Tax freedom day

[ronjhall]

No sales tax or income tax here EVER!

Live Free Or Die - NH

Here is a list of when tax freedom day is reach in each USA state.
Tax Freedom Day]The Tax Foundation - Tax Freedom Day by State, 2010.
State residents that think they do not pay any taxes still have to pay into the state coffers someway.

 

[Dmace]

Here is a list of when tax freedom day is reach in each USA state.
Tax Freedom Day]The Tax Foundation - Tax Freedom Day by State, 2010.
State residents that think they do not pay any taxes still have to pay into the state coffers someway.

Obviously, I don't think we never have to pay any taxes. I thought he meant that one or more days a year when a state will allow no sales tax as an incentive to consumers.

According to that chart, my state's Tax Freedom Day is April 6th.

Also, according to that site our nation's taxes make up for 26.89% of income for this year.

 

[keegs]

This always strikes me as odd logic. The government services we consume don't stop in April. Highways keep highwaying...Gramps keeps getting his SS and Medicare, the kids keep going to school, the military keeps fighting... crime don't take the rest of the year off.

The folks at the tax foundation should spend more time articulating where the money goes, otherwise they're just another something for nothing crowd.

And another thing......how much of my federal tax dollars go to places like Alaska and Alabama?

 

[Mousefield]

This always strikes me as odd logic. The government services we consume don't stop in April. Highways keep highwaying...Gramps keeps getting his SS and Medicare, the kids keep going to school, the military keeps fighting... crime don't take the rest of the year off.

The folks at the tax foundation should spend more time articulating where the money goes, otherwise they're just another something for nothing crowd.

And another thing......how much of my federal tax dollars go to places like Alaska and Alabama?

Of course tax is paid all year long, on purchases, income tax deducted off your pay check or other income. What tax freedom day means is that on June 5th the average person in British Columbia has paid the equivalent amount of all the different yearly taxes to that point. Now the rest of the year the money is theirs to spend. They are trying to show just how much tax we pay, it takes over 5 months :shocked: of a person's yearly income to pay it.

 

[keegs]

Mousefield,

The tax foundation's framing of taxation doesn't escape me.

I'd like these organizations to put some meat in the sandwiches they sell. Where do they think the money goes and what should we stop paying for.

If they had that message they'd be more than just hot air.