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But I benefit from the taxes I pay because I know how to access the benefits of the taxes.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

Tax should be the same for everybody.

Whatever you tax, you get less of.

The true principle of taxation is the benefit principle - those who benefit from a government service should pay for it. It's also known as the 'user pay' principle. Every effort should be made to link the payment of taxes or fees to the cost associated with the government service.

I believe - we all pay taxes. I'm happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That's going to bother you.

I don't know what to do or where to turn in this taxation matter. Somewhere there must be a book that tells all about it, where I could go to straighten it out in my mind. But I don't know where the book is, and maybe I couldn't read it if I found it.

At a certain point, you can't tax people beyond a certain level.

Here's the problem: the so-called 'millionaire surtax' is a permanent tax to pay for a temporary benefit.