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Everyone Should Pay Income Taxes
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Apr 13, 2009 04:15am |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Media | Newspaper - Wall Street Journal |
| News Date | Monday, April 13, 2009 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | If you thought Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme was bad, wait until you hear about the inverted pyramid scheme the federal government is working on. While Mr. Madoff preyed on people who trusted him with their money, the federal government has everyone's money, and the implications of its actions are worse.
Picture an upside-down pyramid with its narrow tip at the bottom and its base on top. The only way the pyramid can stand is by spinning fast enough or by having a wide enough tip so it won't fall down. The federal version of this spinning top is the tax code; the government collects its money almost entirely from the people at the narrow tip and then gives it to the people at the wider side. So long as the pyramid spins, the system can work. If it slows down enough, it falls.
It's also what's called redistribution of income, and it is getting out of hand. |
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