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hfojvt

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11. sure it is

Reply to cthulu2016 (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 2, 2013, 05:11 PM

Jan 2013

and tax cuts of $10,000 for people in the top 5% are really smaller than the tax cuts of $270 (not including the payroll tax increase) for people in the bottom 20%.

That's a progressive tax cut.

Sure it is.

Oh, and how about the difference in what is paid on $30,000 versus what is paid on $300,000?

Should there be any progressivity there?

But I would have like to see a President who would let the Bush tax cuts expire AND fight for tax cuts favoring those at the bottom.

An impossible dream, I know.

The Democratic Party serves the haves, not the have-nots.

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Tax Policy Center: Average tax increase and after-tax income [View all] ProSense Jan 2013 OP

Kick! n/t ProSense Jan 2013 #1

I love it Fumesucker Jan 2013 #2

The chart factors in the expiring payroll tax cuts ProSense Jan 2013 #3

I did notice that Fumesucker Jan 2013 #6

The payroll tax cuts were temporary ProSense Jan 2013 #7

This ain't my first DU rodeo Fumesucker Jan 2013 #8

a deceptive baseline hfojvt Jan 2013 #4

"what happens to taxes if the Bush tax cuts expire?" ProSense Jan 2013 #5

I know, silly me hfojvt Jan 2013 #9

This deal is far more progressive than letting the Bush cuts expire cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #10

sure it is hfojvt Jan 2013 #11

You're making up stuff. n/t ProSense Jan 2013 #12

your argument is not with me hfojvt Jan 2013 #15

I favor a minimum income. I'm a socialist of some stripe. cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #13

you can be as socialist as you want hfojvt Jan 2013 #14

Maybe it was the price to pay for bringing all those R Senators onboard... Amonester Jan 2013 #16

ending the Bush tax cuts would not cause a financial meltdown hfojvt Jan 2013 #18

I guess you didn't read my headline, so I'll repeat. No need to thank me (or to reply). Amonester Jan 2013 #19

Folks at higher incomes will pay more taxes quaker bill Jan 2013 #20

Our tax system was more progressive for the day or so we were off the fiscal cliff. W_HAMILTON Jan 2013 #17