Assignment 1: Should the U.S. Convert to a Zero Personal Income Tax?
Due Week 7 and worth 280 points
In a recent news article located athttp://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/heres-where-your-federal-income-tax-dollars-go-f654971 NBC News reported that the U.S. Government spends $3.6 trillion per year to fund Social Security Medicare homeland defense and safety education transportation and the interest on debt obligations. In spite of the services and benefits that the government provides many taxpayers dread paying income taxes but consider them a necessary evil. Consequently there is much debate about the inequities contained within the tax code due to tax shelters and tax credits provided to some taxpayers which thereby increase the tax burden on others.
Using the Internet or Strayer Library research one (1) country that has a zero income tax rate.
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
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