Taxpayers should get a receipt so they know what they’re paying for, a think tank called Third Way argues in a new paper.
Here’s a sample from the group. It includes federal income tax and FICA, which funds Medicare and Social Security. Details are here.
Thanks For Paying Taxes. Here’s A Receipt. : Planet Money : NPR
We printed an article by Ethan Porter, managing editor of Democracy, about getting a receipt for the taxes you pay in the July-August issue of Utne Reader. Hooray!
I see some major imbalances there. I would move education up higher than the fucking dismal IRS, if not even national forests.
You can educate kids to care about trees and shit, and then they will naturally want to conserve them. Which also takes care of your “environmental clean up” project at $11 per head. Sheesh.
(via utnereader)