soc.culture.asian.american

On Oct 6, 8:11 pm, "ltl...@ " wrote:
> On Oct 6, 8:57 pm, "LKYs Mother" wrote:
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> > And why should there be no representation without taxation?
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> No tax revenue means no government.
> More tax means more government which means more decisions to be made
> which means more opportunities for the citizens to have different
> opinions
> which makes representation more needed.

If you live in Alaska, there is no income tax plus the state will pay
you to live there.

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> > > On Oct 6, 3:05 am, Mg Myanmar wrote:
> > > > paying taxes to state is duty.
> > > > people outside and inside myanmar, they don't want to pay tax.
> > > > but they want democracy.
> > > > when myanmar becomes a democratic country,
> > > > taxes could be upto 30% or 40% of annual income.
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> > > > On Oct 6, 12:30 am, "LKYs Mother" wrote:
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> > > > > Don't mention. I met many burmese who live outside burma.
> > > > > They complain that they have to pay taxes back home for income
> > > > > earned outside burma. These overseas burmese talk great about
> > > > > america till I tell them that americans are worst off the burmese
> > > > > when it comes to taxes. Americans too have to pay federal and
> > > > > state taxes even when they live and work outside america and the
> > > > > taxes could be up to 40% per annum. Is this what burmese want
> > > > > when they want american democracy in burma?
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> > > No representation without texation.