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UK Pursues Tax Evaders Using Stolen Bank Details
Andrew Smith writes "The UK taxman (HM Revenue & Customs) is reportedly using a stolen list of bank details to pursue wealthy individuals with off-shore accounts. The list was stolen by an employee of HSBC, and gave details of the bank's customers with money in Swiss accounts. The bank employee fled to France, and the authorities there passed the details on to the UK tax collection agency."
Considering government bloat is the fastest way to hemorrhage money I agree. In Canada it take 4 people to pay for the job of 1 civil servant. It's probably around 6:1 in the US, government makes no money, it creates no money, all it does it take and spend another persons.
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Holy shit, you're a nutjob.
No, it's about justice. Everyone has the right to the money they earn, regardless of if they earn $1 a year or $1 billion a year. Ethics - you should look it up.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~Thomas Jefferson
No, I pay taxes to maintain roads, public schools, etc. The issue is the things of "Oh, Bill Gates makes more money, so we'll take some of his and give it to AC so that AC can buy the things he wants without working to earn the money for them" programs / taxes.
I have never seen anyone say the above, and actually practice what they preach.
That's because you mix two separate issues (necessary taxes / programs vs unnecessary welfare state taxes / programs to redistribute wealth from those who earned it to those who didn't) to create a tautology where if someone exists, they're "using something they didn't pay for".
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~Thomas Jefferson
You are retarded
-then why do you bother replying?
Income tax is the only tax system that provides for *fairness*
- who said it's supposed to be fair? Secondly, if you read my comment with a little more than your ass, you would have noticed that I did mention a fact, fact that federal gov't spending used to be based on taxes of certain items and food and some basic necessities do not need to be included into those items.
Alcohol, any sort of 'luxury' items, tariffs on imports etc., should be enough. More importantly, you completely missed the point of having sales taxes used as a feedback mechanism controlling the size of gov't by controlling the amount of money it is given to spend.
Also it is quite possible to have a system, where people under certain income avoid paying any taxes at all, even sales taxes by filing their income statements.
And yes, maybe the idea of income tax is foreign to you because in USSR your income was taxed 90-95% before you even got your wages.
- it's not foreign, I have spent enough time in other countries paying income taxes, but now I found a place in the world where those are no longer applicable.
So you may call me retarded, but it does not make your argument any stronger.
You can't handle the truth.
Roads are fine, why do we need electrical subsidies? I don't care if oil prices go up. Police are fine too. That's half of your list right there, get rid of them and then tell me what my taxes are. If it's still 27.27% then you need to keep cutting. If I get a $1000 raise the government will take 44.5% of it and charge my employer an additional 7.65%. The "services" I receive from the federal government (tax rate: 22.08%) are not worth what I am paying for them. Since my state pays more in federal taxes than we get back, we could cut taxes simply by banning the federal government from giving money to the states. They use that power to control state laws anyway. Sorry, New Mexico and Mississippi residents, your taxes will increase by at least your federal tax rate (so you'll be paying it twice). Sure, the federal government would still need money, but at least we would know exactly how much.
The right to protest the State is more sacred than the State.
> if your answer requires me to pay a fee whenever I'm traveling at that road, making me a de facto prisoner in my own home, it's not acceptable.
The status quo requires you to pay for the road whether you're using it or not, and you'll be made a prisoner if you refuse to pay. Why do you find that more acceptable than paying for what you use?
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."