Thanks For Nothing

Thanks For Nothing
Kevin Bryant

Rachel Maddow from the almost non-existent and certainly doesn’t matter network, MSNBC stated that Americans are being unreasonable when it comes to taxes. According to her, personal income tax levels are now at the lowest levels they have been since 1955. President Obama finds humor in the fact that Americans are complaining about the amount of taxes we are paying instead of “thanking him” for lowering taxes.

I may not have a Harvard education like Obama and I certainly wasn’t educated at Stanford and Oxford universities like Rachel Maddow but I do know that I am not as dumb as they believe all Americans are.

Let us examine Rachel Maddow’s statement in very simple terms. In 1955 there was no such thing as Medicare and Medicaid. Since these programs did not exist in 1955, it would have been impossible for the government to tax your personal income to fund them. Now to the un - Harvard or Oxford educated person like me, I consider this a personal income tax since the government has deemed that this money will be taken directly from my personal income paycheck. When combined with the bankrupt social security withholdings, this accounts to more than 7.5% of my gross income going directly to the government in the form of taxes. Add this to what they are withholding for what the government officially deems as personal income tax and that is more than 20% of my taxable income. I really don’t think the Detroit auto workers in 1955 America was shelling out 20 cents on every dollar they made to the federal government before they actually received a single dime themselves.

Now let us move on to Mr. Harvard educated Obama and the cronies that sit in congress who all think we average citizens can’t read, write or do arithmetic above the third grade level. First off, quit lying about lowering taxes. You didn’t. All you did was up the tax credits for certain individuals. Those of us who do not have kids living with us or going to college don’t get breaks. I must be one of those 5% who you were talking about when you said 95% of Americans making under $200,000 would not see one cent in tax increases and would actually see their tax burden go down. I know I saw my federal taxes go up for 2009 but I didn’t get a pay raise during that year. Think of all the hidden taxes we pay and then lie to me some more about how Americans who make under $200K a year saw their tax burdens go down. What are some of the things we pay federal tax on; electricity, natural gas, propane, gasoline, diesel, cell phones, land line phones, cable television, satellite television, internet, beer and alcohol, tobacco and so on and who can forget the latest, a tax on time tanning spas. Then think about all the taxes placed on banks and manufacturers who in turn pass those taxes on to their customers.

Sorry, but in 1955, the average middle class American had more disposable cash on hand than do today. My parents had more disposable cash when Clinton was in office than they had under G.W. Bush and they had more under Bush than they have today under Obama.

If this or any administration were serious about how much people shell out in personal and hidden taxes, they would abandon the current practice used in collecting taxes and go to a flat tax. Even those 40% who do not pay income taxes would benefit more from a flat tax than having to pay more each year in hidden taxes as we are now.
Thanks For Nothing
Kevin Bryant

Rachel Maddow from the almost non-existent and certainly doesn’t matter network, MSNBC stated that Americans are being unreasonable when it comes to taxes. According to her, personal income tax levels are now at the lowest levels they have been since 1955. President Obama finds humor in the fact that Americans are complaining about the amount of taxes we are paying instead of “thanking him” for lowering taxes.

I may not have a Harvard education like Obama and I certainly wasn’t educated at Stanford and Oxford universities like Rachel Maddow but I do know that I am not as dumb as they believe all Americans are.

Let us examine Rachel Maddow’s statement in very simple terms. In 1955 there was no such thing as Medicare and Medicaid. Since these programs did not exist in 1955, it would have been impossible for the government to tax your personal income to fund them. Now to the un - Harvard or Oxford educated person like me, I consider this a personal income tax since the government has deemed that this money will be taken directly from my personal income paycheck. When combined with the bankrupt social security withholdings, this accounts to more than 7.5% of my gross income going directly to the government in the form of taxes. Add this to what they are withholding for what the government officially deems as personal income tax and that is more than 20% of my taxable income. I really don’t think the Detroit auto workers in 1955 America was shelling out 20 cents on every dollar they made to the federal government before they actually received a single dime themselves.

Now let us move on to Mr. Harvard educated Obama and the cronies that sit in congress who all think we average citizens can’t read, write or do arithmetic above the third grade level. First off, quit lying about lowering taxes. You didn’t. All you did was up the tax credits for certain individuals. Those of us who do not have kids living with us or going to college don’t get breaks. I must be one of those 5% who you were talking about when you said 95% of Americans making under $200,000 would not see one cent in tax increases and would actually see their tax burden go down. I know I saw my federal taxes go up for 2009 but I didn’t get a pay raise during that year. Think of all the hidden taxes we pay and then lie to me some more about how Americans who make under $200K a year saw their tax burdens go down. What are some of the things we pay federal tax on; electricity, natural gas, propane, gasoline, diesel, cell phones, land line phones, cable television, satellite television, internet, beer and alcohol, tobacco and so on and who can forget the latest, a tax on time tanning spas. Then think about all the taxes placed on banks and manufacturers who in turn pass those taxes on to their customers.

Sorry, but in 1955, the average middle class American had more disposable cash on hand than do today. My parents had more disposable cash when Clinton was in office than they had under G.W. Bush and they had more under Bush than they have today under Obama.

If this or any administration were serious about how much people shell out in personal and hidden taxes, they would abandon the current practice used in collecting taxes and go to a flat tax. Even those 40% who do not pay income taxes would benefit more from a flat tax than having to pay more each year in hidden taxes as we are now.