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Is our system backwards? Agree or disagree?
This concerns our tax system. Our federal gov. gets the most out of your check, then state then local. Should it not be that the local gets the most first, then state, finally federal?
Why send everything to D.C. so they can distribute it back to where it came from in the first place. This is not their job, they are to protect us from foreign invasions and to do the diplomatic stuff, that's it.
I don't care about dem or repub, just want to know what you think of this.
10 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The founding fathers would agree with you.
And Obama who wants to be in charge of wealth redistribution would strongly disagree.
- joevetteLv 61 decade ago
If you read the Federalist Papers Hamilton does a good job explaining why the feds get more of the tax money. The feds have the biggest authorized tax funded expense because it is the federal government that is supposed to provide national defense. At both the state and federal level our politicians have been swindling us out of tax money for projects that are above and beyond their authorized powers. The state can legislate taxes as they see fit as long as it is within the powers given by the constitution (which they seem to forget).
The feds keep mandating social programs for states which in turn causes the states to run out of cash (Ca. for 1). While the feds are supposed to get more tax dollars they are not supposed to take the states sovereignty and force these programs that are not a given power by the constitution.
- dnafairyLv 71 decade ago
That all depends on where you live. Some places there is nothing taken out of your check, but the state and local get their money other ways, such as sales tax and property tax. Those taxes can get pretty hefty.
But I see your point, and it's worth pondering.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
to a degree...
the only problem is... some states won't take enough out...and the feds have to come in and help out...
if you left them to their own means, they would drag the entire region down... I'm talking to you Mississippi and S.C.! (who both use more federal dollars than they pay, because they are so backward, and are still barely making it)
- 1 decade ago
I live in Texas, so I don't pay state taxes but damn, they sure make up for it in sales tax!!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I don't know about you, but I send money to the fed's and the state. And the city and the county and, and, and.
- 1 decade ago
Aren't taxes what we Americans were fleeing from in the first place? Jesus Christ.