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#1
11-12-2005, 08:01 PM
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Revolt!
In 1777, the Continental Congress passed the Articles of Confederation. The Articles did not grant Congress the power to tax, only the authority to request funds from states.
The Internal Revenue Service was created in 1791 to collect the Whiskey excise tax. The tax ranged from 7 to 18 cents per gallon. The first suggestion of creating income taxes in the US was during the War of 1812. The idea was dismissed, but returned with the Tax Act of 1861 which was passed but not implemented. A new Tax Act was passed and put in force in 1862 to help finance the Civil War. Anyone care to guess what the income tax rates were in 1862? Compliance, by the way, was very low.  Also, what was the estimated total amount of taxes paid by Americans as a percentage of average income at the outbreak of the American Revolution? Taxes imposed by an out-of-touch government, by the way, were one of the major reasons for the War of Independence in the first place. Perhaps it is time for another revolt?!  
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11-12-2005, 09:28 PM
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I'd have to be part of the peoples malitia instead of the army(and its others) wont take me cause I've got a very minor heart problem. Even though I'm probably more fit than half of the flunkies they get.
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11-12-2005, 09:49 PM
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11-13-2005, 12:02 AM
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taxes provide nice smooth roads for my svx to drive on....
tax reform : yes tax removal : don't be ridiculous Skip
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11-13-2005, 10:38 AM
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I wouldn't mind just getting back to a balanced budget. That didn't last long, but hey! Thanks for that set of tires George!!
I think the guy was drunk during those ten years of struggle to balance it.
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11-13-2005, 01:40 PM
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Hmm... so nobody feels like guessing what the taxes were in 1862?
Shall I switch to a more interesting topic? According to Michael Mann there are four sources of social power: ideological, economic, military and political. Which of these sources of social power should be employed by the US if it is to successfully control Iraq? Shall I tell a joke? This guy is walking on the beach somewhere in California. He sees a lamp, rubs it, and a Genie comes out. The genie is so happy that he decides to grant one wish to the lucky guy. The guy thinks about it and says, "I'd like you to build a highway to Hawaii because I am afraid to fly. The genie responds that this can't be done because it would be technologically impossible considering the depth of the ocean and the distance to Hawaii. So he asks the guy to wish for something else. The guy thinks about it and, very enthusiastically, wishes he would understand women. The genie than said, "Do you want your highway to have 2 or 4 lanes?" Shall I ..... oh, never mind, the elves just arrived ... I gotta go pour beer 
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