not "see" the damage done all at once. Meanwhile, the damage is real. Our standard of living falls with every passing year. Our parents and our parents' parents were able to make ends meet with a 3-4 children households and a single bread-winner. Can we even imagine that today? Real costs for food items, fuel, and household staples have become painfully expensive and yet we pay the costs because we have no recourse. The powers that be, know that they have run the people ragged and that they don't have the time, energy or even the education (thanks to our failure of an educational system) to fight this atrocity.
I am one of those trying to make ends meet and when I hear or see something like this video, it brings up a rage that I shudder to think what might result were I confronted at this instance by a government representative. It is not healthy for a society to feel this way, nor is it right that we should be put in this position, where we know we are being assaulted but are helpless to do anything about it. I know I am not alone out here, and I also know that we, the people, will eventually be pushed too far. Where that point is, exactly, I don’t know, but the repercussions for those in authority will not be pretty.
How about the compounding hidden tax in products, services and rent? The consumer pays for the property tax, sales tax, etc for each product they buy from raw to store shelf, it all gets passed on to you.
One of the worst forms of taxes is the Sales Tax. If the price tag says $1.00 I expect to pay $1.00 up front on the check out. I don't want to an 8-cent mark up revealed to me the moment I'm about to pay it. The price tag should reflect the true price of each item by adding the sales tax to it in the first place!
One item not mentioned in this video is the tax that's embedded in the cost of goods and services that you buy. The providers of goods and services pass the tax costs on to their customers. It's the only way that they can stay in business without suffering a loss for their operations. I would venture to say that about half of everything that you buy has an embedded tax of roughly 50%. It could be considered as double taxation, since you've already been taxed on your money when you earned it.
Government kind of recognizes this. That is why business expenses are deductible. In this way, some of the tax burden is removed from the cost of producing goods and services and therefore there is some relief given to the customer. But there are still a lot of embedded taxes for which there is no relief.
Bravo to Kristin Tate.
Taxation is theft. ANY new taxes ought to be laughed out of the legislature as we already have a cornucopia of taxes that even though are paid, are not bearing any fruit that you can tangibly point to.
You still haven't got all the taxes tracked. Inflation is a significant tax on your savings and pushes more into rich man tax brackets (Income Tax was originally only for the very rich). Taxes on corporations (Tesco/Walmart et al) are of course only a way to collect more tax from consumers via higher prices they then charge. So you pay property tax on your own home and also for every business you deal with - you pay theirs too. And their licensing fees, and their employee taxes, and their fuel taxes etc. etc. etc.
Love how he just roasts all the people he agrees with so the people who were going to insult them are beat to it
It's a lot like the mob. That gets a piece of everything you do. The only difference is this is hidden extortion.
I just saw an ad that I'm not taking advantage of all my Medicare features. It's no wonder we're in debt up to our eyes. About tax, I say cut the expenditures but keep the taxes until we get some semblance of balance and stop the red ink. Those people who bemoan taxes show no concern about this. Hey, we're in a deep hole; doesn't matter why. We have to contribute (i.e. taxes) and cut expenses or face fiscal insolvency...(And you're right, the free spenders don't care either.)
In 1976, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was the third-largest contributor of taxes to the US, directly behind 1) personal income taxes 2) corporate taxes and they came in 3rd. Why ? They collected excise taxes.
What ever happened to no taxation without representation? None of these corrupt politicians represent me or my interests!
You don’t get taxed for a bagel cutting tax you get charged for “prepared food” as opposed to a grocery food item.
🥯 makes total sense actually.
I have had a 911 tax on my phone bill for decades. Irony is, 911 doesn’t even work in my area. I have to dial all 10 digits for the fire department.
My overtime hours spent in an ambulance are taxed to the point where working beyond 72 hours per week is not worth it as each additional hour loses more and more of its net income. My regular hours are taxed at 32% to begin with.
You vote locally on milage renewals. Don’t renew the taxes. Look at your annual property tax. Here’s some of the items-$246 for police. $47 for fire dept. $26 for library. About 20 different listings. Every freakin year.
And we are still going bankrupt
because we borrow so much money to give away so we can play lady bountiful
"Of course we need taxes."
WRONG.
A lot of taxes go under the radar by being labelled "fees". One of the most common fees is the so-called "administrative fee" when is just a tax and has nothing to do with administering anything. In my state, they want people to renew online their vehicle registration and the bait they use is that you get a $1 discount. However, the online renewal process comes with a $2 administrative fee.
A tax on a sliced bagel in New York, but not if it's not been sliced? I am so happy I left that fucking rotten town 20 years ago. The few times I visited out of nostalgia, I got cured right away, between the filth, the outrageous prices, and the rude people.
I pay more in income tax than my rent is. I could afford to eat healthy if I didn’t have to pay that much in tax.
She's right, Politicians are cowards. In California some fees were/are passed in the night to avoid public scrutiny, no debate = no dialog = no objection - All in favor? Fee passed! But some voters were savy to the crooked ways of government, now bureaucrats must call a tax a tax if it looks or acts like one. No longer can they call a tax a fee, but they can still pass them late at night to minimize scrutiny. California has three taxing authorities, Franchise Tax Board (income tax), Board of Equalization (sales tax/fees) and the DMV. Then there is the county property tax collection, and city fees. Lots of hidden or unpublished charges are in the mix. Gives a whole new meaning "Taxation without representation is tyranny ".
There is no wealth tax in America. We simply do not do that. But you have to pay property tax on your house (which is your wealth). You also pay property tax on your car. But the rich will not be taxed on their investments, bank holdings, etc. Common people are expected to contribute to the workings of the country according to the amount of wealth that they own. Rich people, not so much. There are lots of loopholes for them because they can manipulate government with their money in order to protect and propagate the rest of their money. That is what our government is about.
What makes taxation not theft?
If I take money or property from another, I go to jail.
If I disallow the government from taking my money or property, I go to jail.
Lets not forget that these taxes are much more hurtfull to the poor than to the rich.
California has the highest compounded taxes of just about anywhere. And there are tax increases on the ballot every single year. THE HIDDEN TAXES POSING AS 'FEES' are the most egregious . This video could have gone into much more detail. Here's a basic example: Did you know CA doesn't have a 'deposit' on cans and bottles? It's a tax, pretending to be an environmental effort: they call it "California Redemption Value". And the grocery bag fee? Same thing: another tax pretending to be for something good.
Going to read that book. Get more informed on what i already knew. It makes my blood boil knowing that they get away with this.
Canadian version: 'Tax Me, I'm Canadian'. Published around 2013
Slavery never ended it just changed form.
The federal reserve is privately owned. Also, it was created the same year as the IRS.
This is even more unfair for non-citizen residents (those legally here). These residents pay these taxes and don’t have the right to vote. They cannot vote out the politicians who are creating these taxes. Taxation without representation.
You forgot the largest unknown tax. Printing money. Every time they do that the money is worth less (or taxed) forever.
Inflation. Taxation without representation. AKA theft.
NY has a bagel cutting tax? Here is one for you: CA charges you $800 to form an LLC and $800 each year to renew. In TX it is a one time $300 fee.
I hate hidden taxes. The biggest one is matching FICA.
Also regulations like the ethanol mandate and CAFE are very inefficient hidden taxes. The Corporate tax is also a hidden tax on people.
What would happen if we all stopped paying taxes? I'm talking about us who viewed this video and all the libertarians in this country. I think we need to show our government that we escaped Britain because of taxes and now we are taxing ourselves. Do we need a major revolution in this country?
We need to get a list every year and check mark which things we want our taxes to fund and which ones we want to opt out of. Then I wouldn't mind so much.
We call that business. Welcome to voluntaryism.
A dog license is unconstitutional. A dog is private property private property is a right.
the Supreme Court of the United States says "if the state tries to turn a right into a privilege via license or fee the citizen can ignore said license or fee with impunity"
Can you tell me what court case that was? I'd like to look it up
@@collinalbrecht2174 shuttlesworth vs. City of Birmingham Alabama.
@@mikecoffee7548 thanks man, i appreciate it!
@@collinalbrecht2174 I don't know if it will hold up in court but it sure got the county off my back.
Is there a way to pull up a list of hidden taxes. I'm having a hard time finding them.
I find it curious that most voters in New York and California think that everything produced by the private sector should be free or cost next to nothing, but at the same time, think that everyone should have to pay through the nose in taxes for it.
Tax Tax Tax. My parents are in their 70's and have been taxed to gills their entire lives. Being told, of course, that there would be programs for them to be taken care of when they are old. Now, as one of them is entering a nursing home they will have what little they have been able to save stolen by this wonderful system that was supposed to help them out. It's referred to as the "Asset Recovery Program" as if somehow it already had belonged to the gov and now they are taking it back.
We get taxed and our gov hands it out to illegals and bums all day long, but people like my folks who fund those freebies get NOTHING when it's their turn. In fact, not only do they receive nothing, they get stolen from and that's just what it is THEFT. Thank you uncle Sam for bankrupting my folks...
when you are sleeping in your own home in your own bed, yes you are being taxed. property taxes, you paid tax on said mattress, sheets, pillows etc and then ontop of that you are being taxed for public transportation that you will likely never use because u own your own car that you paid tax for to drive on the road you paid taxes for, where if you slightly speed you will again, pay a tax or a "fine". Everything you do is taxed and we literally fought a war against taxation, and now we are the ones taxing everything.
One of the most costly taxes is inflation. All caused by Gubermint overspending. Only savers pay the inflation tax!
Thats good, eat the rich
We are taxed for being taxed and a tax on top of it.
In the great social democracy of Germany, you always pay AT LEAST 19% tax on any purchased item. More for "luxury items". Pet tax, car tax, real-estate tax, etc.
I live in Canada and if you think your politicians are cowards.... Sister you need to spend a week in Canada! Canada has a monopoly on Cowardice!
>of course we need taxes
no
Send the politicians a message. Stop voting! It doesn't matter who gets in, they all want to spend our money, so don't vote for anyone.
Eye opening - thank you!
As with all other articles about taxes what is left out of the discussion is the little taxes are regressive. That means the less money you have the higher the percentage you have to pay. If a person makes $500.00 a week and has to pay a $250.00 traffic ticket (another tax), that is 50% of his weekly income. If a wealthy person makes $250,000.00 per week, the $250.00 fine is 1/10th of one percent of his weekly income.
These "little" taxes add up for most Americans but are virtually meaningless for the wealthy. The average working person actually pays about 43% of their gross financial compensation in their TOTAL tax bill. All of the NON FEDERAL INCOME TAX TAXES are virtually zero for the wealthy. The rich should not be unfairly taxed but they should pay the SAME percentage the rest of us pay.
david
The increased tax bracket alone for the wealthy would be higher than the daily taxes the lower class pays. The top 10% already pay over 80% of the tax revenue collected by the government.
In Europe it's the same or worse. People are unaware of the true extent of the amount they pay in taxes, because most of it is already included in the consumer price. If they ever realized it they might even get violent.
Worst statement in this: "of course we need taxes."
*yes*
Women are now the majority voters, and most of them seek easy non-challenging employment, read government or non-profit. Taxes are to their benefit. Want to see something truly infuriating look at taxes paid sorted by gender.
C'mon! I was sure there would be someone arguing the need for taxes and government by now. You trolls are slacking.
... Says the anarcho-capitalist.
HE often says stuff like that merely as devil's advocate.
embedded taxes ... 23% on the dollar for everything you purchase is taxes before sales tax, so a $1 item with 7% sales tax has a total of $0.30 in taxes ....... ... More than the profit for the retailer and in many cases more profit than the manufacturer ..... ......... .. .
Add it up, we spend half of what we make.
HALF.
Whats scary is even if we were taxed 100%, it wouldnt be enough to get the country out of debt.
This nation is fucked.
At 3:55 note all the trash. Even with all the taxes the city can't pick up the trash.
lets not forget you also have to pay social security even though most of us young people wont see a cent of that, and you have to pay insurance for literally everything as well. insurance is a tax in and of itself, for it to be insurance and not a tax it has to be voluntary not you pay or you get fined or sent to jail
I believe this quote is credited to Benjamin Franklin when he became the first treasurer of the United States:
Tax evasion is illegal. Tax avoidance is pretty in. By all means, avoid the tax.
And let's not forget inflation -- the most pernicious tax of them all!
this is why you'll never see a flat tax style system. it would make it to transparent and up front. they don't want you realize how much your paying in taxes to simply stay alive and live ... don't matter where you live, they don't want you to know the truth.
We do not need taxes. If something is valuable to people they will pay for it. In fact, it's a huge sign that people don't want something, or don't want it done by government, that you are forcing them to pay for it.
Drivers pay so many. Even car registration and drivers licence renewals