Tax Day: "The Other 95%" Say Thanks President Obama!

by cconyersjr | April 15, 2010 at 11:53 am

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It's finally arrived. The day that every teabagger has been dreading all year. Well, dreading and anticipating, 'cause they get to make dumb signs and wear stupid costumes, and protest the relief of their tax burden. It's true-- most Americans, 95% of us, received a tax cut this year.

Citizens for Tax Justice reports that 95% of Americans are receiving a tax credit between $400-$800. The White House Council of Economic Advisers reports $200 billion dollars in tax cuts to middle and lower income Americans. The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities reports that Middle-class Americans are paying the lowest federal taxes in history.

Unfortunately, the GOP-Bullsh*t Machine has convinced the most under and uneducated of our countrymen that taxes have actually gone up under Obama. And I'd believe that, because anyone making over $250,000 will be paying higher taxes-- that's the GOP's real constituency, the wealthy 3% of Americans who will have to pay a little more than they have been used to paying under Bush/Cheney.

Even with the recent revelation, reported by Ken Vogel of Politico, that the GOP has been working to highjack the teabagger movement for its own purposes, they still seem to be falling for the propaganda and straw man hype. Looks like Aldous Huxley was right:

"...there seems to be some kind of movement towards this ultimate revolution, this method of control, by which the people can be made to enjoy a state of affairs which, by any decent standards, they ought not to enjoy." -- Aldous Huxley, 1962

It's a shame, how there are some of the 95% of us that will fight so hard for their "masters". For the rest of you, don't spend all of that refund in one place! We all know what's been happening since 2007...

By the way, I should probably mention that this year I've been able to get more back than I have any year previously. Yay for me.

For some fun facts, and Facebook companionship, check out The Other 95%.

I guess you don't like parks, or the police or fire department, or libraries, or paved roads, or the post office...

Stories about getting screwed by taxes are older than I am (hence the vintage book cover as the story graphic). People can't have it both ways. Paying taxes is the cost of living in a "free" society (freedom isn't free). And we're all going to bitch and moan about it. But if we're not paying for it that way, we'll pay for it another way. It's all about perception, it seems to me. Either way, we'll be paying for some bullsh*t-- that's just the way it is. Sure, we could move to a country with lower taxes, but you'll have to sacrifice other things. Hell, I could move from the big city and live and work in some small town somewhere, and pay lesser taxes...and get a smaller salary...and not have access to certain goods and/or services, or entertainment, or any of the other things that I like.

We all complain. We are all frustrated. For example, I remember when gas was $1.19 a gallon. We'll NEVER see that again. Things are going to cost more as time goes on. That's life. Seems to me that if you don't want to pay taxes...you have to make more money. I know that's what I'm trying to do, anyway.

I have no problem whatsoever paying for the services I use. It's paying for someone elses use of those services that upsets me. Any other good or service in life costs the same for anyone using it -- be it a house, a car or a candy bar. However our highly progressive income tax rates have me paying for far more than what I use. I have worked very hard putting myself through undergrad and grad school. I have worked very hard at my jobsthoughout my adult life to obtain the things I wanted. There were many times I would have liked to not put in that amount of effort but starting out with nothing, no prospects of anyone giving me anything and not wanting to be a career criminal I saw no other way to obtain my goals. I am highly offended that a large portion of that money I worked so hard for is forceably taken from me and given to others who did not earn it. I guess one's point of view is dependant on one's status as a "forced giver" or a "professional taker". Once again, I am perfectly happy to pay for the things I use.

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