I utterly hate
taxes, because it is forced
redistribution of wealth (read:
daylight robbery). It takes away the
money that I spend days and weeks working for and gives it to
welfare programs that do not
benefit me, the
tax-payer. In fact, most of it goes to programs which I disapprove of. Hence,
I hate taxes.
The American hatred of the tax is a long and time-honored tradition, and that is the way it should be. The misintepretation and wild extrapolation of the Constitution has resulted in the government becoming much bigger than it should be, and as a result, does more bad than good. The inherent inefficiency of the public sector has been proven again and again, so most of my tax money ends up disappearing in bureaucratic red tape. I see the government as a giant money-eating machine. Dump in some money, and chances are you'll never see it again.
While the leeches tax away at just about anything they can get their grubby meathooks on, where does the money go? Well, the money that manages to emerge from the other end of the machine known as government goes to social programs! That's right, inefficient, bloated government schemes to benefit people who are too lazy to work for themselves. Don't worry, I'm sure there are many exceptions to this, but this seems to be a general trend. I have no skills, I don't want to learn, I want hand-outs!
While medicare, social security and other government-endorsed black holes suck up the money and resources of honest, tax-paying citizens everywhere, a small faction of high tax advocates talk about how taxes are the only thing that keeps the rich-poor gap close. Wait until they get a job. I know, because I was pretty oblivious to the whole tax deal until I first started working. My reaction?
$30 bloody dollars out of $120?!?*
* - And that's with the work study plan, and I'm only working part-time. Australia is so socialist it is not even funny. I shudder at the thought of living in Canada.
On a sidenote: A quick review over the components of my financial aid package at Cornell shed some light on the spending of tax money on education. The meager $2500 I received from state and federal programs pales in comparison to the private scholarship money I got from corporations, which totalled over $7000.