(09-04-2025, 04:11 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: I remember one year, when I was young and beautiful with a very good working brain, when I paid $54, 000 in income tax. I was stunned that I had had such a great year that I was actually able to do that. I was so proud... And never hit such heady heights again, btw.
I have always understood that paying tax was a privilege. It recognised my efforts in work, and demonstrated I could contribute to the running of my community. I had value as a mere cog, when earning very little or as a worker bee doing all right for myself. I have never understood this need to escape making a contribution to the running of the community that supported me. Maybe those who seek those loopholes don't understand they should have real pride in being privileged to make such a mark.
And why churches should not share that privilege has never sat well with me. After all, do they not benefit from our community, just as the community might benefit from their work?
That's it exactly - it should be all of us together, working together,paying taxes for the good of us all because that is what they're for. To help us & those who come after us.
And I can almost hear those cries of hippie/commie/lefty!
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)