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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 830020, member: 13650&quot;]Off topic, but&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if I can whole heartedly agree with that statement.&nbsp;&nbsp; The write-offs the average person gets are unbelievable.&nbsp;&nbsp; People are rewarded for having large mortgage loans and paying interest by being able to write off that interest.&nbsp; &nbsp; I have a small mortgage so I don&#039;t get rewarded.&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>I ended up paying 4x more in taxes this year than a guy I work with who makes double what I do.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp; He didn&#039;t actually save the money because it went to his mortgage interest.&nbsp; But he got to personally benefit from that and other things he could afford while mine went to the government.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; There are low income people going to school, with kids who not only get back MUCH more than they paid in, but get back more in one year than me, as a full time working person will get back in 5 years!&nbsp;&nbsp; There are unmarried couples with kids who avoid getting married so the government will pay for their college bill!&nbsp; Once paid for, then they can get married.&nbsp; lol</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; As far as having a &#039;low&#039; level of barter and under the table transactions....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; No comment.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Corporations have come up with more loop holes for tax avoidance than there are rules to make them pay.&nbsp; i.e.&nbsp; CEOs getting their bonuses in (inflated) stock options instead of cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The country is 12 trillion in debt, heading to 20 trillion in another ten years with 60 trillion in unfunded liabilities right now.&nbsp; &nbsp; I don&#039;t think there is much praise to pass around for the tax system or anyone else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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