The Taxed Man

This is a re-working I did of a poem written anomynously about 100 years ago. If anyone would like to repost or use for your Tea Party, feel free.

The Taxed Man

They taxed my land, they taxed my wage,
They taxed my bed in which I lay.

They taxed my plow, they taxed my mule,
They taught me taxes were the rule.

They taxed my cow, and taxed my goat,
They taxed my pants and then my coat.

They taxed my ties, socks, shoes and shirt,
They taxed my work, they taxed my dirt.

They taxed my smoking, taxed my drink,
They taxed me when I tried to think.

They taxed my booze then taxed my beers.
And when I cried, they taxed my tears.

They taxed my children, taxed my dog,
Taxed my sun, wind, rain, and fog.

They taxed my horse, but not my cat.
They taxed this chair, here, where I'm sat.

They taxed my truck, they taxed my gas,
They taxed my notes, they taxed my cash.

They taxed my tax to let me see
That bought or made, there is a fee.

They taxed me high when I did well,
They taxed me more when I fell ill.

They taxed my coffin, my headstone,
They taxed the sod I now call home.

When I was gone, just newly dead,
They came to my old house and said,

"We've come to claim the tax that’s due.
Though cash is best, we take checks, too."

They taxed it all and wanted more.
My children and wife were left poor.

So, back to work to pay the bill,
And pay they do with interest, still.

Throughout our lives we live this fact:
That death is sure; but more so, tax.

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Here is a list of Taxes Americans pay each day... is it complete? Who knows?!

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel permit tax r />Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax Interest expense (tax on the money)
Inventory
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS enalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road usage taxes (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone federal excise tax
Telephone federal universal service fee tax
Telephone federal, state and local surcharge taxes

Please Note: I want to make a video of this poem, but I don't have the right voice. If you're interested, I'm looking or a man to read the couplets. Either drop me a line here, email me at cosmoxworld@gmail.com, or on twitter. The video will be posted here via YouTube and available for Tea Party and other patriots to use as they wish. Thanks!

 

 

FLASHBACK: Change

This was originally a posted in August of 2008. Looking back, so much has uh, changed. But so much more hasn't...

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I think the Dems' urgent message of "Change" needs to be called out.

"down" is a change from "up"

"loss" is a change from "profit"

"jobless" is a change from "employed"

As a business owner, the only "Change" I see with a President Obama is bad, bad, bad for the guys who make this country great and who create, like, 80% of the jobs in America: small business owners.

We're getting creamed by the federal minimum wage increases -- the big one's coming next year... For those who don't know, it's a 40% increase over three years.

We're getting creamed by increased requirements to provide health insurance, and the crazy-stupid cost of it.

We're getting creamed by the weak dollar, high energy prices, and high commodity prices (special thx to the ethanol canard).

We're getting way-creamed by credit-card processing fees.

If you're wondering why everything from milk and meat to gas and movie tix have skyrocketed, see above.

If you're wondering why unemployment is going up, see above.

If you're wondering what's the deal with inflation, see above.

So many people seem to think that the everyday business owner (the Quiznos store owner, the Shell gas station owner, the neighborhood 7/11 guy) can reach into some magical unending pot of money to cover these rising costs. Obama certainly seems to think so.

Let me set the record straight: we can't. We're bruised and hurting - but not down-and-out. We get up each morning to make a go of it - to make the best of it. We love what we do and we love the people we work with. But in order to stay in business and pay our leases, our mortgages, our SBA loans, etc, and feed our families, we're having to not hire that extra shift worker. It's not because we don't want to. It's because we literally can't afford the up-front costs/overhead that worker represents. We also have to raise prices. Again, we don't really want to - we have to (see above).

From what I can see so far, the policies Obama has outlined will make things way worse.

Yes, things have not been perfect, but with all candor, we're due for a dip in the economy. How deep of a dip we will have goes directly to how much government tries to "redistribute" us out of this.

The best-case scenario for right now, I think, is unleashing our best minds and producers to solve our domestic energy deficit. LOTS of other things fall into place once we do that.