Taxed to Death
I never open email forwards but my mom sent this to me and when I noticed the word tax in the subject line, I opened and read….
Tax Poem
Be sure to read all the way to the end!
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he’s fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think..
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers,
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore..
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid.
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
‘Taxes drove me to my doom…’
When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline At x (44..75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
L uxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal,
State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicl e License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the hell happened?
Can you spell ‘politicians?’
Cameron Olthuis is the Founder of
And that is why we need to go to a consumption tax! Straight up 25% on everything you buy.
@Brandon, yeah, I like that model
This model is good, I like very much.
@ Brandon: State and Fed? Or only Fed? 25% is a little high dodn’t you think?
“absolutely no national debt?” 100 years ago? Incorrect.
The consumption tax doesn’t work fairly. It’s an in-proportionate tax on the poor and middle class. Think about it. If you make $25-50k a year, your probably spending nearly all of it on your necessities, and therefore being taxed on nearly all of it. If you make $500k a year your probably not spending close to all of it, and therefore not being taxed on it.
a good model
I’m pretty sure England was still the most prosperous nation 100 years ago, and politicians were surely around before then.
“and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.” WOW. Good old times, eh? Can’t push our sexism on the women no more, they get all uppity and want jobs!
asshole!
@paul - look into the Fair Tax - consumption tax with a prebate for all basic necessities (as defined by the Federal Gvt poverty line statistics). It doesn’t put burden on the poor. If you don’t want to be taxed heavily, don’t buy useless crap. Rich people will still buy yachts and fancy cars, so they’ll still be paying most of the taxes, and still happy to do so. Also, as it stands now, the really rich pay a lower tax % than the rest of us because they can work the code. Also, a consumption tax means all the tax evaders (underground economies, crooks, etc) can’t avoid taxes any more unless they don’t buy anything.
@hugerewards - nice comment spam.
@zengguan - you fail as a comment spammer. ask hugerewards for some tips.
@Kitty - you’re focusing on the wrong 2% of the message. We won’t be upset if you go to work and make millions. The point is all the ridiculous taxes that exist as tools for politicians to curry favor with their constituencies (want to get elected? offer tax breaks for your peeps! or better yet, put additional taxes on your opposition!).
@Klara-B - thank you for adding such clarity and value to the conversation. i’m so proud to have my comment appear on the same page as yours. this blog - nay, the ENTIRE WORLD - is so much better because of you.
It’s my money, and I need it now!
The fact of the matter is, Americans are so damned ignorant that they just pay the taxes. It will never get better until Americans say - enough is enough - I will no longer pay taxes.
And that won’t happen until hell freezes over.
There’s no need for taxes once the Fed is gone. If the government prints the money itself, it can print enough for its needs and put it into the economy that way. Say goodbye to rampant globalization, and tariffs are also a good source of money.
Any government that taxes its people unnecessarily is not working for the people.
25% consumption tax? What?
How about 25% consumption tax only if they eliminate personal income tax? How eliminating all those taxes mentioned in the article and assess 25% tax on income right off the top _ON EVERYONE! - Household incomes of less than 40K year are exempt.
Better still how about reducing Government spending to that of 1999 and eliminate personal income tax altogether? Give the people back their money to spend how they see fit.
Ditto what slipmatax said; plus let’s get the Federal Gov’t back under Constitutional control, let’s abolish the IRS, - then I might support a ‘consumption tax, provided that no tracking of purchases to individuals is allowed. That is one of the main flaws with the current plans for ‘consumption tax’ it creates an East German Stasi style tracking of all of our actions, purchases and interests. Simply have retails stores keep track of total purchases of taxable items ( something that is curently done ) and they can send in the taxable amount on a daily basis ( something that is currently possible and easy to manage ) - I’ve programmed POS and cash registers for a living - the technology is already in place for this.
End of transmission…..
What happened in the past 100 years? Jews.
DONT YOU IDIOTS KNOW TAXING IS STEALING?
(even by any other name)
for certain projects they used to hold lotteries, or issue bonds so that people are compensated for investing in the infrastructure, and it was voluntary.
A) TAXING IS STEALING IF YOU ARE FORCED TO PAY.
1) as is the current state of this country.
2) thrown in jail, or property seized, does not constitute voluntary.
3) acquire a dictionary.
B) PAYING TAXES MUST BE VOLUNTARY.
1) IF TAXES ARE NOT VOLUNTARY, ALL YOUR ARGUMENTS FALL
APART BECAUSE THATS ALL YOUR DOING, DISCUSSING HOW
TO STEAL FROM OTHERS TO GET WHAT YOU THINK YOU WANT,
OR DESERVE (SOMEHOW), AND TO KEEP YOUR SYSTEMATIC
STEALING HOUSE OF CARDS RUNNING.
a) do you really need to be taught why stealing is wrong?
2) IF PEOPLE CANT COME UP WITH A VOLUNTARY SOLUTION TO
PAY FOR YOUR MONSTROSITY OF A GOVERNMENT, SOCIALIZED
WELFARE STATE, FASCIST CAPITALISTIC CULT-ure, YOU DONT
DESERVE A THING, MUCH LESS A GOVERNMENT, OR A
CIVILIZED SOCIETY, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT CIVIL.
b) anyone who can think properly knows what a fast-track
this country is on, and where to.
Have any of you thought of cutting spending? Have you heard of Ron Paul?
Maybe we could bring the Troupes home from 170 countries. Shrink the USA Corp. by 90%, shrink state Gov. by 70% stop all corp. bailouts, abolish the IRS and private bank (Fed. Res.) = no National debt and no interest on such. Taxes, Central Banks and Fiat Currency destroy countries.
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Janet, there were Jews in this country more than 100 years ago. Are you seriously blaming the onslaught of taxes and the national debt on Jews? You are ridiculous.
Bring the troops home? Do that and see how many more unemployed americans there are that we will have to pay for because of our idoitic rep and dem leaders.
Hang all the politicians from street poles in D.C. and we will pay no more taxes! I have a special pole for Mr. Geitner, that slimeball.
Thats the only way.