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Don’t just say the irs.gov. I need a specific link or specific details

How about "Internal Revenue Gross Collections, by Type of Tax, Fiscal Years 1960-2004."

And why aren’t the blue staters outraged at the socialism for many of the red states?

You really adhere to that red/blue crap? That is created by the press.

Let’s see, there is his Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner, and his nominees Daschel and what’s his name. And then that Hilda gal has a husband who owed a lot. Who else has Obama collected from??

I think we should give Obumo credit for making these people pay their taxes. Why they are not being prosecuted for tax fraud is beyond me.

I heard that Congress wants to be able to collect even more money off of gas. People are doing what they are told and conserving resources. Now tax collection is lower. Congress wants to add $1.50 or so to the price since we were used to paying $3.50 anyhow, and at the same time be able to collect more tax money. Is this true? Does Obama support this idea?

High gas prices are what precipitated this last slide into recession. They want more recession, I guess. It takes time for automakers to design and build better, more efficient cars, and it takes time for those effects to flow on down to those at the bottom, who often own older, less efficient cars. People coped with rapidly-rising gas prices by cutting back in many areas of their budgets, which has caused the present decline in consumer spending that has led to the recession we are having right now.

If those in charge really want to cause a deep, lasting depression, like the one that started in 1929, this would be the way to do it.

In my book, military related expenses, including wars, protection of Haliburton worldwide, pensions, bases, the approx. 60 secrect spy agencies(including CIA), protection for Cheney, Rice and Bush and other useless Pentagon adventures amounted in 2006 to about 1 Trillion Dollar. When Government offfcals say, that is only a measly 4 % of the GDP, what has that to do with the price for beeswax. GDP is just the amount of money shuffled back and forth and has nothing to do with productivity or taxes. Does anybody has a good number for my question? The reason I ask is, that the rest of the world combined,180 countries, spend only half as much together on military then we. Do we have no other problems, we could spend the money on?

in 2006 the US spent $536 billion on National Defense (including Iraq). That equates to 28% of tax revenue for that year. better go back and check your numbers. The rest of the world doesn’t have the responsibility of world police force. Can you imagine the hell that would ensue if we quit doing that?

FYI–Haliburton is a government contractor(regardless of who once ran the company), just like Boeing, and Lockheed, Raytheon, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Bendix, and a host of other companies. The US protects them because they are American interests.

I must apologize to PilotGal. I accidentally gave a thumbs down rating to your post. I intended to agree with you. My mouse keeps making mistakes like that. I think I need a new one.

Excluding Social Security (which is based on number of quarters worked before retirement), payment of military and other government personnel in return for their service, and other government checks to individuals in return for something, how much does the government dole out annually in entitlements to individuals? I would also exclude student loans and any other loan program (because loans must be paid back).

I’m trying to pin down the percentage of the total budget devoted to "welfare," "food stamps" and other programs to benefit the poor.

No insults, just numbers, please.
Mark–thank you.
But Mark, I’m not interested in the percentage of gross domestic product, I’m interested in the percentage of tax revenue that goes to those programs. Does Heritage have anything on that?
sprcpt–OK. Do you have any numbers for me, or did you come here merely to lecture me about how I should have asked some question other than the one I actually did ask?

Put up or shut up.

You excluded everything that has to do with the performance of some kind of work.

You did not include government contractors overcharging for services.

Don’t be so quick to exempt student "loans" as a large portion default, and the majority of the defaulters are doctors and lawyers.

Excluding Social Security (which is based on number of quarters worked before retirement), payment of military and other government personnel in return for their service, and other government checks to individuals in return for something, how much does the government dole out annually in entitlements to individuals? I would also exclude student loans and any other loan program (because loans must be paid back).

I’m trying to pin down the percentage of the total budget devoted to "welfare," "food stamps" and other programs to benefit the poor.

No insults, just numbers, please.
Mark–thank you.
But Mark, I’m not interested in the percentage of gross domestic product, I’m interested in the percentage of tax revenue that goes to those programs. Does Heritage have anything on that?
sprcpt–OK. Do you have any numbers for me, or did you come here merely to lecture me about how I should have asked some question other than the one I actually did ask?

Put up or shut up.

You excluded everything that has to do with the performance of some kind of work.

You did not include government contractors overcharging for services.

Don’t be so quick to exempt student "loans" as a large portion default, and the majority of the defaulters are doctors and lawyers.

I don’t smoke but feel heavily taxing a product more addictive than Heroin is wrong, how do you feel about it?

They don’t use it to pay for the health care of smokers.

The people who raise taxes on cigarettes say it is to prevent people from smoking, but it is really just to cash in on an addiction. Also see special alcohol tax rates.

In my state a pack of cigarettes went from $3 to $7 in 18 months all from tax increases.

Who are most smokers? Lower income. This is taking unfair advantage of addictions by people who can least afford it.

It is completely unethical. Who gets a black eye? The tobacco companies. What is their profit compared to the government’s profit per pack? I’m not sure, but I’m guessing the government makes about 90 times as much per pack as the evil tobacco companies.

Remember how much attention the evil oil companies got when gas prices were well over $3 a gallon? Their profits are 10-15 cents a gallon. The average tax on a gallon of gas is 62 cents a gallon. The rest is cost for ingredients and processing.

Then look at California. They are seriously close to legalizing marijuana . . . for additional tax revenue.

If people stopped begging for new hand outs, and stopped electing people that are willing to do anything to have the job (and don’t care how or where the money comes to pay for it) – then maybe this could end.

With the course we’re on now there will be special taxes on any product that less than 30% of people buy. Because people don’t fight against anything that doesn’t directly effect them. Politicians know this. So they can screw every one of us. One minority consumer group at a time.

Start electing fiscal conservatives, or you are only hurting yourself . . . eventually. Guaranteed.

I’m an Architecture student playing sociologist and need the most detailed tax revenue information on the City of long beach CA I can find. The actual city web site doesn’t seem to have the information available and neither the US. Census bureau. Am I missing something?

Any help would be great!

Call the city finance office.

What do you think will happen if property values continue to fall or go off a cliff like some economists are predicting?

Seems to me that 10% less ownership and 10% property value will hurt state governments greatly.

What are your opinions?

They would wind up raising taxes – to offset the losses. If Market value of homes decreases, the taxable value of the house usually doesn’t. The assessed value they use for the calculation isn’t changed every year-and they usually redo a whole county and make sure whatever they change the value formula to and the tax rate, that the tax revenues will NOT decrease