Sentences with phrase «then taxing the people»

It should clearly go further, as it is a nonsense to set a minimum wage and then tax people on it.

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To find the wealthiest people in the world, Wealth - X looked at its database of dossiers on more than 110,000 ultra-high net - worth people and used a proprietary valuation model that takes into account each person's assets, then adjusts estimated net worth to account for currency - exchange rates, local taxes, savings rates, investment performance, and other factors.

«He had a deep thirst for the nuances of the tax code, and then he got on Ways and Means Committee and those were the years that Republicans were in charge and people gravitated toward bright members of Congress, and Paul happened to be one of those,» said Richard Hunt, CEO of the Consumer Bankers Association.

In 2009, General Motors killed its Pontiac line of vehicles, which was named for the city, and then announced the closure of two local plants, putting more than 2,000 people out of work and costing the city a huge chunk of tax revenue.

Fredrick Petrie, author of «The End of Work: Financial Planning for People With Better Things To Do,» recommends «taxing» yourself in order to get more money out of your wallet and into the bank — this way you'll make savings a priority from the get - go, rather than budgeting everything else first and then seeing what is left over for savings.

«I think people probably don't think about it a lot until they get to do their taxes and then they realize,» she said from Calgary.

And then there are just people who are worried that the government might use their census data to cross-reference it against other information they've given the government (income being the obvious example - anyone know someone who plays fast and lose with their taxes?).

On the other hand, if higher fuel taxes work as intended and get drivers to burn less carbon, then those people will find themselves ahead.

So to make this «equivalency» math work, one must assume this person will not only invest the pre-tax $ 5,500 into a traditional IRA, but then also diligently invest the «extra» after - tax $ 1,375 into a taxable side account.

If you have read our article about choosing between hiring W - 2 employees and contractors, then you already know that the IRS has five different classifications for people you hire, but they typically assume that the people who work for you are employees (and thus subject to income tax withholding), unless you prove otherwise.

Then, assuming that Congress set is up that way — are you OK with your income tax going up 5 % points to pay for the people that are currently retired?

For example, Fidelity Charitable, a donor - advised fund, allows people to give money, take a tax deduction in the same year, and then invest and allocate the money to select charities over time.

If you don't think people consume too much by way of fossil fuels, then there's no need for a carbon tax.»

Then I tried the economic freedom line: «A carbon tax makes fossil fuels more expensive, so people have an incentive to consume less.

First, it was that the company paid little to no state and local government taxes and then it was that the e-commerce company was a «scam» which costs the US Post Office and therefore the American people, billions of dollars a year.

And I also think that you know if people are fortunate enough to make you know a million dollars trading Cryptocurrencies, then why shouldn't they pay the same taxes somebody that was fortunate enough to make a million dollars trading stocks or bonds or future contracts.

«If by a fiscal conservative, one means a person who wants to reduce the size of government through less government spending, lower taxes, balanced budgets and lower debt burdens, then Harper is clearly not a fiscal conservative.»

«Read his manifesto «quran» and you will notice it says stuff like «allah wants the heads removed of all non believers»» — And if that was true, then there wouldn't be such a term as «People of the Book,» or the dhimmi taxes established in the medieval eras

they can bid on dead people, half the money goes to the family, half to pay off the debt, and then let them spend all their tax - free dollars and grant money on paying us back in a wasted effort.

Mike, If your taxes were cut to nothing then you would have tens of thousands to hire more people.

We ran into one cyclical recession in the» 70's, and the Republicans seized on it as an excuse to rig government and society for the benefit of people who are already rich, while taking away opportunities from everyone else... then they crushed the unions so that workers would never be able to get back better pay and better job security, while investors make more and more and pay less and less in taxes.

then I have to pay taxes to help people..

Many people I talk to tell me that they help the poor by paying income tax & then the Welfare Dept. helps the poor.

Incorrect Answers Question: If taxes equal government spending, then: Your Answer: government debt is zero Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average Question: The Puritans: Your Answer: opposed all wars on moral grounds Correct Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity

or workhouses and then remarking how your taxes pay for these things is not the same as helping people.

And when we realize that the average person today is paying the federal government around 25 % of their income, and then paying another 10 % (or more) for state, county, and city taxes, we are paying a little more in taxes today than what was prescribed by the Mosaic Law for the people of Israel to pay their government.

Then maybe people would take it more seriously and we wouldnt have these religious nuts having 5, 10 or even 20 children like the Duggers that the rest of society has to support through our tax dollars.

The government often serves as the mediator in this transaction by taxing the rich, and then running the money through a vast array of bureaucracies until eventually, a small portion of what was given finally makes it to the nameless masses of poor people, many of whom do not even need the aid, are taking advantage of the system, or could otherwise work but choose not to.

In the Roman empire the collection of taxes was farmed out to wealthy men who could pay well for the concession and then exact enough more from the people to make a high profit.

For Speaker Boehner to claim cutting the debt is a «moral» imperative and then attempt to do so by cutting food aid for children while giving millionaires tax breaks... I think Matthew 15:8 sums it up nicely: «This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.»

If you tax away people's money, then they can't use it to help others.

fred The question then become whether a Christian, who knows already the path to the kingdom, can then be a business person who exploits their workers, cheats on their taxes, compromises on safety and quality, and does other things in the name of producing more profit and personal wealth, right?

Not only do the swindle people out of their money weekly but then they legally don't pay taxes on it.

If all these people want extra money to help the poor then TAX THE CHURCHES!!!

The Quran was written by an opportunistic genius who (mis --RRB- appropriated many of Jesus» teachings, then added his own (often - conflicting) views and, via an army and violent tactics, forced people to «believe» in him or pay a heavy tax, or die.

If the Government was seriously considering a discriminatory tax on a particular food or drink to either raise revenue and / or attempt to tackle the growing waistlines of Australians, then the industry would recommend a broader tax reform through the GST, an increased emphasis on raising people's awareness of the whole diet, and programs to get people, especially kids, more physically active.

If you have supported a professional football club in England for any significant period of time, then at some point you're more than likely to have cheered and clapped a few, maybe more, of the following: racists, sexists, homophobes, bigots, petty criminals, bad husbands, bad fathers, adulterers, tax dodgers, wife - beaters, liars, people who don't close the tops of cereal boxes, Conservatives, and instances of any of the other shades and shapes of the evil that men do.

If you want to take my tax money to feed other peoples» kids, then it's going to be no - frills basic nutrition.

If WIC is cut, then people will have to be more responsible because they will have to take care of their own children, not my tax dollars.

«The number of people paying taxes in Lagos is less than 600,000 people and we are 22million and then 67 percent of the people living in Lagos are below the age of 35 and even the retirees, how much are they paying?

«Even doing those groins not to allow the water to break cost a lot of money and then with frozen taxes in the last eight to ten years, there has not been any increase in taxes unlike in the United Kingdom for instance where any young person living there knows that once you start working at the age of 18, your civic obligation is that you must pay tax but here nobody takes it as their business that the new road I am using I need to pay something and so they only pay tax when they are inside the real tax net that is you are paying pay as you earn.

If the answer is because they spend money here (as it seems to be), then why not let all rich people off paying tax, so that they can buy more Bentleys?

These taxes fund property protection, so say the person with the 100 $ backpack that represents 10 % of his monthly income has paid less in both percentage and actuality then the person with the 10.000 $ car that got stolen.

If that were the only reason why people in some locations pay taxes that are ten times higher than those elsewhere with homes worth the same amount, then you'd think there would be enormous pressure to solve the inefficiencies by reorganizing the municipal governments.

Every person would be able to receive wealth in this way up to some lifetime threshold and tax would then apply, possibly at a progressive rate, on gifts and inheritances above this threshold.

They would accumulate debts with other nations to fund their military, then use that same military to conquer that nation and absolve their debts, and then in turn make their people tax paying Roman citizens.

But he also insisted that «every single person's tax rate will be lower on January 1 then it is right now.»

Then maybe the campaign to expand the welfare state, wouldn't feel so exhausted and lacklustre, as it does to many people, and people won't mind paying higher taxes.

At the same time, some proportion could be taxed and then allocated to people in the manner of society B.

If all gifts and inheritances are fully taxed then there is no longer really any freedom to give people gifts or leave them some wealth at all.