It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday!
This week, I’m focusing on taxes, budgets and earmarks. There has been some good discussion about whether Melissa Etheridge’s plan to boycott paying taxes in California in response to Proposition 8 is appropriate. So, I’ll take it a step further. Today’s Fix the Tax Code Friday question is:
Should taxpayers be allowed to specific that their tax dollars cannot be used for specific purposes for which they object on moral, religious or ethical grounds? For example, should you be allowed to opt your tax dollars out of funding stem cell research, abortion, the war in Iraq – even the financial bailout? Do you think it would be practical or valuable to have “hot button issues” listed on your tax returns to make the opt out easy, similar to the “election campaign” checkbox on your tax return?
Would this be democracy at its finest – or a hot mess?
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