It’s tax season time for reforms

  

 The Call for Real (World) Tax Reform

It’s getting on to late March and in these United States….all of them it’s tax season.  Yep, some states don’t have Individual Income  Taxes and some localities don’t have them, however each year we have the feds who claim the common person has representation and thus well we can’t dress up  and pour tea into the harbor and shout down with taxation with out representation.  

Now some comments about who represents you and how well could be offered  but we have those arguments enough—they are called elections.  Oh and goodness we don’t want to look too closely at what these representatives  do or decide to spend  our tax dollars on, however maybe we could take a Seeking Peace and Joy Universe look at what get taxed, what might be useful deductions and credits etc.  

What is being proposed here  are “big” and “little”  reforms and of course it depends upon your perspective  which are which.  A

One final caveat…. 

As you read through this it is altogether  possible  to say—these things are impossible—well have you ever spied the actual laws that spell out the tax code or the law surrounding their interpretation?  If human beings are capable and take some pride in creating this load of language…then it might be argued the claims of impossibilities… well just don’t really hold  water.  

So here are  Five Overdue Tax Reforms, Credits, and Deductions.  

The bipartisan Legislation Deduction

Since we have worked so hard lately. On making sure people know how. Much some people are not like other people in our politics and our communities, it is time to work deliberately to find common goals and  to work on on common needs.  Therefore, I propose  a bipartisan  deduction  of 7%  of everyone’s  tax bill in a congressional district get applied for every bill your representative  authors and  passes  width any two members of the opposition party.  Now they have to write it, submit it to both houses of congress and get it signed by the president… it has to become law.  If your house rep or Senator  gets 7 of these done in a year… holy cow what tax cut that would be.   It would also demonstrate that legislators are representing all their constituents  rather  than just their base.   

The “New Blood” Deducton

Let’s assume that we vote for new people to represent us because we want our elected officials to improve.  However, as Newton’s laws  (who voted on these?)  indicate  inertia  exists….. Hence let’s provide a 10% tax reduction for every  district or state that votes in a new House Rep. or senator.  Given the life expectancy of folks when our federal government was designed there counldn’t have been an anticipation of politicians spending decades in either the house or senate chamber.  

That’s Two…. You see taxes need to be linked with who represents us and how not  just on spending.  

Health Care  Tax Reform

We have already tied health insurance  with taxes so don’t start whining now…. Let’s  get some real muscle  behind this.  This is a two pronged proposal.  All citizens should be able to claim a tax credit of  $11.00  per day that they  have to wait for any regular  doctor’s visit and $50.00 for any days waiting for urgent care.  In addition a claim can be made of $2.00  per minute spent in doctor’s office or clinic waiting areas and a special $5.00 claim can be made for every magazine  found over one month old or for any television tuned to a cooking or home and gardening channel for more than 30 minutes.  

Now you are thinking  the tax chests would be empty?   Not so fast.  These tax funds would be collected  from the pharmaceutical  industry as they would be taxed $100.00 for every  add  that urged us to “ask our doctor about” and not just for the add but for every time it is shown.  Also a $50.00 charge can be made to every lawyer who prompts  us to call them after an accident and claims  they will make insurance companies pay.  They can reduce that payment by 10% if they repeat three times in their commercial that  “of course all insured  drivers pay the insurance companies extra every time the insurance companies get sued.  

The Utility Monopoly Relief  Credit

Do you ever look at those bills like your cable bill, phone bill, electric bill, and gas bill?  If you do and read the fine print you will understand  this credit.  First in most areas there are no choices  that are reasonable  when it comes to cable/internet and if you don’t see that as a needed utility these days you live in a country without  taxes called dreamland…..   anyway these companies who are for all practical purposes local and regional monopolies almost always collect a fanchise fee that they are supposed to pay to a government  entity  i some cases.  They always charge the fee no matter where the cash goes.  Most of these  entities advertise their services and there generous guarantees for faster and more reliable on television and the radio.  Who pays for that… we doWat say you that we get five bucks for every one of these adds we see and can document?    Oh  and if you still get a print bill from these people…. How about we tax them. Per page of extra filler they put in their envelopes?  Seriously…. Leave out the filler  and maybe burn it to produce some of the energy you are charging me for and then  slash my charges.

Finally….

The Your Call is important … we’re experiencing. A higher call volume than normal deduction…

Social Security, the IRS, Amtrak, the airlines and all the utilities  mentioned above….. they all have automated  answering of calls and let’s see how important our calls really are shall we?  Let’s tax them for every minute they put a caller on hold…lets say a nickel. A minute for starters.  Now the entities  that are governmental  will get the tax collected from their personnel salaries and the campaign funds of all politicians elected .  Now the callers are eligible for three cents of that Michelle and the other two cents can be used to hire actual human beings to answer calls and provide service.  Oh and let’s add an in the “I’ve heard this announcement  already” fee of $4.00  to be collected for every recorded  announcement that tells us we can do this online or advertised any other thing…. That we have to listen to more than once while  on hold.  

Why are these “seeking peace and joy” tax reforms?

You see when we wait online or on the phone it is anxiety provoking which negatively impacts our peace.  When our elected leaders start following the love of power more than the power of love we rarely enjoy the joy of identifying and meeting common needs or goals.  When we worry more about  the business of health than the beauty of being healed and healthy we all lose.  We have chosen the policies, practices, and processes we use now and if you don’t believe me go outside.   Try to find a squirrel who has placed another squirrel on hold or listen closely to see if your puppy asks you to “ask the vet about…”

Oh well give unto Caesar