But - anytime you make a rule or law you create a compliance and enforcement issue which has a cost and expense. There have to be laws, yes. Enforcement and policing those laws - that's a big nightmare now. We have an over regulated, over governed and over legislated society IMO.
Example: if you turn around and do blood tests for compliance as you describe, you've created an expense. The administration of programs like that are costly, using the courts, an existing agency or creating a new one - not good ideas. It's just more money spent. Local assistance shouldn't be administered by the Federal government or at the national level - if the funding is coming from the federal level fine - but it should be delivered through the state and city systems IMO. That's IF we're going to continue giving money away to everyone.
Unfortunately the entire Tax code has become a dodge and dart affair, with more fixes to fixes to exemptions to loopholes imaginable. Church and religious tax exemptions are only part of the problem.
I've worked my adult life, earning income and paying taxes and I can tell you for the average "middle class" American you get screwed by the Federal tax laws because the bar moves constantly - regardless of what political party is involved the gov has yet to enact any tax legislation that has significantly reduced my taxes, baseline - sure, there are more and more convoluted loop holes to take advantage of but the time and expense to take advantage of them is ridiculous.
The Charitable donation deductions was enacted to allow for the kind of local help and assistance that would really help people so I wouldn't change that - but unfortunately it too has become part of the dodge. For most of us though it's a reasonable economic recognition of our sharing charitably with others.
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Interesting ideas.
But - anytime you make a rule or law you create a compliance and enforcement issue which has a cost and expense. There have to be laws, yes. Enforcement and policing those laws - that's a big nightmare now. We have an over regulated, over governed and over legislated society IMO.
Example: if you turn around and do blood tests for compliance as you describe, you've created an expense. The administration of programs like that are costly, using the courts, an existing agency or creating a new one - not good ideas. It's just more money spent. Local assistance shouldn't be administered by the Federal government or at the national level - if the funding is coming from the federal level fine - but it should be delivered through the state and city systems IMO. That's IF we're going to continue giving money away to everyone.
Unfortunately the entire Tax code has become a dodge and dart affair, with more fixes to fixes to exemptions to loopholes imaginable. Church and religious tax exemptions are only part of the problem.
I've worked my adult life, earning income and paying taxes and I can tell you for the average "middle class" American you get screwed by the Federal tax laws because the bar moves constantly - regardless of what political party is involved the gov has yet to enact any tax legislation that has significantly reduced my taxes, baseline - sure, there are more and more convoluted loop holes to take advantage of but the time and expense to take advantage of them is ridiculous.
The Charitable donation deductions was enacted to allow for the kind of local help and assistance that would really help people so I wouldn't change that - but unfortunately it too has become part of the dodge. For most of us though it's a reasonable economic recognition of our sharing charitably with others.
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thanks socks
yes our Tax problems are a mix
I agree with you it should be pay on the local level
but if our government wants to give money there should safe guards of some kind
and Taxing the churches one to get tax lever fare
but I understand
with love and a holy kiss Roy
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