Toxic Government Prejudices Veiled in Our Tax Code
- Journal Entry
I just don't think the government should have a say in marriages (and a number of other things). That really seems to be what it boils down to if we want to resolve the issues.
First of all, separation of church and state comes to mind also.
I don't see what the government gains by it, except for control of tax dollars.
Yes yours and my money.
And we all know money talks and that's what keeps us in this mess. People with a certain point of view contributing their tax dollars to political campaigns that are bent on stick there nose into things they have no right to.
There wouldn't be any quibble about it if the government just stop trying to control things through tax code. I'm sure there'd be an uproar but not a quibble.
It's written into the tax code to give preferential compensation to married couples. What is that for? To entice those couples who are on the fence with a tax break so they go ahead and tie the knot? Or is it suppose to keep us in a marriage we aren't happy with? Either way, obviously couples need to go into marriage on their own accord and not because of tax dollars incentives being dangled in front of them.
I've been married and I've been single. I got nothing against either. When I was married I really didn't know why I should be getting a tax break for that. Tax breaks for married couples spits in the face of our constitution and equality for all.
What's next, a tax break for your sexual orientation?! Well I guess that's what the government's marriage policies boil down to for some people, and I don't believe those folks are all that happy about it.
I just think, as Americans, we should all have the same rights and tax policy as everyone else. And not have to live under different policy variations arranged according to the way the government or IRS taxation policies decide to socially group us.
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A separate but related issue; tax breaks for dependent children? You better be able to afford your own kids and not require handouts to properly take care of every one that pops out. This is a similar but different issue than marriage, but a is nonsense approach that does not really solve the needs of the parents or the children that really need it.
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Also I have thoughts about taxation for "religious orgs." I think separation of church and state means not treating them differently. Giving tax breaks to a particular government accredited religious group, seems like the government sticking there nose into religion when and where they shouldn't be.
It seems a church membership is a lot like a Gym membership. Why tax one different than the other?
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Also I have thoughts about taxation for non-profit Orgs and Political Orgs.
If they were actually non-profit and not making any money, you wouldn't have anything to tax in the first place.
And we know the IRS mess in the news lately about tax break accreditations being held up for tea party groups. But if you dig deep enough into that, you'd see the IRS shouldn't have been providing special tax status to any political groups in the first place, and in doing so, is violating congressional law.
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It certainly seems obvious that government is using the IRS and taxation as a manipulation tool, and that it's shrouded beneath the unmanageable knotted web of complexity of it all.
