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Sun Jan-25-09 12:13 PM
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| 18. Back to what it was in the 60s, before all the cuts for rich people. |
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It was sooo hard on rich people to pay high rates!
They couldn't afford mansions.
Or yachts.
Or private planes.
Oh wait.....
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| -What do you think federal income tax rates should be? |
begin_within |
Jan-25-09 11:14 AM |
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Progressive and tied to the median wage |
Warpy |
Jan-25-09 11:17 AM |
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all income should be taxed as income.... |
rfranklin |
Jan-25-09 11:20 AM |
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Exactly. Whether its capital gains, distributions, etc. is irrelevent. It's income. |
SharonAnn |
Jan-25-09 11:21 AM |
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Social Security, Disability, child support, etc also? |
bobbolink |
Jan-25-09 12:11 PM |
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Social Cecurity is already collected throught a tax. |
RC |
Jan-25-09 12:28 PM |
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You said EVERYTHING. You need to THINK. |
bobbolink |
Jan-25-09 01:06 PM |
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Do you have any idea how many Americans pay their bills and feed their families |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jan-26-09 01:54 PM |
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What they were under Reagan |
Juche |
Jan-25-09 11:29 AM |
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They also had income averaging. |
igil |
Jan-25-09 06:29 PM |
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Depends what the government is providing for the people. |
kiva |
Jan-25-09 11:34 AM |
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I don't think the % is that important. I suggest reviewing ALL the |
napi21 |
Jan-25-09 11:39 AM |
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40% for corporations and investors // ZERO for individuals |
SmileyRose |
Jan-25-09 11:41 AM |
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I'm not sure about those % but ... |
Myrina |
Jan-25-09 11:47 AM |
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I can only answer this conceptually. I have no clue what the percenatges ought to be ........ |
Stinky The Clown |
Jan-25-09 11:49 AM |
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10% gross straight accross the board for everyone,, 20% for corps. |
lazer47 |
Jan-25-09 11:52 AM |
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That's regressive |
Stinky The Clown |
Jan-25-09 11:53 AM |
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You state in an earlier post that quote "you have no Idea" |
lazer47 |
Jan-25-09 12:04 PM |
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You're being disingenuous and that is *not* what I said |
Stinky The Clown |
Jan-25-09 01:46 PM |
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There is a way to make a nearly flat tax very progressive |
ThomWV |
Jan-25-09 12:34 PM |
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Works for me. |
Ikonoklast |
Jan-25-09 12:04 PM |
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But then you'd lose your limited liability protection. |
Seeking Serenity |
Jan-25-09 06:37 PM |
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Assets? What assets? |
Ikonoklast |
Jan-25-09 08:13 PM |
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Payroll taxes are the most regressive -- remove the FICA cap! |
Catshrink |
Jan-25-09 11:55 AM |
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First we can throw out the entire existing code, then define all income, regardless of source, |
Greyhound |
Jan-25-09 11:58 AM |
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High enough that Freeper-mama's push those boys out of the basement |
BR_Parkway |
Jan-25-09 12:12 PM |
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Back to what it was in the 60s, before all the cuts for rich people. |
bobbolink |
Jan-25-09 12:13 PM |
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We Were Running a Nice Surplus With the Clinton-Era Tax Rates |
AndyTiedye |
Jan-25-09 12:22 PM |
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And the country was doing great with Eisenhower tax rates too |
ThomWV |
Jan-25-09 01:04 PM |
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Depends on the goal. And what about deductions? |
TorchesAndPitchforks |
Jan-25-09 12:25 PM |
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zero |
notesdev |
Jan-25-09 12:45 PM |
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The mega wealthy consume a smaller % of their income |
TWiley |
Jan-25-09 12:58 PM |
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Bzzzt! Wrongo. |
MadHound |
Jan-25-09 01:00 PM |
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First off, keep in mind how a progressive income tax is supposed to work |
TechBear_Seattle |
Jan-25-09 12:52 PM |
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Tax the Churches, and Tax the Republicans double |
TWiley |
Jan-25-09 12:56 PM |
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What I hate is how complicated it all is. |
SheilaT |
Jan-25-09 01:06 PM |
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I like the idea of a flat-ish tax |
gollygee |
Jan-25-09 01:09 PM |
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0% under $40,000 |
SOS |
Jan-25-09 02:12 PM |
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anybody making over 300K 40% |
norepubsin08 |
Jan-25-09 07:32 PM |
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Shouldn't all answers be accompanied by tables |
Telly Savalas |
Jan-25-09 08:03 PM |
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Depends on what direction Federal spending goes. |
harun |
Jan-25-09 08:13 PM |
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50% on incomes over 500k |
roamer65 |
Jan-25-09 08:17 PM |
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Progressive and fair |
asksam |
Jan-26-09 01:49 PM |
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