rich teachers bad. *grunt*

It is nothing unusual, just a natural progression. In many nations around the globe, the best jobs are in the government. The US is no longer any different.

It's easy. Just raise taxes. Problem solved.

you are so inside the box.

I propose a collective bargaining fee (fee not tax) that is roughly equal to 50% of the total salary of all those the union represents. One time or yearly .... that can be negotiated.

I'm reading daddy bush's lips. nah gohn doit

Well let's see. 85% of the money is labor costs and they always whine about it being "for the kids " yet the quality of education is going to pot. Then consider a govt union bargaining with a govt entity....nobody represents the tax pagers. But that is SOP now.....

I think we should let a few states choke out on their poor financial management and go bankrupt. Then we can merge them into neighboring states. We don't need 57 states.

damn teachers. fire them all. its not like there are not lines of qualified folks just lining up to do it for less....and better.

fire them all. there is no other way. it's just a fact.

HD you are showin your stoopidness. There ar only 56 states.

Just raise taxes. This is so easy.

Obama told me there are 57. Stop hating on the President.

nah gohn doit

anti-tax wuss.

Many of the news print articles I've read lately refer to him as Mr. Obama. I just figured someone finally proved he is Iranian or something.

"anti-tax wuss."

fees and surcharges are ok though. The state governments should do preceptorships at ticketmaster

Teachers are hereos!

Without entitlements children become criminals

Think of the children!


More taxes! We need to all kick in and sacrifice! Teedubya is selfish!

Why can't we just get a 15% flat tax, across the board. No write offs, no forms to file and most importantly... NO IRS!!

The poor folks would pay less than the rich folks and the rich folks couldn't pay crooked accountants to lower their taxable income or dream up other write offs!

And the middle class folks would actually pay less in taxes (hooray!).=d>

Perhaps even better than that would be a national sales tax. Buy a Ferrari, pay a lot of national sales tax. Buy a used Chevy, pay little or no national sales tax. And if you're a millionaire and want to live like a hermit and save all your money, that's fine. It's your money. Keep it all stashed in the cellar if you like, it's nobody's business anyway how much money you have.

Best of all, even folks who get their money illegally are gonna pay taxes when they spend it on diamond grilles, gold chains, and Escalades...unlike now.

No more IRS, no more income tax, no more W2's, no more tax writeoffs and loopholes. Everybody pays according to how much they spend.

It's almost too easy.

Yeah, and since I won't ever collect a dime of social fuggin security... QUIT TAXING ME FOR IT!](*,)

The US tax code is the greatest example of government corruption we have and it is perfectly legal. It is so large and complicated because it is constantly tweaked to reward constituents, encourage certain types of spending/investing habits, and curry favor for political purposes. I would never expect to see it convert to a flat tax because politicians would lose an incredible bribery tool. An attempt to change it will be blocked by both sides by saying it is shifting tax burden to the poor or middle class. We will hear cries that it is regressive instead of progressive like our current system. The secondary impact of eliminating the IRS and huge amount of accounting jobs will never even be a factor.

The addition of a consumption tax, national sales tax, or VAT tax has a strong possibility of happening. Just don't expect income taxes to drop much in exchange. We have a massive national debt and recurring deficit to pay off. A danger with too much consumption taxes is that it encourages more cash-only transactions that can be kept off the books. If you are a small business owner collecting 7% sales tax and 13% VAT tax, that is 20 good reasons to keep a cash-only set of accounting books. It happens right now just over state sales tax.