[ale] Tax software for Linux ... FAIRTAX

Megan Golding mgolding at sdf.lonestar.org
Mon Jan 31 14:27:03 EST 2005


Aha -- I finally get Godwin's law after spotting it in the
wild. See http://www.killfile.org/faqs/godwin.html

"As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison
                involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."

Meg, frequently the joke has to beat me over the head


On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 02:01:26PM -0500, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Hitler and the Nazis had income taxes.
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 13:19, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 12:36 -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> > > On Sunday 30 January 2005 09:59 pm, Michael D. Ivey wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2005 at 08:06:27PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> > > > > >It's tax time again and I'm wondering if anyone knows of any native
> > > > > >Linux software for preparing and filing.
> > > > >
> > > > > I don't think you'll ever get this until one of the big tax boys
> > > > > (turbotax, taxcut... decide to produce it.  There's a lot of work
> > > > > involved in producing tax forms because of the overly complex tax laws
> > > > > and associated changes.
> > > >
> > > > Would now be a good time to plug FairTax?  fairtax.org ... Make April
> > > > 15th just another day.
> > > 
> > > Yes, it would.  Why don't you do so... :)
> > 
> > Forget about a fair tax (is their really such a thing?) lets push for
> > zero personal income tax and only tax profitable businesses as they,
> > bound by shareholder obligations, are motivated to produce a profit.
> > Profitable businesses would *save* money by reducing employee
> > pay/overhead by not having to pay employees money that is withheld for
> > payroll taxes.  
> > 
> > In all reality the current tax system is a shell game.  The Justice Dept
> > calls it money laundering when private people do what the US Congress
> > does (on our dime no less).
> > 
> > -JIm P. 
> > 
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