Skeeter:
RE: The John vs. Mary income discussion...third, all else being equal, mary uses more services. the potential for workers comp is over double. she uses more roads. :
In California, Workers Compensation is not funded with general tax money, it is paid by the employer and/or employee. Likewise, roads are built with gasoline taxes and/or automobile registration fees. In both examples, the notion that "Mary" should pay a higher tax rate because she "consumes" more services is FALSE. She is paying for her higher consumption through her gas taxes, car taxes, or workers' compensation taxes already!
Also, you mentioned that at least our tax system is "equal" because everyone plays under the same rules for the same circumstances. If so, how do you explain the so-called marriage penalty? Two incomes, two people living together. If the two are married, they pay more taxes than if they are not. How is that equal??
No, my friend, there is nothing fair about the US tax system. IMHO, it has been created under the precept of class-envy and special interests; and there is nothing fair about that!
Stepping down from soapbox now,
Bill Shepherd |
