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In reply to the discussion: Krugman: Obama and the One Percent [View all]Herself
(185 posts)1. tax rates apply to adjusted dollars. The tax loop holes greatly impact actual taxed dollars
And that is why secretaries pay more in taxes than billionaires.
The special rights belong to those that bought them, relatively cheaply.
The rest of us are prodded every day to be angry, and directed toward those they prefer you take it out on. EACH other...
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tax rates apply to adjusted dollars. The tax loop holes greatly impact actual taxed dollars
Herself
Jan 2014
#1
Uh oh, I suspect Krugman is now going to get thrown under the bus for praising Obama.
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#3
Snarks, and boojums, come from Lewis Carroll's 'The Hunting of the Snark'
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#50
so, anyone who doesn't declare class war on the upper middle class is a fraud in your estimation nt
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#48
I guess you could have cut a better deal by waving your Internet magic stick
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#97
Sadly, Kraugman has become a full time cheerleader for this administration. Bummer. nt
Demo_Chris
Jan 2014
#32
Ouch! Shoot that messenger! Times are tough when Nobel-prize winning liberal economist has to
pampango
Jan 2014
#39
rule of practice: when one person argues with numbers, and the other responds
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#47
FDR was a millionaire. It seems possible to be a millionaire and a liberal at the same time. n/t
pampango
Jan 2014
#75
So liberal economists are judged by different rules than liberal politicians. Got it.
pampango
Jan 2014
#78
No, it simply supports my contention that it would have to have roughly doubled. nt
MannyGoldstein
Jan 2014
#57