I was reading Charlie Reese (my hero, or more so, I could write his column while he is on vacation and nobody could tell the difference) and he had a great Idea. Lets come up with a "war tax". I look on my paycheck and find Federal income tax withheld, Social Security tax held, Federal medicare tax, Michigan state tax with held...etc etc.
Why not have a war tax withholding. Charlie talked about 7 rings of involvement, with Joe Sixpack having almost no involvement in the outer most ring, just look it on TV and turn the channel, no kid of his is involved.
To bring this involvement, pay for the war as you go along. The war has cost $6000 + Dollars for every tax payer so far, but nobody has directly "paid" for it. So, lets pay as we go, and every payday, have a "war tax" taken out of your pay. That way, every week or so, you get reminded, and you take home less money, "FOR THE WAR". So you look at your deductions, and there is it, $153.84 for the war this week for the 4 people in your family, taken from your check.
If fact, to helll with payroll deduction, lets make it so we recieve a bill every month for our portion and make payroll deduction illegal, and have to pay it by check or cash every monty. You have to write a check for $646.15 to the IRS EVERY MONTH out of your money you have, or out of your wallet EVERY MONTH. How soon these wars would disappear and how quickly they would be over if they did start.
What do you think? Good Idea or not?
How about we extend it to all taxes, you must pay them from your pay. Make it illegal to have such taxes removed from payroll deduction, and make you pay them once a year from your savings or cash. Wow, how quick there would be a revolt.
Allan
Why not have a war tax withholding. Charlie talked about 7 rings of involvement, with Joe Sixpack having almost no involvement in the outer most ring, just look it on TV and turn the channel, no kid of his is involved.
To bring this involvement, pay for the war as you go along. The war has cost $6000 + Dollars for every tax payer so far, but nobody has directly "paid" for it. So, lets pay as we go, and every payday, have a "war tax" taken out of your pay. That way, every week or so, you get reminded, and you take home less money, "FOR THE WAR". So you look at your deductions, and there is it, $153.84 for the war this week for the 4 people in your family, taken from your check.
If fact, to helll with payroll deduction, lets make it so we recieve a bill every month for our portion and make payroll deduction illegal, and have to pay it by check or cash every monty. You have to write a check for $646.15 to the IRS EVERY MONTH out of your money you have, or out of your wallet EVERY MONTH. How soon these wars would disappear and how quickly they would be over if they did start.
What do you think? Good Idea or not?
How about we extend it to all taxes, you must pay them from your pay. Make it illegal to have such taxes removed from payroll deduction, and make you pay them once a year from your savings or cash. Wow, how quick there would be a revolt.
Allan
