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Hello professor and class,
In the words of Oliver
Wendell Holmes “I like to pay taxes with them I buy civilization”. A good
tax must be simple to understand, and not too complicated. I would expect
it to be simple and convenience for me to pay without over stressing
myself. Planning is important so taxes should be regular enough so that one
can plan in advance on how and when to pay without it distorting other
economic behavior. It should be same for all persons with the same
characteristics in income level. Taxes should be done in way that it would
satisfy everyone based on the service that it’s directed towards. Taxes
support government activities such as providing care for the elderly,
providing education, support healthcare, and fighting terrorism with good
protection.
Adequacy, Equity, Exportability,
Neutrality and Simplicity.
Taxes should be adequate enough
to generate enough revenue for the provision of essential service to the
public. It should be fair and same for all persons in the same income or
economic circumstances; it should be equal across the same level. Taxes
should not favor one group over the other; it should not selective must
neutral to all races or color. Taxes should be simple to understand and not
complicated to figure in anyway. Exportable taxes are paid by
non-residents. Non residents pay taxes as tourist when they shop in store
or when they ride on transportation provided by the state other their own.
What role do taxes play in
political issues?
Taxes have always been used by
politicians to convince voters that they know what they are feeling in
situations where they feel that citizens are in need of tax relief. They
say these wonderful things about taxes that citizens want to hear such
reduction of taxes for low income and tax break for the rich. Most times
citizens are caught between political parties or politicians playing
politics with their future.
New flat tax.
Some people belief that high tax
discourages productivity and growth and making it difficult for business in
America to compete globally. They believe that the current tax system is
far too complicated that ordinary Americans cannot figure it out. They also
think that the current system is not economically neutral. The new flat
rate is suggested to replace sales tax, income tax, death tax and other
taxes, that all these taxes should be replaced by just one tax for
everything for individuals, families and businesses. Though, they feel that
doing this (one Tax Flat rate) would encourage growth and job creation. My
opinion is that one flat tax rate would be too complicated and would not
encourage neutrality or equity. I would still like to see some reduction in
taxes across all sectors that i believe it would genuinely encourage job
creation and economic growth.
References.
Taxes are good retrieved from
http://www.governmentisgood.com/articles.php?aid=17
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