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January 28, 2008BELTWAY BLOGROLL
A Blog About America's Tax Bite
On New Year's Day, I launched a personal blog titled Taxation With Representation. I've been feeding it with almost daily content since then and will continue to do so for a year.
The basic idea is to track the taxes and fees imposed by federal, state and local governments by blogging about every tax our family pays. That way people can get a better idea of how much they pay. The stars of the blog are Uncle Sam and Aunt Virginia (we live in the Old Dominion). Here’s the explanation from the opening post:
"No taxation without representation!" That was the battle cry of American colonists in the mid-1700s as the British crown imposed tax after tax upon people who had no recourse to stop them. Their outrage ultimately inspired the American Revolution and thus the United States of America was born.Well, it has been more than 200 years since that glorious revolution begat the greatest democracy in history. … Has taxation with representation really been all that great for America? I don’t think so. And I aim to help quantify the depth of the problem here by keeping a diary of just how much money the government takes from one American family in a year’s time. Every time we pay a tax or fee, I'll report it here on this blog.
In addition to regular rants about specific taxes and fees, the blog features both weekly and monthly recaps, and I'll tally it all up at the end of the year. I'm also blogging tax news on the site and calling attention to the tax hikers in America. Readers are playing along by sharing their tax gripes and nightmares via e-mail and in the comments.
Check it out and let me know what you think.
Posted by Danny | 09:18 AM
