Complaining about Taxes

"These big businesses find all the loopholes! They find every way to hide their assets and every way to get out of paying taxes! Some of the biggest corporations don't even pay taxes!"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

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"It takes me hours to fill out my taxes! And at the end of it, I have to pay this state 70 bucks, and that state gives me 40 bucks and the federal government gives me 100 bucks! That's nuts!"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

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• Simplicity

• Efficiency

"The thing about sales tax is that poor people pay more of it! Poor people spend every dime they make, so they end up being taxed on all the money they earn. Rich people save more and invest their money, so they don't pay sales tax on that money. Poor people end up paying a higher percentage of their money on sales!"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

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"Governor Whitmer's gas tax is crazy! The gas companies don't pay it, we do! And who ends paying the tax? The guy who's got to drive all the way from Kalamazoo! That's not who should be paying for the roads! The big shipping companies should be paying!"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

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"Everybody cheats on their taxes! Nobody tells the truth! And they never get caught! And then the one year they get caught, they pay a little fine! It makes financial sense to cheat on your taxes!"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

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"When I sit down to do my taxes, I get a write off if I drive a hybrid car, a write off if I have solar panels on my roof, a write off if I have a kid. Now if I adopt a kid, I get a tax credit. And I guess that's different? How am I supposed to know what I can write off and what I can't?"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

• Equity

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"Warren Buffett is worth billions, but he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. In fact, he pays a lower tax rate than every single person he employs. Even though he makes more than all of them!"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

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"So I pay different taxes for different parts of my paycheck! I pay 10% on the first $9,700 I earn. Then I pay 12% for everything I earn from $9,701 to $39,475. And I pay 22 % for every dollar over that until I hit $84,200. Why I can't just pay like 25% on everything? How am I supposed to figure out what I owe?"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

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"So when you sell somebody your car, you're supposed to pay taxes on that. My grandmother never drives her car, so she was happy to sell it. I gave her $1,000, but we told the BMV I paid $50 so she didn't get a giant tax bill. Everybody does it! You're a sucker if you don't!"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

• Equity

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"Donald Trump loses a bunch of money in the 90s and can go years without paying any income tax, but I have to drop $30,000 every year? Dude's a billionaire! How is that fair?"

This person is complaining about taxes that do not have:

• Equity

• Simplicity

• Efficiency