Guest Post by Stilton Jarlsberg
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Not everyone enjoys April 15th as much as Bernie does, which we presume is good news for the nation’s dry cleaners. In fact, the day is hated by the approximately 50% of Americans who have to fork out money to go to the other 50% of Americans who pay nothing at all.
But even though the IRS is collecting more revenue in fiscal 2016 than in any previous year, free-spending, class-envying Democrats say that it’s not enough.
For instance, Bernie Sanders recently bellowed that American corporations aren’t paying their “fair share” and cited the flagrant example of tech giant Verizon, claiming “they haven’t paid a nickel” in taxes.
And he’s right. They haven’t paid a nickel. They’ve paid $35 Billion in taxes in the last two years alone. Which, granted, is simply a rounding error in the Alice-in-Wonderland economic theme park which is currently toot-toot-tootling calliope music between Bernie’s hair-sprouting ears.
Are there people and corporations who contort themselves like Russian gymnasts to wriggle out of paying taxes? Of course – but the crazy and largely legal loopholes they’re using have been built into the system by both political parties because of their desire to control commerce, as well as the direct influence of lavish campaign donations and other fiscal goodies, both above and below the table.
The IRS is now a nightmarishly complicated, inept, and thoroughly corrupt institution (yes, Lois Lerner, we’re talking to you) which needs to be abolished and replaced with a simple and straightforward flat tax which everyone pays into.
Of course, Hope n’ Change doesn’t seriously expect to ever see that happen. Which is probably good news for our dry cleaner.
The IRS is a public/private organization set up to fleece
the sleeple and the sheeple.
good morning admin,
“The following comes from highly respected author Jim Quinn…
The Ivy League educated “expert” economists expected March retail sales to increase by 0.1%. They only missed by $6 billion, as retail sales FELL by 0.3%. They have fallen for three straight months. At least gasoline sales were strong, as prices have risen 22% since mid-February. That should do wonders for the finances of American households. If you exclude gasoline sales, retail sales fell by 0.4%. As the chart below reveals, the year over year change in retail sales has been at or near recessionary levels for most of 2015, and into 2016.”
from Micheal Snyder today
Under the Sanders programs the better tax system would be to have everyone’s paycheck sent directly to the government and they send each American the amount they deem he or she needs in return.
“The IRS is now a nightmarishly complicated, inept, and thoroughly corrupt institution (yes, Lois Lerner, we’re talking to you) which needs to be abolished and replaced with a simple and straightforward flat tax which everyone pays into.”
Wake all the way up, Cheese. Nothing short of abolishing the IRS and replacing it with an amendment rescinding the 16th will even start to correct the damage done to people and the economy by the federal income tax.
Sorry Admin, but you lose:
Citizens for Tax Justice looked at 288 profitable Fortune 500 companies and said that 26 of them – including Boeing Co (BA.N), General Electric Co (GE.N) and Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) – paid no federal income tax in the five-year period.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-corporate-idUSBREA1P04Q20140226
http://www.foreffectivegov.org/blog/verizon-disputes-our-report-without-backing-up-its-claims/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/25/corporation-tax-rate_n_4855763.html
Vote in your own best interest. Sanders 2016
FYI Westcoaster:
“Verizon is a solid, American company and is among the largest corporate taxpayers and investors in the nation,” said Jim Gerace, Verizon’s chief communications officer. “We take issue with those who falsely claim that we avoid paying our fair share of taxes. This campaign of misinformation and inaccurate data needs to stop.
The reality is that Verizon complies with all tax laws and pays the taxes it owes under the law. Last year, the company paid a total of $8.445 billion in taxes. ………………”
http://www.verizon.com/about/news/us-senator-bernie-sanders-needs-new-playbook-when-it-comes-verizon-and-taxes
For some reason, the IRS made tax filing due by the 18th this year, not today. Even got another extra day since 2016 is a leap year.
in other related news , IRS says it is ok for illegal immigrants to use fake ssn to pay taxes with . Or grab refunds .
WTF?
Rule of law is not there it seems .
Fraudelent ssn is ok for filing taxes . REALLY?
whatever
In other retarded news, the IRS required my birth date before accepting my e-file return. They match that against SSA records. So, if you have a fake SSN, you still have to come up with the correct BD. For Cali, I had to provide my CA DL#.
Admin had better add some filters, no telling how many pro-Hillary illegals are commenting here.
Oh, and speaking of Super-delegates, we now hear of Super-voters. I want to let you know I have Super-dogs up-voting my comments, their vote counts as 10 of your regular lurker up-votes.