Friday, December 13, 2013

Critique On My Colleague's Blog Stage 7



Jordan Pocket's  article published on Friday, November 29, 2013 which he titled
"INCOMES TAX HER? I HARDLY KNEW HER" reminds me of comparing apples and oranges which do not make sense because apples and oranges do not physically look the same neither do they have same chemical composition.
In the area of revenue collection, the federal government and the state government differ very significantly. First of all, the federal government  and the state government have good working relationship in terms of revenue creation/allocation. Most business are situated in the inside cities, municipalities, local governments, and then state government, therefore the local government are in better position to collect taxes be it sales or income based taxes
We live in a representative government; therefore to say that Texas does not penalize employed individuals by taking part of their wage before they can spend it themselves is a wrong comparison to the federal income tax systems.  For the simple fact that we’re compelled to pay sales tax each time we buy certain things simple means we’re paying tax we have no control over, period.
While consumer ism has worked well for Texas, it is not by itself good for all Texans. If a state imposes 6.5% tax every time you buy something, you are forced to pay such by law whether you call it volunteerism or free willingness. Money is earned in order to spend in exchange for the things we need.  Why would Michael dell for example pay the same tax as me since Michael dell gets so much tax incentives from the government to build and operate his business? Michael for example gets to write off his business expenses while the poor worker gets not to write off when I buy shoe to go to work or earn a living.
 I think it is not fair that low income should pay the same tax s those in higher income bracket
How fair is it that tourists who come to Texas to spend money on our products get to be taxed for such exercise?  It would have been proper for the sake of argument for my colleague to specify how this could have worked well on the federal government level.
How could the federal government possibly collect sales tax; by deducting  from total state sales tax; maybe if the state collects 10 percent, for example, the federal takes the first six percent then living the rest for the state. The federal government will now depend on the state to generate her revenue.
Many companies and individuals would probably in trade by batter in order to avoid paying those taxes. Many people will result what I will consider to be ‘Craigslist’ market systems where good will exchange hands without anyone paying taxes. This will live the federal government broke, thereby wakening it.  
It is no secret that small percentage of population own most of the resources in this country, therefore why would such people pay the same tax percent s someone like me

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