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Old 03-20-2015, 05:13 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by Robbie View Post
You are wrong about that kane.

People don't even think about what they DON'T get in their paycheck. If they come home with a $500 a week paycheck they could give a rat's ass about what the withholding is.

I know how people are about that. And when they do their taxes and get a refund? They think it's fucking Christmas.
They don't even think about the fact that the govt. over-taxed them and now is FINALLY giving them their own money back (and not paying any interest on the "loan").

Trust me, if people had to actually do what I do...and write a big check to the govt. every 3 months (quarterly), then you would see a lot of politicians getting voted out of office in the next election.
I guess I have to disagree. Like you I write those checks and don't like it. I also know several people who are self-employed and have to pay taxes quarterly and write those checks. Of those I keep in contact with regularly I can say without fail that every single one of them bitches and complains about writing the checks and most of them don't even vote. When I ask them why they say it doesn't matter.

One of them wildly complains about Obama giving all his money to people scamming the welfare system. I asked why he didn't vote against Obama in the last election and he said it wouldn't have mattered.

I think all it would cause is more debt and more complaining, but not much more action.
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