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Originally Posted by LIforrelaxin

I agree and disagree. Yes Taxes and the afforadability to pay those taxes are emotional. However, there are no FACTS in these cases. Now Now be patient, don't go getting flustered. A long time ago a wise man told me, numbers don't lie, but liars can number. Once again patience is a virtue, Woodsy numbers made sense in his post. There is no doubt in that. But If I so choose I could show you a set of numbers that would make a new taxing structure make sense. You can make the numbers tell you what ever you want.

The main point here is this, no matter what, in the end the state is going to collect what ever it needs to. to make the system function. Now you can go on saying no new taxes, and just let property taxes go up. Or you can step back and think about this, from another angle. If a income tax is put into place, it is going to hit those that make the most harder then it hits those who don't. Thus making the playing field a little bit more even. As it stands right now, some one like me who really isn't matarialistic, could have a modest place on the water, make millions and pay the same amount of taxes as someone with a similarly modest place, that is just making ends meet. This is not about reducing taxes that isn't going to happen. It is about shifting the tax burden. The more I listen to some of you that are against income taxes, the more I wonder if you are the rich millionaires that are worried about having to give some of there money away. ( now don't get all boiled I know your not ). What this is all really about is the American dream, to have the ability to better yourself. If tax Burdens are not evenly distrubuted among the classes, kiss the American dream good bye.

I've always said on this board that if you, or anyone, could show me one state, just one in the United States where the total tax burden on its citizens went down after new, or extra taxes were added to the mix then I would look at it......such has never happened. It's a spending problem as most of us know.