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Stop The Rape!!!!
The Rape & Pillage of New York State Taxpayers Continues.......
Initiated: May 9, 2001
Revised: April 1, 2003
Revised: March 1, 2007
(And nothing in Albany has changed much!!!!)
Revised: April 1, 2003
Revised: March 1, 2007
(And nothing in Albany has changed much!!!!)
A long time ago, in a land far, far away, called La-la-ton, the people lived in peace with absolutely no taxes to pay.
Everything went well until the La-la-tonian government needed to raise money for something, and decided to place a 1% income tax on the people. The La-la-tonians thought, well that's not too bad, and so they paid their taxes and all was well.
But then, their government said, we need to accomplish more things, so we'll need to raise taxes! And so, they raised the income tax to 3%! Well this time, the La-la-tonians grumbled about it. But, they thought the money was needed and the government was accomplishing great things, so they paid their taxes, all was well.
But then, the La-la-tonian government said, we need to accomplish even more things, so we'll need to raise taxes even more! And so, they raised the income tax to 10%! But, this time, the La-la-tonians said, "Well ok, but we'll need to raise our prices for everything we make in order to be able to support our families and pay the taxes that the government wants."
Once the La-la-tonians had to raise prices to pay the 10% tax, that effectively made all the money that their government had previously collected worth less than when the taxes were at 3%.
This little story sort of explains how and why taxes inflate the economy.
Money is supposed to represent work done. You work and you get paid money in exchange for that work .
Taxes represent work stolen from the people.
But this story is not over.
The Story of La-La-Ton continues..........
Everything went well until the La-la-tonian government needed to raise money for something, and decided to place a 1% income tax on the people. The La-la-tonians thought, well that's not too bad, and so they paid their taxes and all was well.
But then, their government said, we need to accomplish more things, so we'll need to raise taxes! And so, they raised the income tax to 3%! Well this time, the La-la-tonians grumbled about it. But, they thought the money was needed and the government was accomplishing great things, so they paid their taxes, all was well.
But then, the La-la-tonian government said, we need to accomplish even more things, so we'll need to raise taxes even more! And so, they raised the income tax to 10%! But, this time, the La-la-tonians said, "Well ok, but we'll need to raise our prices for everything we make in order to be able to support our families and pay the taxes that the government wants."
Once the La-la-tonians had to raise prices to pay the 10% tax, that effectively made all the money that their government had previously collected worth less than when the taxes were at 3%.
This little story sort of explains how and why taxes inflate the economy.
Money is supposed to represent work done. You work and you get paid money in exchange for that work .
Taxes represent work stolen from the people.
But this story is not over.
The Story of La-La-Ton continues..........
The Story
of La-La-Ton
(Continued)
of La-La-Ton
(Continued)
It seems as though the people of La-la-ton just loved something called guava juice. Its an extract from the guava plant. They had guava juice processing factories, and guava juice bars. They even made things from the guava plant skins. They loved everything guava. But, after a while, they just couldn’t grow enough guava to satisfy their thirst for guava juice. It was then, they decided to import guava plants from a country called Guavatown.
Well, Guavtown had lots of guava plants and the people of Guavatown (Guavatonians) were more than willing to sell guava plants to the La-la-tonians in exchange for the La-la-tonian currency, the hollar. The La-la-tonians would give the Guavatonians hollars in exchange for guava plants. The La-la-tonians had many nice things to sell to the Guavatonians for hollars. The Guavatonians were happy, and the La-latonians were happy, and the La-la-tonian government was happy because it got 10%.
But then, something very strange happpened. The La-la-tonian government decided that it wanted to do even more things and decided to raise taxes to 20%. The La-la-tonians surely wanted to help, but to support that, they would have to raise prices further, and there was much heartache, arguements, and confusion. But, the La-la-tonians tried their best, and all was as well as they could make it. In their confusion, they discovered that they could help lower their costs by buying some of their things from a country called Centerville. Centerville needed things made by La-la-ton, and was more than willing to accept the La-la-tonian hollar in exchange for the things they, the Centervillians made. The Centervillians were happy, and the La-latonians were happy, and the La-la-tonian government was happy because it got 20%.
But, over a period of time, the Centervillians were eventually able to make all the things that they were able to buy from the La-la-tonians. And they didn’t need the La-la-tonian hollar anymore..
And then, something very bad happened. The 20% tax in La-la-ton had made La-la-tonian goods very expensive. The Guavatonians saw that the La-la-tonians don’t even buy things from La-la-tonians. “Why should we?” they said. We’ll buy from the Centervillians! And so, they tried to buy things from the Centervillians with all the La-la-tonian hollars that they had.
Oh, no! No! We don’t take hollars any more! The Centervillians said. That money is worthless!
The Guavatonians realized that the hollars they had were worthless around the world, because they were so badly inflated because of high taxes in La-la-ton.
With that, the Guavatonians refused to take anymore hollars from the La-la-tonians. The La-la-tonians were stuck, because they couldn’t buy anything from the Guavatonians or the Centervillians. They had lots of hollars, but nothing to buy.
The La-la-tonians had forgotten that money is supposed to represent work done. And that their money was made worthless by their high taxes.
Their own government had violated their own constitution. Their own government was supposed to maintain the value of the hollar, but by subjecting the La-la-tonians to such high taxes, had not done so.
So, how should this story end? That all lived happily ever after? I don’t think so.
Well, Guavtown had lots of guava plants and the people of Guavatown (Guavatonians) were more than willing to sell guava plants to the La-la-tonians in exchange for the La-la-tonian currency, the hollar. The La-la-tonians would give the Guavatonians hollars in exchange for guava plants. The La-la-tonians had many nice things to sell to the Guavatonians for hollars. The Guavatonians were happy, and the La-latonians were happy, and the La-la-tonian government was happy because it got 10%.
But then, something very strange happpened. The La-la-tonian government decided that it wanted to do even more things and decided to raise taxes to 20%. The La-la-tonians surely wanted to help, but to support that, they would have to raise prices further, and there was much heartache, arguements, and confusion. But, the La-la-tonians tried their best, and all was as well as they could make it. In their confusion, they discovered that they could help lower their costs by buying some of their things from a country called Centerville. Centerville needed things made by La-la-ton, and was more than willing to accept the La-la-tonian hollar in exchange for the things they, the Centervillians made. The Centervillians were happy, and the La-latonians were happy, and the La-la-tonian government was happy because it got 20%.
But, over a period of time, the Centervillians were eventually able to make all the things that they were able to buy from the La-la-tonians. And they didn’t need the La-la-tonian hollar anymore..
And then, something very bad happened. The 20% tax in La-la-ton had made La-la-tonian goods very expensive. The Guavatonians saw that the La-la-tonians don’t even buy things from La-la-tonians. “Why should we?” they said. We’ll buy from the Centervillians! And so, they tried to buy things from the Centervillians with all the La-la-tonian hollars that they had.
Oh, no! No! We don’t take hollars any more! The Centervillians said. That money is worthless!
The Guavatonians realized that the hollars they had were worthless around the world, because they were so badly inflated because of high taxes in La-la-ton.
With that, the Guavatonians refused to take anymore hollars from the La-la-tonians. The La-la-tonians were stuck, because they couldn’t buy anything from the Guavatonians or the Centervillians. They had lots of hollars, but nothing to buy.
The La-la-tonians had forgotten that money is supposed to represent work done. And that their money was made worthless by their high taxes.
Their own government had violated their own constitution. Their own government was supposed to maintain the value of the hollar, but by subjecting the La-la-tonians to such high taxes, had not done so.
So, how should this story end? That all lived happily ever after? I don’t think so.
..... just a short story of a
good little nation gone astray.
good little nation gone astray.
The Story of La-La-Ton
