| 78. A flat task is a right-wing economic idea, that would be disastrous for poorer people |
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The ultimate in the economic rightward shift championed by Maggie and Ronnie.
I'm surprised it's even considered as controversial here - I assume most are against it?
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| -I can't believe I'm seeing flat tax supporters on DU. The mind boggles |
jpgray |
Apr-28-07 07:20 PM |
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Thank you thank you! |
Donnachaidh |
Apr-28-07 07:23 PM |
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Stunning, isn't it? Yet entire corporations can be bought and sold without a sales tax. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-28-07 07:34 PM |
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It's an investor's paradise. Worth about three hundred NAFTAs of salivation time |
jpgray |
Apr-28-07 07:52 PM |
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Welcome to Ronny RayGun n/t |
northofdenali |
Apr-29-07 07:52 PM |
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The capital-gains tax on "selling your own home" was phased out by 2003 |
TheBorealAvenger |
Apr-29-07 06:38 AM |
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Under a $250,000 ($500,000 for a couple) lifetime limit, yes ... |
TahitiNut |
Apr-29-07 10:51 AM |
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Underground Economy To The Rescue! |
Jelybe903 |
Apr-29-07 05:56 PM |
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Name removed |
Apr-29-07 07:54 PM |
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So, you'd have government benefit from criminal activity? Fascinating. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-30-07 12:05 PM |
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A little Nip...A little Tuck...And presto it fits! |
Jelybe903 |
Apr-30-07 08:53 PM |
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FIrst off .. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-30-07 09:37 PM |
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Some apologies |
Jelybe903 |
Apr-30-07 10:30 PM |
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The sales tax on "food" is far more complicated. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-30-07 10:43 PM |
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Tahiti - you fucking rock. |
northofdenali |
Apr-29-07 07:51 PM |
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Sales tax on houses? |
murloc |
Apr-30-07 01:38 PM |
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It's worse than that, GAO report from 2004: 61% of U.S. corporations pay ****ZERO**** taxes. |
Exiled in America |
Apr-30-07 09:15 PM |
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Anyone who supports this nutty idea of Steve Forbes.... |
terrya |
Apr-28-07 07:35 PM |
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I don't see why people can't like Gravel for his statements on Iraq, etc. |
jpgray |
Apr-28-07 07:39 PM |
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As has been said, there's a reason why the likes of Steve Forbes supports the flat tax. |
terrya |
Apr-28-07 07:42 PM |
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The rich won't be happy until they pay NO TAXES. After all, taxes are only for the "little people" |
Blue State Native |
Apr-30-07 01:44 PM |
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I totally agree n/t |
papau |
Apr-28-07 10:13 PM |
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I Support The Flat Tax |
Possumpoint |
Apr-28-07 08:05 PM |
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Think what you like. I just don't support throwing the New Deal, the poor or the elderly under a bus |
jpgray |
Apr-28-07 08:07 PM |
#13 |
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Flat tax is not equal. |
donco6 |
Apr-28-07 08:10 PM |
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I ask because I'm ignorant |
OlderButWiser |
Apr-28-07 08:26 PM |
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$1,000 knocked off of a $10,000 income means that something |
Lars39 |
Apr-28-07 08:31 PM |
#24 |
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Why are we trying to make the rich poorer |
minavasht |
Apr-29-07 03:21 PM |
#73 |
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the rich wont get poorer, they will just be slightly less rich |
TheBaldyMan |
Apr-29-07 03:55 PM |
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fair is a relative term. The doctor had the advantage |
bbgrunt |
Apr-29-07 05:04 PM |
#84 |
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I WAS born in Eastern Europe |
minavasht |
Apr-29-07 08:38 PM |
#124 |
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You really don't get it, do you? |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Apr-30-07 11:49 AM |
#148 |
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And that's why communism is long gone |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 01:40 PM |
#163 |
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I'm going to give you a free clue that you will not like |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 02:28 PM |
#176 |
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Right....jeez |
Madspirit |
Apr-30-07 12:18 PM |
#153 |
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An Ryand has nothing on this guy hjuh? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 02:30 PM |
#177 |
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That's definitely not true. |
DireStrike |
Apr-30-07 02:22 PM |
#174 |
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As William Munny said... |
ZombyWoof |
Apr-29-07 09:42 PM |
#135 |
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Indeed, Mr.Woof, It Does Not |
The Magistrate |
Apr-29-07 09:56 PM |
#138 |
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We're not talking about Doctors here |
DireStrike |
Apr-30-07 02:17 PM |
#172 |
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Yes, I do. |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 02:32 PM |
#178 |
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Hmm so you are going to hire your own police force? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 02:36 PM |
#179 |
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WHO is talking about NOT paying taxes????? |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 02:50 PM |
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Because you are not aware of how the commons works |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 02:57 PM |
#184 |
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Do you have an example were flat tax |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 03:32 PM |
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After the VAT was introduced in Mexico it didn't do too well |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 05:17 PM |
#190 |
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And Mexico was doing OK .... when? |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 08:46 PM |
#193 |
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Ah you are very familiar with Mexican History I see |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 11:55 PM |
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The ultra rich do not do anything to make the money |
conscious evolution |
Apr-30-07 09:11 PM |
#196 |
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Good point |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 09:30 PM |
#201 |
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Sam had a vision all right |
conscious evolution |
Apr-30-07 09:42 PM |
#203 |
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Vision? lol! |
DireStrike |
May-01-07 11:38 AM |
#213 |
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Some of it, yes |
DireStrike |
May-01-07 11:41 AM |
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Ok, minavasht, you need to read this data (provided) and then SHUT THE HELL UP. |
Exiled in America |
Apr-30-07 10:00 PM |
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I had time just for the first one |
minavasht |
May-01-07 12:11 PM |
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And what poor person can survive on $9,000? |
donco6 |
Apr-28-07 08:32 PM |
#25 |
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I can't believe this is such a hard concept for some |
GirlinContempt |
Apr-30-07 10:25 PM |
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It is easier for the guy making a million to pay 30% than |
liberal N proud |
Apr-28-07 08:47 PM |
#27 |
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Why is the guy making $9,000? |
minavasht |
Apr-29-07 08:52 PM |
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Tired, cliched right-wing talking point you have there |
ZombyWoof |
Apr-30-07 07:42 AM |
#141 |
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Another one from Florida? Just what goes on down there? |
greyhound1966 |
Apr-30-07 07:56 AM |
#142 |
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Whoa! Slow down! |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 09:15 AM |
#144 |
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Something wrong with this picture |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Apr-30-07 11:51 AM |
#149 |
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A '93 escort and a '94 concorde |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 01:33 PM |
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Probably |
Madspirit |
Apr-30-07 12:24 PM |
#156 |
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Hm. Talk is cheap. |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 01:25 PM |
#159 |
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Me? |
Madspirit |
Apr-30-07 02:51 PM |
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Do you look for a job with this attitude? |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 08:29 PM |
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Among the most ignorant statements I've ever seen here. |
Midlodemocrat |
Apr-30-07 01:37 PM |
#161 |
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Well, educate me, then! |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 01:48 PM |
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I don't think I've ever been asked to educate someone |
Midlodemocrat |
Apr-30-07 01:55 PM |
#168 |
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Yes, yes, and yes - to your questions. |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 02:21 PM |
#173 |
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You are not paying resident fees in the state yet? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 02:40 PM |
#180 |
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I didn't attend college |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 08:25 PM |
#191 |
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Well your firends are getting financed by your and my taxes |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 11:59 PM |
#212 |
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I absolutely cannot wait |
Madspirit |
Apr-30-07 02:53 PM |
#183 |
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Who cares? |
minavasht |
Apr-30-07 08:57 PM |
#195 |
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Jesus christ |
GirlinContempt |
Apr-30-07 10:39 PM |
#208 |
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Holy fucking shit. That's the most assholish thing I've heard in at least a month. |
Exiled in America |
Apr-30-07 09:21 PM |
#199 |
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Not the same percentage of disposable income. |
jobycom |
Apr-28-07 08:56 PM |
#31 |
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there are at least 2 parts of an answer to your query. |
bbgrunt |
Apr-29-07 04:53 PM |
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Sooner or later |
minavasht |
Apr-29-07 08:54 PM |
#127 |
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donco6, 10 % is.............. 10%. |
northofdenali |
Apr-29-07 08:05 PM |
#120 |
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What percentage of your income goes to pay taxes? |
FredMertz |
Apr-30-07 10:28 AM |
#145 |
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Well, this crazy state has no income tax at all - |
northofdenali |
Apr-30-07 09:57 PM |
#204 |
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Thanks... |
FredMertz |
May-01-07 12:23 PM |
#216 |
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I'd tell ya to your face. |
Lars39 |
Apr-28-07 08:11 PM |
#16 |
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Thankfully, It Isn't Up To You To Make Such Decisions. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Apr-28-07 09:09 PM |
#37 |
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True. It's not like equal right to marriage... |
Zhade |
Apr-29-07 12:00 AM |
#54 |
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Agreed. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Apr-29-07 12:05 AM |
#55 |
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Yes, gay-bashing is [100% rightly] not tolerated here, but poor-bashing is fine. |
Dutch |
Apr-29-07 06:59 AM |
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"but poor-bashing is fine."... and done routinely. |
Sapphire Blue |
Apr-29-07 04:25 PM |
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THANK YOU. I'm so glad someone wrote that. |
Exiled in America |
May-01-07 04:02 PM |
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Apr-29-07 02:06 PM |
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Of Course. Since Differing Opinions Cause You Such Grief I'd Expect Such A Reponse From You. |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Apr-29-07 04:45 PM |
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Apr-29-07 06:01 PM |
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This is a Democratic board. Conservative, moderate, progressive, liberal Democratic board. |
LittleClarkie |
Apr-29-07 05:51 PM |
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You may belong, but that doesn't mean your idea does. |
jobycom |
Apr-28-07 09:00 PM |
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Why does using a tax system to benefit the poor suck? |
hfojvt |
Apr-28-07 09:26 PM |
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Why shouldn't those who benefit more from the society pay more to support the society? |
struggle4progress |
Apr-28-07 09:32 PM |
#51 |
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This is why it's a stupid idea: |
HughBeaumont |
Apr-29-07 08:05 AM |
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Whats equal about a family on $15k p.a. and a Brazillionaire both paying a flat rate? |
TheBaldyMan |
Apr-29-07 03:47 PM |
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I will. |
Madspirit |
Apr-30-07 12:11 PM |
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The problem with the tax Forbes proposed was not that it was a flat tax, but rather that it included |
greyhound1966 |
Apr-29-07 04:37 PM |
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Oh bullshit, terrya - everyone who supports true democracy belongs here. |
northofdenali |
Apr-29-07 07:58 PM |
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accck. You've got that right! |
lonestarnot |
Apr-29-07 10:01 PM |
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Thank you! |
magellan |
Apr-28-07 07:39 PM |
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exactly. sales tax sounds great to them because EVERYTHING ELSE isn't taxed |
unblock |
Apr-28-07 07:51 PM |
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but we can make it up to those who lose (the middle class, the working class, the poor) |
leftofthedial |
Apr-28-07 07:51 PM |
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There are still NAFTA supporters on DU. |
Elwood P Dowd |
Apr-28-07 08:01 PM |
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must be fun |
iamthebandfanman |
May-01-07 12:24 PM |
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That's why I cannot ever support Mike Gravel. He supports this. |
Alexander |
Apr-28-07 08:02 PM |
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I always found that inexplicable |
deadmessengers |
Apr-28-07 09:23 PM |
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here's my nutty idea to counter their nutty idea: a WEALTH tax |
unblock |
Apr-28-07 08:07 PM |
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A tax on hoarding . . . interesting. |
donco6 |
Apr-28-07 08:11 PM |
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well you always have transition issues when switching from one scheme to another |
unblock |
Apr-28-07 08:17 PM |
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I think sci-fi author RH Hienlien had some ideas along this line. |
conscious evolution |
Apr-30-07 09:21 PM |
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The Wealth Tax. Now there is a plan! |
Opposite Reaction |
Apr-28-07 09:29 PM |
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the slippery bastards will discover a permanent state of transaction |
TheBaldyMan |
Apr-29-07 04:03 PM |
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wonderful thought unblock. We could become a national potlatch economy. |
bbgrunt |
Apr-29-07 05:12 PM |
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We have a sales tax in Canada |
lynyrd_skynyrd |
Apr-28-07 08:12 PM |
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Flat tax means getting RID of the income tax |
frazzled |
Apr-28-07 08:50 PM |
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We have a sales tax here too, you know |
hfojvt |
Apr-28-07 09:19 PM |
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I could get behind a "flat tax" |
SoCalDem |
Apr-28-07 08:15 PM |
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Alcohol is already taxed out the wazoo |
deadmessengers |
Apr-28-07 08:55 PM |
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As a smoker, I would favor higher taxes on booze |
SoCalDem |
Apr-28-07 09:12 PM |
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As an advocate for significant tax reform, I oppose sin taxes of any kind |
Solo_in_MD |
Apr-28-07 09:17 PM |
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Amen, Amen, Amen, SCD - |
northofdenali |
Apr-29-07 07:39 PM |
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I remember... |
boot@9 |
Apr-29-07 09:36 PM |
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THANK YOU... and a very well deserved K&R! |
Sapphire Blue |
Apr-28-07 08:16 PM |
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kick |
Sapphire Blue |
Apr-29-07 10:49 AM |
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First fix how spending is controlled then we'll worry about taxes |
noahmijo |
Apr-28-07 08:19 PM |
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K&R |
SarahBelle |
Apr-28-07 08:42 PM |
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Fuckin idiotic, isn't it? lol! |
BlooInBloo |
Apr-28-07 08:50 PM |
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We've got a lot of different ideas here and I won't discount any |
tech3149 |
Apr-28-07 08:57 PM |
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The type of flat tax system matters to me. |
Theduckno2 |
Apr-28-07 11:29 PM |
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Something has to be be done, and simple structured approaches are popular |
Solo_in_MD |
Apr-28-07 09:02 PM |
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I think it's clear our current tax system doesn't work based on the rich-poor gap alone |
jpgray |
Apr-28-07 09:09 PM |
#36 |
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It much worse than the rich/poor gap and so complex that it can not be understood by ordinary people |
Solo_in_MD |
Apr-28-07 09:16 PM |
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I'd agree with you solo, if before we knocked our current |
bbgrunt |
Apr-29-07 05:22 PM |
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Yep. |
nicknameless |
Apr-28-07 09:04 PM |
#35 |
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Want a flat tax? here's one I could get behind |
deadmessengers |
Apr-28-07 09:10 PM |
#38 |
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Exactly. The big political power centers in this country are death on investment/corporate taxes |
jpgray |
Apr-28-07 09:11 PM |
#40 |
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Hmmm. |
jaredh |
Apr-29-07 12:08 AM |
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Some folks are enamored by tough-talking, crusty old farts. |
Blue-Jay |
Apr-28-07 09:11 PM |
#39 |
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It ain't me. It ain't me. |
hfojvt |
Apr-28-07 09:17 PM |
#43 |
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It doesn't take someone who is one letter removed from your username, does it? |
jpgray |
Apr-28-07 09:17 PM |
#46 |
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Join the 'Billionaires for Bush Club' |
struggle4progress |
Apr-28-07 09:17 PM |
#45 |
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The old hippy slogan was "Eat The Rich!" |
baldguy |
Apr-29-07 12:14 AM |
#57 |
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Amen n/t |
gwbsamoron |
Apr-29-07 12:47 AM |
#58 |
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I can't believe i am seeing people who see people on DU |
LibFromWV |
Apr-29-07 06:49 AM |
#60 |
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Same here. Further proof that a some so-called 'progressives' stopped giving a f*ck about the poor |
Dutch |
Apr-29-07 06:54 AM |
#61 |
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Why is it surprising? There's people on here who support job offshoring. |
HughBeaumont |
Apr-29-07 06:58 AM |
#62 |
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how about a flat tax that exempts the first 50K...? |
QuestionAll |
Apr-29-07 07:39 AM |
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Of course. Anyone who thinks 10% from $100 week has the same effect on a worker as 10% from |
WinkyDink |
Apr-29-07 02:12 PM |
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I repeat (from another thread): ANY TAX that takes ONE MORE DIME from the poor than now, is |
WinkyDink |
Apr-29-07 02:16 PM |
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A truly regressive tax system |
Lone_Star_Dem |
Apr-29-07 02:24 PM |
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jpgray, I hate to tell you this, but... |
jmowreader |
Apr-29-07 03:00 PM |
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I know that. I refuse to use the term "fair tax," as a one-rate sales tax is, in essence, flat |
jpgray |
Apr-29-07 04:57 PM |
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Come up with a new term for it, then |
jmowreader |
Apr-29-07 06:09 PM |
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A flat task is a right-wing economic idea, that would be disastrous for poorer people |
LeftishBrit |
Apr-29-07 04:32 PM |
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well said, jpgray. This whole sales job smells of the same rhetoric as the "death tax" propagana |
bbgrunt |
Apr-29-07 04:38 PM |
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This is the same reason I don't support the national sales tax |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 05:08 PM |
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Apr-29-07 05:20 PM |
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No, because low/middle income people would still spend a higher percentage of income on taxed goods |
jpgray |
Apr-29-07 05:22 PM |
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Apr-29-07 05:30 PM |
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It still wouldn't tax all the income of the rich as much of that |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 05:52 PM |
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Apr-29-07 06:07 PM |
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Steve Forbes is an idiot. |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 06:33 PM |
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Apr-29-07 07:21 PM |
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Well, isn't he? |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 07:42 PM |
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A credit could be done on the income tax as well, however, |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 05:48 PM |
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Apr-29-07 06:13 PM |
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Yes, and in theory we both want the same thing, however, |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 06:32 PM |
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Apr-29-07 07:05 PM |
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Yes, the Scandanavian countries pay more taxes than we do |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 08:03 PM |
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Apr-29-07 08:34 PM |
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Thank you for the link. |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 09:35 PM |
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The poor aren't taxed? That is false. |
seasat |
Apr-29-07 09:00 PM |
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Yes, everything you say is true. |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 09:36 PM |
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How would it be fairer? The rich would pay less than they do now, which is very little. |
Matsubara |
Apr-29-07 09:19 PM |
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And much MORE! |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 09:38 PM |
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The amazing thing to me is this... |
Matsubara |
Apr-29-07 09:46 PM |
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Ignorance of economics- That's the bottom line. |
depakid |
Apr-29-07 05:17 PM |
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Apr-29-07 05:23 PM |
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How do you figure that? |
depakid |
Apr-29-07 05:52 PM |
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Apr-29-07 06:39 PM |
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Then you shift the burden to middle classes. |
seasat |
Apr-29-07 09:49 PM |
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but of course, depakid, that "principle" is only an assumption |
bbgrunt |
Apr-29-07 05:31 PM |
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"I can't believe I'm seeing someone disagree with me on a discussion board" |
LittleClarkie |
Apr-29-07 05:50 PM |
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LOL! |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 05:53 PM |
#99 |
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Shit. I'll get flamed. |
northofdenali |
Apr-29-07 07:36 PM |
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This is the best idea I've seen in this thread |
Chovexani |
Apr-29-07 07:46 PM |
#113 |
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Not to mention his toupee's and |
northofdenali |
Apr-29-07 07:49 PM |
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Funny enough Jerry Brown said something similar when |
Cleita |
Apr-29-07 08:05 PM |
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There is absolutely no reason one can't elimate loopholes and credits |
Telly Savalas |
Apr-29-07 08:42 PM |
#125 |
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Exactly, we can simply the current system. |
seasat |
Apr-29-07 10:03 PM |
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As I've said for decades - let me deduct everything a corporation can deduct. |
TahitiNut |
Apr-30-07 12:21 PM |
#155 |
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Tell me about it |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 03:15 PM |
#188 |
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They must be from the upper 15% of the income distribution... |
entanglement |
Apr-29-07 08:06 PM |
#122 |
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Yep, pro-occupation of Iraq threads too. |
Matsubara |
Apr-29-07 09:14 PM |
#129 |
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There was never a $10 million bracket |
NewYorkerfromMass |
Apr-30-07 10:31 AM |
#146 |
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The more I think about it, the less I think the sales tax idea would work |
gollygee |
Apr-30-07 08:06 AM |
#143 |
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There are even assholes who support the draft on DU |
Lilith Velkor |
Apr-30-07 11:45 AM |
#147 |
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How can you be a Democrat & pro-flat tax? |
Marie26 |
Apr-30-07 11:51 AM |
#150 |
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That's what I think Marie26 |
Madspirit |
Apr-30-07 12:34 PM |
#158 |
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I tried,,, |
Madspirit |
Apr-30-07 12:19 PM |
#154 |
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After this thread, I'm even more shocked. |
donco6 |
Apr-30-07 12:27 PM |
#157 |
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People truly do not know how it works |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 03:07 PM |
#187 |
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I don't understand WHY rich people fight progressive taxation so much. |
Evoman |
Apr-30-07 01:44 PM |
#165 |
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Like a certain person upthread, they think that poor people deserve |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Apr-30-07 01:58 PM |
#169 |
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I say we kill all the rich people and eat their hearts. |
Evoman |
Apr-30-07 02:11 PM |
#170 |
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They have hearts? |
Sapphire Blue |
Apr-30-07 02:22 PM |
#175 |
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Jesus. |
Lurking Dem |
Apr-30-07 09:22 PM |
#200 |
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Look the government cannot run on a 10% flat tax. It will have to be something like 25% |
Sapere aude |
Apr-30-07 01:50 PM |
#167 |
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Because most people |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 02:17 PM |
#171 |
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I propose a 40% flat tax |
NewYorkerfromMass |
Apr-30-07 02:57 PM |
#185 |
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Regresive |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-30-07 03:03 PM |
#186 |
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Well we just had the VT thing in the news |
camero |
Apr-30-07 11:52 PM |
#210 |