| Personally I think we need to do away with automatic tax holdings in general People should have to actively hand over money to the government, see the money in their account, and then see it removed for the exact purpose of government taxation This is the only way to hold government to account for their massive overspending, which today is abstracted away to the point that people believe their tax refund check is the "government paying me money" instead of what is really is, the government taking to much money from you and then giving you back what they over seized Any abstraction in government funding is a negative for government accountability If people had to physcially spend a payment larger than their mortgage every month to the government they would quickly start to ask "Why I am paying so much" and "what am i actually getting for this money" Instead the government slyly takes the money before people even realize they had it, sure they get a pay stub but it is not "real money" that was ever in their physical possession, most people do not even look at their Gross income only the amount physically put into their bank account. This subtle difference is factored into how government has structured taxation to ensure very limited accountability |