teshuah
11-14-2007, 06:15 PM
My husband came up with what I thought was a pretty good idea.
Our own little tax protest. The Revolutionaries protested the taxation by refusing to purchase those goods that were made overseas and would be taxed. Instead, they made their own goods and became self-sufficient.
Who here hates double taxation besides my husband and I? For those of you who aren't fully aware of what it is, here is a quote by Thomas Jefferson describing it:
" For example, if the system be established on the basis of Income, and his just proportion on that scale has been already drawn from every one, to step into the field of Consumption and tax special articles in that, as broadcloth or homespun, wine or whiskey, a coach or a wagon, is doubly taxing the same article. For that portion of Income with which these articles are purchased, having already paid its tax as Income, to pay another tax on the thing it purchased, is paying twice for the same thing; it is an aggrievance on the citizens who use these articles in exoneration of those who do not, contrary to the most sacred of the duties of a government, to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens." --Thomas Jefferson: Note to Destutt de Tracy's "Political Economy," 1816. ME 14:464
So, here's my husband's idea with a little spin of my own on it:
Gasoline: You have federal AND state tax you pay for every gallon of gas you purchase and that can add up to about $1/gallon!
How many of us have had those emails to have a day where we don't buy gas? Well, that doesn't work as we know because they fill up the day before. So we have to one-up that... let's go 3 or 4 days without buying gas! Make sure you fill up before if you really need to. Take some leave time if you need to if you're going to need that much gas for going to work. In the name of liberty!
And then, all the money you would have put in your gas tank over those days - donate to Ron Paul over that time span instead! Or donate the amount of taxes you would pay in gas over that time - it would be a smaller donation, but speak to the masses! We'd have to figure out a closer general figure of how much is taxed/gallon. My estimate of $1/gallon comes from what my husband guesses.
Our own little tax protest. The Revolutionaries protested the taxation by refusing to purchase those goods that were made overseas and would be taxed. Instead, they made their own goods and became self-sufficient.
Who here hates double taxation besides my husband and I? For those of you who aren't fully aware of what it is, here is a quote by Thomas Jefferson describing it:
" For example, if the system be established on the basis of Income, and his just proportion on that scale has been already drawn from every one, to step into the field of Consumption and tax special articles in that, as broadcloth or homespun, wine or whiskey, a coach or a wagon, is doubly taxing the same article. For that portion of Income with which these articles are purchased, having already paid its tax as Income, to pay another tax on the thing it purchased, is paying twice for the same thing; it is an aggrievance on the citizens who use these articles in exoneration of those who do not, contrary to the most sacred of the duties of a government, to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens." --Thomas Jefferson: Note to Destutt de Tracy's "Political Economy," 1816. ME 14:464
So, here's my husband's idea with a little spin of my own on it:
Gasoline: You have federal AND state tax you pay for every gallon of gas you purchase and that can add up to about $1/gallon!
How many of us have had those emails to have a day where we don't buy gas? Well, that doesn't work as we know because they fill up the day before. So we have to one-up that... let's go 3 or 4 days without buying gas! Make sure you fill up before if you really need to. Take some leave time if you need to if you're going to need that much gas for going to work. In the name of liberty!
And then, all the money you would have put in your gas tank over those days - donate to Ron Paul over that time span instead! Or donate the amount of taxes you would pay in gas over that time - it would be a smaller donation, but speak to the masses! We'd have to figure out a closer general figure of how much is taxed/gallon. My estimate of $1/gallon comes from what my husband guesses.