KdT reports on another fantastic idea, even if it doesn't stand a chance in hell of being passed. Imagine if people actually had to sit down and write a check for their income tax payments.

-- Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) is looking for supporters to co-sponsor the Federal Tax Withholding Repeal Act of 2005, which would repeal the law allowing the federal government to withhold federal income taxes and social-security taxes. Instead, this bill would implement a system in which employees would make quarterly payments to the federal government. (And wouldn't that quarterly check-writing experience be an eye-opener for the American taxpayer?)

Federal withholding is primarily responsible for the lack of tax outrage in this country. When the ignorant masses apply for jobs, they don't care how much their actual salary is, they only want to know what their "take home" pay is going to be.

There is also a large contingent of taxpayers that view their tax refund as a good thing. Ask them how much they paid in income taxes last year and they say something like, "I didn't have to pay anything. I got money back!"

People like that shouldn't be allowed to vote.