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varelse

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18. I pay state & federal income taxes

Reply to dkf (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 12:35 PM

Apr 2012

I also pay social security taxes, and state and county sales taxes.

If only half of households pay taxes, then more than half of us have the right to demand a more just distribution of the tax burden, even by your standards.

Do you pay taxes?

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Moyers: Wall Street's Massive Freak Out When Asked to Pay Their Fair Share [View all] xchrom Apr 2012 OP

The problem is when almost half of households dont pay taxes either not many can complain. dkf Apr 2012 #1

... xchrom Apr 2012 #2

Yep hardly anyone. dkf Apr 2012 #3

Yep......... jschurchin Apr 2012 #5

Bwahahahahaha! dogknob Apr 2012 #11

The Middle Class is paying for everyone MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #4

Uh, that's because half of the households don't make enough MONEY to pay FEDERAL income taxes. HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #7

No it's because they get tax credits. dkf Apr 2012 #8

BULLSHIT! DiverDave Apr 2012 #10

Nope. I swear...minimum wage summer jobs and I paid income taxes. dkf Apr 2012 #13

You are not convincing me DiverDave Apr 2012 #14

You got back every penny of state and federal income tax deducted from your paycheck? dkf Apr 2012 #25

I haven't heard that talking point since I turned on FOX by accident Dragonfli Apr 2012 #9

Bullshit, Ma'am: Income Tax Is Not the Totality Of Taxes, And Yoiu Know It The Magistrate Apr 2012 #12

Those are the taxes that pay for the stuff we are generally debating on this board. dkf Apr 2012 #16

Again, Ma'am, Deliberate And Malicious Distortion, Which You Know To Be False And Beside The Point The Magistrate Apr 2012 #17

Well unless you want to argue that the social security trust fund should not be paid back dkf Apr 2012 #19

Trot Out This Crap Argument All You Like, Ma'am: Just Understand No One Will Take You Seriously The Magistrate Apr 2012 #20

No...raise taxes for all of us. We all need to participate in funding and determining priorities. dkf Apr 2012 #21

Keep Up The Shilling, Ma'am: You Just Dig Your Hole Deeper The Magistrate Apr 2012 #23

Hello? Am I not on record supporting the rescinding of all Bush tax cuts? dkf Apr 2012 #26

Quite Serious, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2012 #27

Get rid of all the bush cuts and I'll be mostly satisfied. dkf Apr 2012 #28

Do you realize how wrong you are?? 4dsc Apr 2012 #15

Funny how people don't protest the regressive taxes. dkf Apr 2012 #22

I pay state & federal income taxes varelse Apr 2012 #18

Hell yes. I only claim the standard deduction. dkf Apr 2012 #24

Moyers is right on target as usual! blackspade Apr 2012 #6