Letter to Editor
By James J. Hankins
I counted to ten, took a deep breath, then I told him politics is doing you from sunrise to sunset 24/7. Your mother had to pay $10.00 for your birth certificate and the government gave you a social security number before you could talk, walk, eat fried chicken or work. Politicians invested in you by giving your parents an 18-year tax deduction; and they will collect tax from you for at least the next 50 years. The elected government leaders/politicians welcomed you to the USA when you filed your first income tax and repeated that welcome every year on the 15th of April. If you had died during childbirth, the government would have demanded your grieving mot-her pay for a $10.00 death certificate.
Every dollar your parents spent on you until you move out of their house at age 18 is taxed. You are then taxed for licenses such as, drivers’, fishing, hunting, pilots’, food service, construction, law enforcement, medical, CPA, real estate, law, teaching, insurance agent, barbers’, hair stylist, mechanic, undertakers’, and marriage license. If the marriage does not work out, you must pay a fee/tax for your lawyer to file your divorce papers. As you go through life working, educating, worshiping, traveling, partying, raising children and grandchildren, and serving others, the government is right there with both hands out collecting taxes every day and night when you spend your money. My wife a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) said even the people who “don’t do accounting” learn five bookkeeping words on or before April 15th. Accounts receivable, accounts payable, legal deductions, liens, and garnishments. (smile) In marriage we say, “until death do us part”.
The politicians added one more tax. After you are pronounced dead, you still owe your government $10.00 for your death certificate. Around 80% of what you do is controlled by politicians. You must learn how the political system works, take time to research the actions of politicians, register and vote. If you do not learn, politicians like Mitch McConnell, Linsey Graham, Thom Tillis, TRUMP, and the many that represent you, will play you like a drum. Please do not try to cheat by buying the TRUMP version of Turbo Tax where you only pay $750.00 dollars in income tax, no matter how much money you made, because it is not legal(smile). The tax cut TRUMP signed was 83% for the rich and 17% for us.
My family will vote for the politicians who will turn that around to 95% for the poor and middle class and 5% for the rich. Do your research and find which one will help you. If you do not have the time or take the time, please get advice from a person who is trustworthy and well respected in your community. The truth is, your millions of people who “don’t do politics” elected TRUMP in 2016, and if you do not vote for Joe Biden/Kalama Harris on or before November 3rd, you will reelect TRUMP.
TRUMP and many of his fellow GOP politicians’ motto is forget the poor and middle-class. They are lazy people who do not like working. They just love collecting entitlements like social security, welfare, and Obamacare. The GOP will make COVID-19 a new preexisting condition, cut way back on food stamps and never again give $600 a week unemployment checks. TRUMP says, “When you get them down, keep them down”. As for me and my household, “we do politics”, what about you?
