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TAXATION

On October 11, 2017, in Santa Ana, California, a homeless encampment is seen on the elevated park at the Santa Ana Civic Center complex. A hepatitis A outbreak, which has been linked to such encampments, compelled California to declare a statewide emergency. Estimates report that about one quarter of the homeless people in the United States reside in California, where the problem of housing has become so extreme that some cities, such as San Diego, are considering sanctioning such camps for the homeless.TAXATION IS THEFT.

The idea of income tax is absolutely absurd. It implies that the government has a right to the money that YOU earned. It implies that you, essentially, are owned by the government as well as anything you own. In a perfect world, taxation would not exist; however, we live in a world far from this previously described utopia.

Taking into consideration we can never live in a utopia, we CAN try to distance ourselves from the current DYSTOPIA that is income tax. To start the process of distancing ourselves from this horrible thievery we would need to elect a president who promises to aggressively attack tax rates. Realistically congress would never allow the discontinuation of income tax, unless it was completely left to the states.

The newly elected president would need to dissolve a lot of his power, congress’s power, to state legislatures. The states would then be able to decide at what rate to tax income and property at. This would create competition within the United States government because, theoretically speaking, people would go where they lose less money, thus collecting less money where there are higher tax rates because people would leave those states.

This is already seen in California, where they have some of the highest taxes in the country. people are moving out of California to live somewhere cheaper. Also, we can observe people moving into New Jersey. New Jersey has some of the lowest taxes in the United States and the people realize that as they move into the state. New Jersey has significantly increased in population going from 8.4 million people in 2000 to 9 million in 2019 (via worldpopulationreview.com)

The country would be better off as a whole if the national government was not involved in taxation. They should allow the states full control over how much they tax the governed in order to achieve the best possible living conditions for the US. The living conditions in California, where the taxes are unjustly high, are awful. The former glorified US state is now sickened with a homeless rate of 14%. This rate rose in direct correlation to their taxes rising. For these reasons taxation is an immoral, unjust, and sickening thing to impose on the governed, who blindly follow it for fear of arrest.

By Ryan Connors (L)

9 thoughts on “TAXATION”

  2. How do you feel about the common taxation saying is that “the money goes towards roads, public services, etc.,” however most of our roads are worn, lines disappeared, and dangerous? – Jordan (period 2)

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    1. The current state of the government is a swamp and our tax money only goes to the people we vote for. There needs to be a drastic change because this is just not working. The Trump administration has failed us time and time again.

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  4. Getting rid of taxes will not get rid of the dystopia that we live in, rather, it makes it worse. We need the government to have money for our own protection from threats outside the country

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  5. I agree and disagree. I agree because we do need a president that will actually do something about our high taxes. Trump, instead of taking care of our tax problems, is more concerned about the border wall. We need someone in office that will take this tax problem seriously and maybe we would not have such a high homeless rate. I see where you’re coming from with how taxes in the government taking your hard earned money but the money being taken from you with taxes helps pays for government officials, support common resources such as firefighters and police officers, and it also goes to ensuring safe travel on safe and well-maintained roads. Yes the government is taking your hard earned money but it’s going back to people that work hard and to ensure your safety. Homeless people are not always homeless because of high taxes. Around 38% of homeless people abuse alcohol and around 26% abuse drugs. This is not the governments fault. It is the people’s fault.

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  7. Last time I checked, New Jersey (as of 2018) has an 8.97% tax income rate, which is definitely not one of the lowest in the country. Instead of New Jersey, Texas would have been a better example since they have no personal income tax.

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