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Originally Posted by independence study girl
 so what exactly are the pros and cons of TAXES in general? |
Wow, big question... To say it simply, taxes fund everything the government does. Without taxes, nothing which is government-owned, controlled, or influenced would happen. Examples: emergency services (fire, police, etc.), military, air transportation (airports are owned/maintained by the federal government), welfare, road maintenance/construction, public schools, utilities, international trade (gov't maintains trade agreements which allow imports/exports), snail mail, gov't subsidized hospitals, court systems, .... the list really could grow quite extensive if you sat down and thought about it.
Taxes are a necessary evil, but what you think about it, you can only be glad that the government provides so much for us, by enabling the pooling of our tax monies to get stuff done.
That said, I will agree that many times gov't spending is outrageous, and probably is one of the biggest economic problems that needs to be addressed... forget raising or lowering taxes -- control government spending!
.....just my own 2 cents...