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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-20-11 03:11 PM
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21. Well that is what Progressive Taxation is all about.
They don't pay nearly enough for a prosperous America though.. Let History be our guide.. Check what the marginal rates were when America was it's most prosperous.. Hell even a decade ago we were ten times more prosperous than we currently are and were running surplus budgets....When was the last time Republicans ever did that?
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  -Fact check: The wealthy already pay more taxes..... a kennedy  Sep-20-11 02:22 PM   #0 
  - Really stupid to make it absolute dollars and not percent.  WingDinger   Sep-20-11 02:24 PM   #1 
  - Equally stupid to pretend that income taxes are the only taxes  Warpy   Sep-20-11 02:29 PM   #8 
  - Other than income taxes  MrDiaz   Sep-20-11 03:51 PM   #31 
     - Nice strawman, slick  Warpy   Sep-20-11 09:27 PM   #37 
  - No it's not stupid  Confusious   Sep-20-11 07:34 PM   #36 
  - It's all media propaganda  Broderick   Sep-20-11 02:25 PM   #2 
  - Well...  WillyT   Sep-20-11 02:26 PM   #3 
  - Now this is perfect.....  a kennedy   Sep-20-11 02:28 PM   #4 
  - Look at the percentage and not amount. people that make less than $106,800 pay 100% fica tax  jtown1123   Sep-20-11 02:28 PM   #5 
  - Funny, Yahoo News ran the same tripe this morning as well,,,,,  benld74   Sep-20-11 02:28 PM   #6 
  - It's an Associated Press  Riftaxe   Sep-20-11 03:58 PM   #33 
  - So, they have no argument against the proposed tax rule than  itsrobert   Sep-20-11 02:28 PM   #7 
  - Do the top 10% of houshold incomes have more than 70% of the total household wealth?  OneTenthofOnePercent   Sep-20-11 02:31 PM   #9 
  - They own over 90% of the wealth  thelordofhell   Sep-20-11 02:57 PM   #17 
     - Then they should pay over 90% of the tax share. Simple.  OneTenthofOnePercent   Sep-20-11 05:03 PM   #34 
        - I agree %1000  thelordofhell   Sep-20-11 09:48 PM   #38 
  - What their rate is and what they actually pay via deductions/loopholes etc ...  Myrina   Sep-20-11 02:37 PM   #10 
  - How about a big, "So, what?" Look back to a time before mammoth federal debt and you will find  sinkingfeeling   Sep-20-11 02:40 PM   #11 
  - who benefits the most from the rigged system and living in the USofA? self serving wealthy people  msongs   Sep-20-11 02:43 PM   #12 
  - Tell them the top 10% also have 73% of total US net worth (the bottom  DrunkenBoat   Sep-20-11 02:44 PM   #13 
  - Look at the distribution of wealth since the Bush tax cuts  johnaries   Sep-20-11 02:44 PM   #14 
  - The writer is purposely conflating rate with dollar amount.  Luminous Animal   Sep-20-11 02:47 PM   #15 
  - 94% truman rate on rich, 91%Ike rate 90%most of 1945-'68  sam11111   Sep-20-11 03:04 PM   #19 
  - If this were true, would GE and others have paid federal tax  MerryBlooms   Sep-20-11 02:57 PM   #16 
  - And as a group of course they pay  EC   Sep-20-11 03:00 PM   #18 
  - The Wealthy already pay more taxes  mercymechap   Sep-20-11 03:05 PM   #20 
  - According to the National Taxpayer Advocate, an independent watchdog  sad sally   Sep-20-11 03:13 PM   #22 
  - Well that is what Progressive Taxation is all about.  Bandit   Sep-20-11 03:11 PM   #21 
  - The top 1-percent rake in 21-percent of the income (2006).  Octafish   Sep-20-11 03:14 PM   #23 
  - The numbers work out  Turbineguy   Sep-20-11 03:17 PM   #24 
  - BEST replies #18,19 so far Others good but these best IMO nt  sam11111   Sep-20-11 03:21 PM   #25 
  - You refute it by saying this:  HughBeaumont   Sep-20-11 03:22 PM   #26 
  - The wealthy use a lot more of the commons  aint_no_life_nowhere   Sep-20-11 03:24 PM   #27 
  - Wealth versus income  IndyPragmatist   Sep-20-11 03:24 PM   #28 
  - How does an investor invest in people?  hack89   Sep-20-11 03:33 PM   #30 
  - The Liberal Media at MSNBC is pushing the same line today.  JoePhilly   Sep-20-11 03:27 PM   #29 
  - Point out that 'a higher rate'...  Shandris   Sep-20-11 03:57 PM   #32 
  - Start with the fact that the top tax rate is less than half of what it was 30 years ago...  tjwash   Sep-20-11 05:11 PM   #35 
  - This fact checking has been debunked  Gothmog   Sep-21-11 09:59 AM   #39 
 

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