The Current Tax Payment Act was signed into law on June 9, 1943, and our income taxes have been taken directly out of our paychecks ever since. Even the U.S. Treasury acknowledges that this methodology has significantly reduced taxpayer awareness of the amount of tax being collected. It began as a process to bring in funds for the war effort, but look at where we are now. Charlotte Twight said, “Withholding is the paramount administrative mechanism that since 1943 has enabled the federal government to collect, without significant protest, sufficient private resources to fund a vastly expanded welfare state.”
These are my questions:
What is the specific role and function of the federal government?
What is our personal responsibility in taking care of the poor?
What is the role of the Church?
Has mandated taxation diminished voluntary philanthropic endeavors?
It is a complex world in which we live. Decisions come with consequences. What do you think? The seeds that were sown on this date 71 years ago have reaped a lot of fruit. Has that fruit been good for society or not?
I would recommend reading this brief article on the history of direct withholding of income taxes.
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2092
These are my questions:
What is the specific role and function of the federal government?
What is our personal responsibility in taking care of the poor?
What is the role of the Church?
Has mandated taxation diminished voluntary philanthropic endeavors?
It is a complex world in which we live. Decisions come with consequences. What do you think? The seeds that were sown on this date 71 years ago have reaped a lot of fruit. Has that fruit been good for society or not?
I would recommend reading this brief article on the history of direct withholding of income taxes.
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2092
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