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Offline Libertas

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Burdens
« on: March 26, 2025, 01:29:25 PM »
This is pretty good, I find the list interesting as it is one of the most comprehensive I've seen...

#'s 1-11 cover the big burdens of home mortgages, vehicle loans, credit card purchases, student loans, banking risks, insurance costs, state/local traffic fines as a revenue generator, domestic property seizures, border crossing property seizures, property taxes and federal taxes...

Then there's #'s 12-55:

#12 Building Permit Tax
#13 Capital Gains Tax
#14 CDL License Tax
#15 Cigarette Tax
#16 Corporate Income Tax
#17 Court Fines (an indirect tax)
#18 Dog License Tax
#19 Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
#20 Fishing License Tax
#21 Food License Tax
#22 Fuel Permit Tax
#23 Gasoline Tax
#24 Gift Tax
#25 Hunting License Tax
#26 Inheritance Tax
#27 IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
#28 Liquor Tax
#29 Local Income Tax
#30 Luxury Taxes
#31 Marriage License Tax
#32 Medicare Tax
#33 Payroll Taxes
#34 Phone Taxes
#35 Property Taxes
#36 Real Estate Tax
#37 Recreational Vehicle Tax
#38 Road Toll Booth Taxes
#39 Road Usage Taxes (Truckers)
#40 Sales Taxes
#41 School Tax
#42 Septic Permit Tax
#43 Social Security Tax
#44 State Income Tax
#45 State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
#46 Toll Bridge Taxes
#47 Toll Tunnel Taxes
#48 Traffic Fines (indirect taxation)
#49 Trailer Registration Tax
#50 Utility Taxes
#51 Vehicle License Registration Tax
#52 Vehicle Sales Tax
#53 Watercraft Registration Tax
#54 Well Permit Tax
#55 Workers Compensation Tax

https://discernreport.com/55-ways-that-everything-that-you-think-that-you-own-is-being-systematically-taken-away-from-you/

And it reinforces two longstanding beliefs I've had...

Government taxes (and regulates) too much and at too high a rate & debt is inherently Evil.
We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.