Hiding What is Too Tempting for the Children

It is not at all surprising how quickly this story fell out of the main headlines of the news. The less it is out in the open the fewer people who will start thinking. You can not be overly outspoken about any dissension. Otherwise more people might agree with the 'insane' opinion. Then a great many people might have to get productive lives contributing something tangible to society instead of shuffling papers.

"That so many have already contributed to Facebook page[s] as 'fans' of this terrorist attack on public servants is a truly appalling expression of extremism, which Americans will overwhelmingly reject," Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett of Texas told The Politico regarding the creation and subsequent growth of said pages.

Actually that so many have already contributed is a sign of how truly appalled so many people are with the government as it currently stands.

While I don't condone the violence, I can certainly understand why he was driven to that point.

I am currently being told that for the past year, I owe the IRS more in withholding taxes than I even paid out in gross wages. That is an attempt to extort over 400% more than legitimate taxes. The IRS operates in such a manner that they fit every definition of racketeering. But because too many people suckle at the government teat, it is considered fine to take actions which would land an individual or private company in prison.

I provided (until I finally got fed-up with the IRS hassle) one job in this country. I would suggest that if over half of the people in America provided someone else with a job and had to deal with the IRS just for one year, there would be major changes. Due to providing a single person with a job, you can expect to loose over one entire month of your life per year filling out tax forms, expect to see your tax rate jump (even if your income bracket is not changed) from 28% working for someone else to 34% working for yourself only, and to over 48% if you provide a single job.

I would not mind a fee based structure for services one uses. However, that is already in play as well. By the time you add up all of the sales tax and taxes on services and re-occurring taxes such as on your auto and home, the government is getting a better rate of return than Vegas. Then they turn around and manage to have spent more than they took in every year.