Would somebody mind explaining to me how people who live off taxes pay taxes? The two concepts are mutually exclusive: you're either a net tax consumer or a net tax payer.
I know, he has book sales, blaze blaze, but I'm speaking of a larger "phenomenon" where we think in terms of every laborer/property owner/etc. paying taxes. This is simply false, as one must fall into the category of net consumer or net payer of taxes relative to all the 'benefits' received from the guvamint.
Saying that public officials, like the vice president or the mayor, or college professors or the city garbage guy all pay taxes is ridiculous, because they all derive their incomes from taxation. The "paying out of taxes" at the end of the day is an accounting maneuver, nothing more.
Think of it like this: A man sticks you up in a dark alley for whatever is in your pockets. You scream and plead with him that you need that money for rent and dinner, but he doesn't listen, and insists that you throw your wallet into his bag. He assures you, "Hey, now, I'm in this just as much as you are," as he throws his own wallet into his bag. He then walks off with the bag.
I feel better, don't you?
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