On top of the obvious taxes; income, payroll, sales, SS and Medicare you are also paying all sorts of

hidden taxes.

You pay Business’ taxes.

Business does not pay property tax, excise tax, import/export tax, business tax or regulatory expenses (over a trillion dollars just for federal regulations). 

Business does not pay sales tax, airplane tax, hotel tax, parking tax, gasoline tax, utility tax, phone tax, car tax, beverage tax or even liquor tax.

Business doesn’t pay for lawsuits, penalties, campaign contributions or lobbyists.

Business not pay for employee sick leave, vacation time, pensions or half of their Social Security tax.

Business does not pay for employee health, life, unemployment or disability insurance.

You do!

All these taxes and “Expenses” are passed on to you in the price of your purchases and  reductions in wages (even down to the $0 wage of unemployment).

All these expenses are factored into your total compensation package and reduce the salary portion.  Plus you lose the interest on the tax withheld from your paycheck.

Your landlord is a business and doesn’t pay any of those taxes either. You do! It’s reflected in the rent.  

On top of that you pay another airplane tax, hotel tax, parking tax, gasoline tax, utility tax, phone tax, car tax, beverage tax or even liquor tax when you buy any of those products and services for yourself.  

Subsidies, Ethanol and Beef

You pay for the expensive ethanol the government mandates to be put into gasoline in the form of higher prices on top of the hidden gasoline tax figured into the price.

Regular taxes go to pay for subsidizing the Corn it’s produced from and you pay the hidden tax of higher food prices for other farm products which are scarcer due to over-production of subsidized corn.  In fact, you are paying the same kind of hidden tax in for everything the government subsidizes (another power not granted by the Constitution) 

You pay the medical costs of high fructose corn syrup consumption, the corn subsidy encourages, and the higher fat content and lower nutrition from cattle who are fed cheap corn, which cows cannot digest properly,  instead of grass and who are confined so they do not eat grass and instead get fattened up by corn and no exercise (which destroys their health and which they will die from, if not slaughtered). 

Federal State and Local Debt

Federal Reserve

Inflation is also a tax! When the government needs to pay off debt they create more Federal Reserve Notes (IOU the government owes to the banks) that we call dollars.  More total debt notes with the same goods and services in the economy means each dollar, represents less of the total value/capital/assets.

Prices rise to reflect the difference and  therefore your dollar can’t buy as much as before.  Where did the money go?  From your pocket and savings to the Federal Government and the Banks.

Since the Federal Reserve was established, in 1913, it has decreased the purchasing power of the dollar 20 to 40 times over.  That translates to robbing you 20 to 40 times over.  And that’s before Bush and Obama added 16 trillion more debt.

Big Banks do not pay for bad loans. You do. The Federal Reserve and the International Monetary Fund (20% comes from the USA) print more money to “restructure” the loans. Whether they are mortgages at home or foreign debt of Countries, your money is devalued and prices rise to compensate (inflation).

Interest keeps flowing to the banks and more principal cash is thrown down the drain to dictators and funding ill advised big government projects worldwide. We have lost trillions in dilution of our wealth and fostered famine and death by enriching thieves, terrorists and third world despotic regimes.

Everyone pay 6% a year interest on every dollar to the Federal Reserve.  Right off the bat, the dollar is really only 94 cents.

Again, this is not authorized and, in fact, expressly prohibited by the Constitution that requires gold or silver coinage (or a treasury certificate redeemable for coin).

Fraud and illegals

You pay unauthorized, increased taxes for fraudsters and illegal alien trespassers who are subsidized by “welfare”, food stamps, Medicaid, education, housing and other social services.   Plus the cost of  illegal alien criminal’s damage, death, Cops, Lawyers, Jail etc.

Not to mention that even the legitimate beneficiaries are paid for by programs allowed only through false redefinition of the words “General Welfare” and usurpation of power, by the Supreme Court (which has no Constitutional power to create laws) and are not authorized in the Constitution.  

Minimum Wage

(Minimum) Wage increases are passed on to you in the price you pay for goods and services.  Minimum wage control eliminates entry level jobs for the unskilled (mostly minorities), causes layoffs, welfare, unemployment and crime which YOU pay for,

http://www.house.gov/jec/cost-gov/regs/minimum/caintest.htm

http://www.fff.org/freedom/1295d.asp

Also, based on false redefinition of the words “Interstate Commerce” and not authorized by the Constitution. 

Half the people in this country are below income thresholds and do not pay taxes.  You pay their taxes on top of your own share.  That is the “Progressive” income tax.

You personally, and the country collectively, bear the moral and financial burden for the government and it is incredibly higher than you ever imagined.

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Loss of liberty and opportunity

Income tax and tax breaks allow the government to impose ideas upon you and control your behavior rather than just society, religion or common law norms.

Income tax requirements destroy small businesses.  For example see 1099 requirement for over $600 spent

Income tax creates a tyrannical entity never envisioned by the founders that can take everything from you.  The IRS can take your paycheck, your bank accounts, your home and all your assets leaving you and your family homeless and penniless.  Not to mention violate your privacy with every required financial disclosure.

How do you fix it?  That’s what The Society Project is for.

An example of some points:

1. Fix the basis on which Political Decisions are made. Hold Politicians responsible to the Foundational principles and values of our country and base all political decisions on them. 
2. Give the President a line item veto. Better yet all bills should contain only one item.  No more hiding pork inside thousand page documents of legalese.
3. Vet all legislation through computer and business analysts to spot hidden flaws and consequences. 
4. Repeal the 16th Amendment which allowed Congress to tax you directly.  Eliminate the IRS. Eliminate all taxes except consumption which is the Fairest Tax. 
5. Eliminate all do-good government largess or social programs and give them back to voluntary charity and the local community.  Involuntary taking of Money from one person to give to another is stealing and not legitimate taxation to pay for government services.  Charity comes from individuals directly not filtered through a corrupt government.  Individual Charity is filling a poor, thirsty person’s glass with water.   Government Charity is filtering the water through your kidneys first. 
6. Sunset all government agencies so they die out instead of growing like a cancer.  Eliminate inefficiency and waste so the government needs less money to operate.
7. Eliminate pensions and reduce Politician’s compensation to a bare minimum so corrupt Politicians aren’t attracted and only those who wish to serve will apply.
8. Limit campaign to debates and meetings so the need for campaign money is low.  That, together with eliminating all tax exemptions and a flat tax rate will keep Politicians from being beholden to special interest money.
9. Add an option to choose none of the candidates in an election. If 51% vote “None” then new candidates must be chosen for a re-vote.
10. Allow run off elections and eliminate Political Parties.
11. Eliminate the Federal Reserve which is merely a cartel of banks.  Get out of the IMF and the UN. They are just a clever ruse to steal your wealth and pull the USA into a Socialist World Government run by the rich and connected.  World Charity is a front.  Our private charities such as the Salvation Army accomplish more than any government. 
12. Government the world over is the Problem.  It is a parasite filled with corruption.  The only solution is to starve the governments of our money and return them to their proper minimum size and the world to sanity.  Unfortunately we have an entrenched criminal cartel that will not relinquish their power and your wealth.  If we fix the USA first then the world might have a chance.