07/12/2012 07:03 PM
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B4UAccuseMe
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(CNSNews.com) – This year, Americans have to work until July 15 to pay for the burden of government, more than six months.
In a new report, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has calculated that Americans will spend a total of 197 days toiling to pay for the cost of government.
"Cost of Government Day is the date of the calendar year on which the average American worker has earned enough gross income to pay off his or her share of the spending and regulatory burden imposed by government at the federal, state and local levels," reads the report.
The report, Cost of Government Day, shows that Americans will work 88 days to pay for federal spending; 40 days for state and local spending; and 69 days for total regulatory costs.
"From a different perspective, the cost of government makes up 54.0 percent of annual gross domestic product (GDP)," reads the report. "What's more, the largest tax hike in the nation's history is scheduled to take place at the end of 2012 unless Congress acts to protect taxpayers. If this tax increase is allowed to hit, COGD [Cost of Government Day] could permanently be pushed back into August and beyond."
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07/12/2012 07:04 PM
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follydude
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Wars are expensive.
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07/12/2012 07:20 PM
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B4UAccuseMe
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Do you know what percentage of our GDP the war in Afghanistan is costing us? I don't, but I'd be curious to find out. Also, what percentage of the GDP do the domestic entitlement programs cost us?
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07/12/2012 07:28 PM
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longboardcruiser
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Hang on to your hats....Syria is next.
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07/12/2012 07:54 PM
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follydude
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I'm amazed that those figures aren't @ your fingertips. the real drag is that you must add all of these future costs that you can only forecast. very expensive. question: why didn't Bush pursue a "war bond" program or address long - term costs? if I recall, the official response was 'go to the mall".
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07/12/2012 09:05 PM
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Cole
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Propaganda king keeps pumpin em out!
burden of government?
Safe borders, safe food, safe water, safe roads, safe drugs, safe flights, strongest military in the world, safety net for the elderly, medical safety net for the elderly and safety nets for the mentally and physically challenged are a burden?
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07/12/2012 10:31 PM
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surferclimber
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" The median income per household member (including all working and non-working members above the age of 14) was $26,036 "
% 365 days in a year = $71.33
$71.33* 197 days they quoted = $14052
Hmmm anybody know if that number is what they quote for each person's share???
Note they said average but the value I used for income ( all I could find ) was median which of course can be very diffrent, especailly if skewed distrubution...
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get up early and go surf - it'll make that hangover go away and/or make the workday more tolerable :)
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07/13/2012 04:39 AM
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somebodyelse
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Safe borders, safe food, safe water, safe roads, safe drugs, safe flights, strongest military in the world, safety net for the elderly, medical safety net for the elderly and safety nets for the mentally and physically challenged are a burden?
The burden is having the working class citizens providing Free food, free housing, free medical, free phones, to those who are not working but who could work if the President put as much effort into job creation policies that he does into buying votes of the poor by giving them a free ride..
The guvments job is not to make us safe from our own decisions but to keep us free so we can make our own decisions...
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We, the people of the State of Florida, being grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, in order to secure its benefits, perfect our government, insure domestic tranquility, maintain public order, and guarantee equal civil and political rights to all, do ordain and establish this constitution.
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07/13/2012 05:42 AM
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pompano
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sweet, I'm homefree now.
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07/13/2012 05:47 AM
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Cole
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Originally posted by: somebodyelse
Safe borders, safe food, safe water, safe roads, safe drugs, safe flights, strongest military in the world, safety net for the elderly, medical safety net for the elderly and safety nets for the mentally and physically challenged are a burden?
The burden is having the working class citizens providing Free food, free housing, free medical, free phones, to those who are not working but who could work if the President put as much effort into job creation policies that he does into buying votes of the poor by giving them a free ride..
The guvments job is not to make us safe from our own decisions but to keep us free so we can make our own decisions...
Are you telling me that housing, phones and food for the poor takes up most of our tax money?
Billions for war and zero for the needy?
Is that a biblical quote?
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Edited: 07/13/2012 at 06:01 AM by Cole
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07/13/2012 05:48 AM
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sirfir
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We already work 6 ++ months to pay for all the taxes Fed, state and local. I guess we can expect to work almost 9 months now. Family of 4, 2016, minimum coverage $12,500.00.
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07/13/2012 06:24 AM
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somebodyelse
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Are you telling me that housing, phones and food for the poor takes up most of our tax money?
Are you saying that they are NOT a tax burden? That we are NOT already paying for that? That we have NOT paid for that for the last 50 years and that the percent of needy people in our country has not INCREASED in the 50 years we have been carrying that burden???
WE as a people do not have a Guvment that was established to make us SAFE and to give us FREE things...
We have a Guvment established for Life, Liberty (FREEDOM) and the (freedom) to pursue happiness...
You are willing to give up freedom for safety, thats what you believe the Guvment should provide, I believe the Guvment is there to insure our freedoms and that includes a strong military which also as a side value provides safety...
If you are looking for a bible quote, 'those who do not work should not eat' leaps to mind, Paul to the Thessalonians or somebodyelse I forget...
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We, the people of the State of Florida, being grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, in order to secure its benefits, perfect our government, insure domestic tranquility, maintain public order, and guarantee equal civil and political rights to all, do ordain and establish this constitution.
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07/13/2012 06:29 AM
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Brujo
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Yo no estoy casado.
Pero mi esposa esta casada.
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07/13/2012 06:56 AM
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tpapablo
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Originally posted by: follydude Wars are expensive.
Unemployed bums are more expensive.
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Brujo, gdudewe, martinA and WG - the white Al Sharptons of NSR.
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07/13/2012 07:17 AM
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Lib4life
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Originally posted by: tpapablo Originally posted by: follydude Wars are expensive.
Unemployed bums are more expensive.
Keep telling yourself that, tpoopsmear
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07/13/2012 07:17 AM
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follydude
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07/13/2012 07:26 AM
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follydude
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... oh, just checked the Constitution:
collecting taxes & providing public services is the role of government.
don't tread on me, dude.
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07/13/2012 11:33 AM
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Cole
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Originally posted by: somebodyelse
Are you telling me that housing, phones and food for the poor takes up most of our tax money?
Are you saying that they are NOT a tax burden? That we are NOT already paying for that? That we have NOT paid for that for the last 50 years and that the percent of needy people in our country has not INCREASED in the 50 years we have been carrying that burden???
WE as a people do not have a Guvment that was established to make us SAFE and to give us FREE things...
We have a Guvment established for Life, Liberty (FREEDOM) and the (freedom) to pursue happiness...
You are willing to give up freedom for safety, thats what you believe the Guvment should provide, I believe the Guvment is there to insure our freedoms and that includes a strong military which also as a side value provides safety...
If you are looking for a bible quote, 'those who do not work should not eat' leaps to mind, Paul to the Thessalonians or somebodyelse I forget...
Proverbs 14:31
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
..and like Folly suggests, you might want to check out the Constitution.
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07/13/2012 11:58 AM
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RustyTruck
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I like this part - "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..."
But that shit ain't cheap.
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Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian, the mechanics German, and it is all organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics French, and it is all organized by the Italians.
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