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The One Thing: 5/29

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The One Thing: 5/29

Published: Fri, 29 May 2009

Description: What if Americans didn't pay their taxes?

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" Here's the one thing. Going to -- a lot of problems the government's irresponsible. Spending is turning us into slaves. You might well literally lock us into chains at least our children. USA today at an -- you -- the front page of the paper today that paper. It reported today that if you add up all of the federal debt that each American household now homes. File -- I'm sorry 546668. Dollars. That is up 12%. Or 55000. Dollars from last year. Then. That's four times what each US household -- in car loans and credit cards mortgages and all other debt combined. Keep in mind. That's the -- Happy yes that -- primary just keeps going as smoothly as it is right now. What is that number look like it unit take an approach that's not so sunshine and lollipops. They say that we can just feel with a -- that it we're gonna grow our way out of this and you know what what -- tax that top 185. Maybe fifteen point 5%. Give you an idea how much money this. If I took every single cent of GDP. Put this entire year and the next three years. We could pay at -- Take 54%. Of all corporate revenues and all of the wages and salaries. For the next ten years so nobody makes anything. Got it. Or option three. Take two out of every three dollars of all the wages and salaries paid US residents over the next ten years. Remember things could get worse -- the government wants to follow through with his giant progressive plan for health care spending and everything else. There's you know there's talk of a national sales tax this is a spooky thing this is -- sales tax would you -- it up you'll never see this tax it's called a VAT tax it's hidden. And when they implemented it in Europe that's when spending went out of control because you'll never see it. Prices just -- 25%. On every thing. 25%. On everything -- I know a lot of people have compared -- Howard Beale you know the guy from network."

" But last night if you're watching this program you might think the guy who played -- on ABC Craig T. Nelson is better suited for that role watch this. Not gonna pay. I'm not gonna pay -- money with these people are asking me to do your seriously saying I'm not going to -- are -- that's been going back to promote fitness unstated personal have been -- no -- who are you saying you personally won't pay income tax anymore."

" I'm listening about a -- because as us as a fiscally responsible. Grandfather. There are programs that they're asking me to fund that -- refused to fund. You know I have to tell you I -- veterans coming back are not getting what they deserve. Those people that have served to put themselves in harm's way. If my children my grandchildren and my great grandchild was about to be here thank you -- It is not going to be educated properly then I'm I'm through and it."

" I want to be clear and 1 thing I am not advocating that people should not pay their income tax. This is -- spooky spooky area but I think he connected with an awful lot of people last night. But one Craig T. Nelson -- Wesley Snipes isn't it is not going to send a message. You know they're just too out of a 100000. Tax evaders in prisons today. Halfway homes are under house arrest but what if for arguments sake. A million Americans intentionally did not pay their taxes. Right now the IRS is already able to go through over a 150 million tax returns and -- those believe me. Partially. Who failed to pay in you know there income tax they find them between 525%. They'll collect about thirty billion dollars in back taxes in going forward the Obama administration is preparing. They are devoting an additional 400 million dollars of your money to get more money from you. And 800 people are being added to the roles of the -- to catch tax cheats. Still most actual. The tax evaders don't wind up in jail -- Well I think they usually end up its nominees for Obama's cabinet. But maybe that's a different show. Let's just say a million people don't pay not because they're cheap stuff because they believe the principles. The that we were founded on have been violated and they think this is wrong and they try to do something that they think is the only thing -- Put aside the fact that Americans. America's two point three million federal state and local prisons. Are already overcrowded they are. 36%. Beyond their rated capacity over -- to the maximum. If you want to send these million people to minimum security -- 192 bed prison you can house them for a meager thirty billion dollars every year. Or if you want to grab those tax cheats sense that -- probably most likely all just tax for the GOP right wing tea party goers extremist you know get better put -- a maximum security prison. That's a 500 bed prison that'll cost you 100. Billion dollars every year. All at all. It's probably not worth the government's time to toss you in jail but they gotta do something. -- them. Have otherwise they're in trouble and we're gonna be locked in shackles. You know. I've I think there's probably a better role model for coach then Howard Beale might be Gundy Gandhi said. Withholding payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government. And it makes common sense starving them out of trillions of your hard earned dollars would literally put them out of business. The two Americans want to do that do Americans who want to do that have the guts to follow Gandhi's example. In order to save children our grandchildren our great great great great great great grand children from all of this -- saying dad."

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