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IS THERE EQUITY IN TAX PLANS - The Missing Factor
IS THERE EQUITY IN TAX PLANS - The Missing Factor ---------------------------------------- By
Ray W. Tapajna from Cleveland Plain Dealer, largest newspaper in Ohio, (2/19/01 The same things apply in May 2013 - ) 75%
of Americans pay more in payroll taxes than in income taxes and only about 30 to 40% qualify for unemployment insurance and
the unemployment statistics are a hoax. Even if surplus money comes into the economy, it won't create that many jobs since
much of the money goes to retail and then fans out to the places where the products are made. In the end Tax Cuts help workers
in places like China -not here! Finally, a top journalist tells it like it is. Matthew Miller, a columnist for Tribune
Media Services, tells us about George W. Bush's proposed tax cut being just a partial one (Forum, Feb 7). It is based
only on income tax, while 75 percent of Americans pay more in payroll taxes than in income taxes. Payroll taxes are used for
the general fund, and it is these taxes that make up most of what is called the surplus. It was Ronald Reagan who led the
way to high payroll tax rates. Now these taxes act as a flat tax on the working poor. Furthermore, any tax cut now will
not help boost the economy as it did in the past. The 75 percent group will not have much more to spend at the end of the
month, except for maybe an extra visit to a fast food restaurant. The group that will spend more will just send the money
to where the products are made- overseas. It won't boost our economy. A few years ago, a college president complained
that some applicants would never get to college since his school had to start paying payroll taxes for all its work-study
participants. Many students that the school once served could no longer qualify for the financial aid benefit. This ratio
applies across the board with many more things not factored into the equation. The payroll tax is really a flat tax on the
working poor now. Bush's tax cuts and credits go South and to Asia....... The real stories behind Taxes..... In
a letter to the editor, Rick Drotleff of Stow, Ohio, says he got his letter from Pres. Bush telling about the tax credit his
family was getting. In June, Rick lost his job premanently after 18 years in the aerospace industry after his company sent
the work out of the country. In his speech, Bush suggesed using this windfall to buy schools supplies to help stimulate
the economy. Hoever, one of his children is in high school and the another in college and did not get any credit because of
their age. Rick did get $400 for his daughter who is in middle school. Rick did buy school supplies with the money but
found that most of it was made in places like Mexico, Nicaragua and Malaysia. The shoes he purchased were made in China and
Vietnam. Rick asked the President whose economy is your economic stimulus package stimulating. (Any extra money that may come
into the economy first goes to the retail level and then fans out to far away places where the products are made.) John
Meredyk of Sagamore HIlls, Ohio writes the same day about how foreign manufacturers are gaining market share at the expense
of domestic automakers. He asks how long wil it take before HMO start importing foreign doctors who will work for $15,000
a year. He adds that foreign autos may be building cars in America but they do it in the South to avoid unions. He cites
how unions once helped non union workers in thepast to get better benefits down the line too. He concludes that Americans
will soon be driving their foreign cars to the unemployment office. Editors note: While John Meredyk is right in what
he says, we invite your attention to the word "built in the USA" it has replaced the phrase "made in th USA".
Actually there are no longer any automobiles made in the USA. The parts and components come from all over the world including
the wage slave labor markets. General Motors cars assembled in the USA are only about 88 % made in the USA. Ford is about
70% and Chrysler now is perhaps under 50%. The foreign cars assembled in the USA can only be classified as about 25% made
in the USA. Also, it should be noted that about 500,000 autoworkers lost their jobs over the years and about 700,000 steelworkers
and directly related workers lost their jobs. In reality, virtually there is no longer any steel being made in the USA in
comparison with the past. Bush's tax cuts and credits go South and to Asia....... The real stories behind Taxes..... In a
letter to the editor, Rick Drotleff of Stow, Ohio, says he got his letter from Pres. Bush telling about the tax credit his
family was getting. In June, Rick lost his job premanently after 18 years in the aerospace industry after his company sent
the work out of the country. In his speech, Bush suggesed using this windfall to buy schools supplies to help stimulate
the economy. Hoever, one of his children is in high school and the another in college and did not get any credit because
of their age. Rick did get $400 for his daughter who is in middle school. Rick did buy school supplies with the
money but found that most of it was made in places like Mexico, Nicaragua and Malaysia. The shoes he purchased were made in
China and Vietnam. Rick asked the President whose economy is your economic stimulus package stimulating. (Any extra
money that may come into the economy first goes to the retail level and then fans out to far away places where
the products are made.) John Meredyk of Sagamore HIlls, Ohio writes the
same day about how foreign manufacturers are gaining market share at the expense of domestic automakers. He asks how
long wil it take before HMO start importing foreign doctors who will work for $15,000 a year. He
adds that foreign autos may be building cars in America but they do it in the South to avoid unions. He cites how unions once
helped non union workers in thepast to get better benefits down the line too. He concludes that Americans will soon be driving
their foreign cars to the unemployment office. Editors note: While John Meredyk is
right in what he says, we invite your attention to the word "built in the USA" it has replaced the phrase
"made in th USA". Actually there are no longer any automobiles made in the USA. The parts and components come from
all over the world including the wage slave labor markets. General Motors cars assembled in the USA are only about 88
% made in the USA. Ford is about 70% and Chrysler now is perhaps under 50%. The foreign cars assembled in the
USA can only be classified as about 25% made in the USA. Also, it should be noted that about 500,000 autoworkers lost
their jobs over the years and about 700,000 steelworkers and directly related workers lost their jobs. In reality, virtually
there is no longer any steel being made in the USA in comparison with the past.
Reference: Social Security tax relief is the fair way to help out poor workers by Jerry Hester of the Kansas City
Start 12/08/02 A highly respected journalist, Jerry Hester also proposes an exemption from Social Security Tax of $10,
to $15,000 of wages since 4 out of every 5 workers pay more in payroll taxes than they do in income taxes. He also suggests
that the employer's part be exempted too. This would do more to prime the economy than any income tax reductions. It would
stimulate the economy directly since any extra money that comes from income tax reductions primarily just goes to the retail
level and then fans out to all the place where the products come from in the world. With both the worker and employer getting
a break at the lower levels has more money going to a value added economy this way. ( Apparently Senator Kerry in his
bid as a Democratic President candidate is including much of this in his platform.) It is inconceivable how the Repulicans
can ignore this terrible disparity. We also wonder why someone who still has to work after age 65 still has to pay the payroll
tax no matter who little they make.
Extra note: On top of this, President Bush and the Republicans really messed up politically allowing
letters to be sent out to those who did not get any tax rebate. The letter actually stated that the recipient did not qualify
for any tax rebate since they did not make enough- Imagine a small business person or a contract worker seeing this
after paying 15 percent payroll taxes. Also, again, any extra money that consumers get to spend goes to retail and then
fans out the world to the places the products come from. The money does not stay here. On top of this, USA manufacturers who
move their production outside the USA, escape the overhead of payroll taxes so in the end another stream of value evaporates
with our entitlement society losing its funding this way. Meanwhile, a person over 62 who still works and who collects
their social security not only has their payments reduced but- lose a month or two- just for making over $11,000 a year while
at the same time still pays payroll taxes for others. At the same time, those on interest income etc, pay none at all. Both
the Republicans and the Democrats ignore this disparity. President Bush's tax cuts did not work and any new cuts will not help the economy either when so much of
our value added economy is outside the USA now.
Extra note: On top of this, President Bush and the Republicans really messed up politically allowing letters
to be sent out to those who did not get any tax rebate. The letter actually stated that the recipient did not qualify for
any tax rebate since they did not make enough- Imagine a small business person or a contract worker seeing this after
paying 15 percent payroll taxes. Also, again, any extra money that consumers get to spend goes to retail and then fans
out the world to the places the products come from. The money does not stay here. On top of this, USA manufacturers who move
their production outside the USA, escape the overhead of payroll taxes so in the end another stream of value evaporates with
our entitlement society losing its funding this way. Meanwhile, a person over 62 who still works and who collects their
social security not only has their payments reduced but- lose a month or two- just for making over $11,000 a year while at
the same time still pays payroll taxes for others. At the same time, those on interest income etc, pay none at all. Both the
Republicans and the Democrats ignore this disparity.
By Ray W. Tapajna, from Cleveland Plain Dealer, largest newspaper in Ohio, 8/11/00
In his letter to the editor, Craig Miller says the anti-WTO protestors in Philadelphia were misfits, malcontents
and troublemakers. Some may be just that, and this is the part that makes the news, unfortunately. However, the frustration
of American workers losing the American Dream in a silent depression receives very little notice. Both parties are ignoring
it. The unemployment statistics are reported without any question, even though there is no way to provide accurate statistics,
given the growth of part-time, temporary and contract jobs in recent years. When major newspapers fill their front sections
with costly retail ads that advertise products made in sweatshops around the world, readers should wonder how any objective
reporting can be possible. At the anti-WTO protests in Seattle, there were many peaceful demonstrators, but their message
was not heard. Globalism and international military actions go on without balancing reporting. If you want to talk about violence,
this is the place to start. Unfortunately, those who have good jobs go on about their lives with blinders on, and the
media follow thier lead living off the misery surrounding globalism and consumerism. Workers have been commoditised
and traded like products in a Global Free Trade market. In his letter to the editor, Craig Miller says the
anti-WTO protestors in Philadelphia were misfits, malcontents and troublemakers. Some may be just that, and this is the part
that makes the news, unfortunately. However, the frustration of American workers losing the American Dream in a silent
depression receives very little notice. Both parties are ignoring it. The unemployment statistics are reported without any
question, even though there is no way to provide accurate statistics, given the growth of part-time, temporary and contract
jobs in recent years. When major newspapers fill their front sections with costly retail ads that advertise products
made in sweatshops around the world, readers should wonder how any objective reporting can be possible. At the anti-WTO
protests in Seattle, there were many peaceful demonstrators, but their message was not heard. Globalism and international
military actions go on without balancing reporting. If you want to talk about violence, this is the place to start. Unfortunately,
those who have good jobs go on about their lives with blinders on, and the media follow thier lead living off the misery surrounding
globalism and consumerism. Workers have been commoditised and traded like products in a Global Free Trade market. 8/11/00
In his letter to the editor, Craig Miller says the anti-WTO protestors in
Philadelphia were misfits, malcontents and troublemakers. Some may be just that, and this is the part that makes the news,
unfortunately. However, the frustration of American workers losing the American Dream in a silent depression receives
very little notice. Both parties are ignoring it. The unemployment statistics are reported without any question, even though
there is no way to provide accurate statistics, given the growth of part-time, temporary and contract jobs in recent years. When
major newspapers fill their front sections with costly retail ads that advertise products made in sweatshops around the world,
readers should wonder how any objective reporting can be possible. At the anti-WTO protests in Seattle, there were
many peaceful demonstrators, but their message was not heard. Globalism and international military actions go on without balancing
reporting. If you want to talk about violence, this is the place to start. Unfortunately, those who have good jobs
go on about their lives with blinders on, and the media follow thier lead living off the misery surrounding globalism and
consumerism. Workers have been commoditised and traded like products in a Global Free Trade market.
See
also http://tapsearch.com/realtaxreform
| Workers - the real Free Trade Commodity |
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| The American Worker has been "commoditised" |
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