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in taxes than for food and clothing combined.

In 2016, according to BLS, “consumer units” (which include families, financially independent individuals, and people living in a single household who share expenses) spent more on average on federal, state and local taxes ($10,489) than they did on food ($7,203) and clothing ($1,803) combined ($9,006).

The average tax bill for American “consumer units” increased from $7,423 in 2013 to $10,489 in 2016, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.


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The biggest gang I know is the government. Unreal that some morons think we're not paying a fair share.

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awesome guy wrote:The biggest gang I know is the government. Unreal that some morons think we're not paying a fair share.

Less givers, more takers.... its not sustainable
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cwtcr hokie wrote:
awesome guy wrote:The biggest gang I know is the government. Unreal that some morons think we're not paying a fair share.

Less givers, more takers.... its not sustainable
Yep. It's sad that the dopes on the left can't see that till it's too late. They don't really care as crying for more taxes is virtue signaling by them, not a logical thought process.
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awesome guy wrote:The biggest gang I know is the government. Unreal that some morons think we're not paying a fair share.

Yep- as soon as Trump announces the tax cuts, the left will be filling the air with "tax cuts for the rich" memes.

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The best thing Trump could do to reduce the size of government is remove automatic withholding. We all know why they do it. Most people have no idea what their pre-tax income is.

Make people write huge checks to the government every month and they'll start to care more about what it's spent on.
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USN_Hokie wrote:The best thing Trump could do to reduce the size of government is remove automatic withholding. We all know why they do it. Most people have no idea what their pre-tax income is.

Make people write huge checks to the government every month and they'll start to care more about what it's spent on.
problem is collecting it, we would have to spend big bucks trying to collect from people, thus why you have withholding, much easier to get from one employer than 20 employees
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cwtcr hokie wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:The best thing Trump could do to reduce the size of government is remove automatic withholding. We all know why they do it. Most people have no idea what their pre-tax income is.

Make people write huge checks to the government every month and they'll start to care more about what it's spent on.
problem is collecting it, we would have to spend big bucks trying to collect from people, thus why you have withholding, much easier to get from one employer than 20 employees
It's not supposed to be easy....besides, 90% of those who aren't paying get a "refund" that's bigger than their tax liability to begin with.
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USN_Hokie wrote:
cwtcr hokie wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:The best thing Trump could do to reduce the size of government is remove automatic withholding. We all know why they do it. Most people have no idea what their pre-tax income is.

Make people write huge checks to the government every month and they'll start to care more about what it's spent on.
problem is collecting it, we would have to spend big bucks trying to collect from people, thus why you have withholding, much easier to get from one employer than 20 employees
It's not supposed to be easy....besides, 90% of those who aren't paying get a "refund" that's bigger than their tax liability to begin with.
my point is we would have to spend so much to collect it, it would kill overall receipts. I have no issue writing a check to the gov. for taxes, do it for property tax, sales tax, fuel tax and every year it seems for income tax.... but many people would take their sweet time sending the gov. money thus greatly increasing our collection costs
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USN_Hokie wrote:The best thing Trump could do to reduce the size of government is remove automatic withholding. We all know why they do it. Most people have no idea what their pre-tax income is.

Make people write huge checks to the government every month and they'll start to care more about what it's spent on.

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cwtcr hokie wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:
cwtcr hokie wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:The best thing Trump could do to reduce the size of government is remove automatic withholding. We all know why they do it. Most people have no idea what their pre-tax income is.

Make people write huge checks to the government every month and they'll start to care more about what it's spent on.
problem is collecting it, we would have to spend big bucks trying to collect from people, thus why you have withholding, much easier to get from one employer than 20 employees
It's not supposed to be easy....besides, 90% of those who aren't paying get a "refund" that's bigger than their tax liability to begin with.
my point is we would have to spend so much to collect it, it would kill overall receipts. I have no issue writing a check to the gov. for taxes, do it for property tax, sales tax, fuel tax and every year it seems for income tax.... but many people would take their sweet time sending the gov. money thus greatly increasing our collection costs
My point is - the people who don't pay their bills don't pay any income tax anyways. When they go to the rim rental shop to do their taxes in the spring they can go home empty handed and ponder being deadbeats. Won't cost the government any more.
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WestEndHokie39 wrote:
awesome guy wrote:The biggest gang I know is the government. Unreal that some morons think we're not paying a fair share.

Yep- as soon as Trump announces the tax cuts, the left will be filling the air with "tax cuts for the rich" memes.

Idiots...
Yup. This is punishing the middle class......and this is why the Dems will continue to lose. Although the Pubs aren't doing anything to help themselves either.
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