The Feds

[Thomas]

You got that right Hotwine. What truly sickens me are politicians who don't just lie--that is a given--but they manipulate and subvert.

The Occupation Tax does not appear on the tax screen because it really is not a tax at all; it is not based on sales; not based on income; not based on production; not based on volume; it is based solely on receiving a license to do business. It is a fee and therefore an under-the-radar-screen tax. Such mechanisms give politicians the ability to claim with a straight face that they are not raising taxes, and they usually pick industries that the structure of which people don't generally know much about, plus they don't particularly care about--how many evangelicals do you think care if alcohol taxes go UP?

And remember: this fee came into existence during the so-called revolution to get government off our backs! In fact, it was instituted at the same time the Government Warning went onto labels. Notice a pattern? Taxes and warnings for social engineering--truly American, eh.

This one riles me every time I hear a politician say he/she is not going to "raise your taxes." No, not yours, but the taxes of others.



[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 09-27-2004).]