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Federal tax question

Thanks Bill the Painter

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Tim

February 22, 2013 at 11:45 am

What’s even funnier is that some of the tax on tobacco is going to anti-tobacco programs.
- DJ
  
  February 22, 2013 at 7:04 pm
  
  It gets even funnier: The US gov’t subsidizes tobacco growers.
  
  From 1995 through 2011, the federal government paid out $1.329 billion in subsidies to the tobacco industry. In 2011 alone, taxpayers shelled out $191,218,926 in tobacco subsidies to 58,350 recipients, according to figures provided by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
  ( http://democraticvision.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981462547 )
J-Bird

February 22, 2013 at 5:37 pm

The majority of all taxes go toward “Administrative Fees”. I call B.S.
Noumenon72

February 24, 2013 at 5:13 am

Federal tax on earnings also encourages working because you have to work more to attain a given lifestyle.

J-Bird, that’s ludicrous. For example, Social Security administrative costs are less than 1%. You’d also have to believe for every infantryman the Army hires at least one administrator.