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06-28-2012, 09:19
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Tax vs Penalty
If the government can tax me for not owning a product (healthcare policy) can it therefore tax me it I DO own a product it doesn't want me to, like a gun? How about a $100,000 per year tax on gunowners?
Sounds like SCOTUS would support that as constitutional.
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06-28-2012, 09:44
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FET, Gas guzzler tax. I think they already do.
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06-28-2012, 09:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkman
If the government can tax me for not owning a product (healthcare policy) can it therefore tax me it I DO own a product it doesn't want me to, like a gun? How about a $100,000 per year tax on gunowners?
Sounds like SCOTUS would support that as constitutional.
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Yeah.
The SC said "You are free to make harmful and stupid laws. Don't expect us to fix them for you"
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06-28-2012, 09:54
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkman
... How about a $100,000 per year tax on gunowners?
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HUSH! Don't give the government any ideas.
I've been expecting a HUGH federal tax on firearms and ammunition for many years now.
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06-28-2012, 10:26
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkman
If the government can tax me for not owning a product (healthcare policy) can it therefore tax me it I DO own a product it doesn't want me to, like a gun? How about a $100,000 per year tax on gunowners?
Sounds like SCOTUS would support that as constitutional.
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Yes. They already do.
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06-28-2012, 10:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JBnTX
HUSH! Don't give the government any ideas.
I've been expecting a HUGH federal tax on firearms and ammunition for many years now.
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There already is. It is something like 30%, IIRC.
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06-28-2012, 10:56
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you savvy?
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peoples gits duh gubmint day deserve.
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both Obama and the KKK want to disarm black folks.
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06-28-2012, 11:23
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The difference here is that they are not taxing a product. They are taxing a class of people who are not doing what the government wants them to do - buy health insurance. The clear implication is that the government could identify any group whose behavior they didn't like and them tax them into obedience. That is a whole different thing than an excise tax on a product.
They don't need to tax guns or ammunition. They can tax those who own guns or ammunition.
Form 1040, line 37: if you own firearms enter $xx,xxx here. Add that to your total income tax.
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Last edited by Hawkman; 06-28-2012 at 11:24..
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