Who should be taxed the most?

by Goducks5 Posted 2012/08/15 04:09:03

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	None of the above	81 votes	68%

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T. James H 2012/09/04 17:02:51
The Ban... to T. James H 2012/09/04 17:05:40

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Now there's an idea whose time has come!

Where are all the progressives who want to raise the tax rate on Bernanke & Co.?

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Cheeko 2012/08/23 09:38:06

None of the above

all equal based on percentage u make a year. with a limit of how much they can tax

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Vision of Verve 2012/08/21 03:38:03
JQHiggins 2012/08/18 16:49:59

None of the above

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"Most" as in percentage of income, or in absolute doller amounts? The total tax bill that Mitt Romney recently paid (13% of $21 million) is approximately $2 million, 700 thousand. That's a lot, and more than most people will earn over a lifetime, much less pay for a single year's income tax.

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luke 2012/08/17 01:14:30 (edited)

None of the above

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The church. Churches don't get taxed on the agreement they don't butt into politics. Well they've been butting into politics for quite a while now, so they should be taxed to death for sticking their noses where they were told not to.

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Invader_Ellie_Slamacow 2012/08/16 08:00:19

None of the above

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we should just not use money cuz it's dumb.
trading's just as good slash better :D
we could pay each other with SQUIRREL PELTS!!

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Emma's Dilemma 2012/08/16 02:52:09

None of the above

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Nobody should have to pay a higher % of tax than anyone else. People shouldn't be penalized for being successful. If people were penalized for being successful where would the incentive be to try and succeed? We may as well all lay around smoking dope and collecting welfare like the liberals do!

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Irish little 2012/08/16 02:41:19

None of the above

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The gov't wants monies galore, OK Tax all political donations at 20% , all political ads at 25% ,From Mickey Mouse etc. at 50% . Think of all the cash they would have. Oh wwell it was an idea, but what polition would give you a cent from their pocket?????

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kyle 2012/08/16 00:23:19

None of the above

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No one should be taxed.

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Glitchie 2012/08/15 22:52:52

None of the above

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We need to get rid of the IRS and have a flat tax rate across the board.

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voice_m... to Glitchie 2012/08/15 23:58:32

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flat tax does nothing to get rid of irs

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Glitchie to voice_m... 2012/08/16 00:19:02

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If everyone pays a flat tax percentage, then why not? I forgot to add percentage in there.

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voice_m... to Glitchie 2012/08/16 00:23:03

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tell me how does a flat tax get rid of the irs. it doesn't

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kyle to Glitchie 2012/08/16 00:24:33

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If we had a flat tax with no IRS then nobody will collect it.

Maybe you are thinking of a different tax system?

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Glitchie to kyle 2012/08/16 00:42:22

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Maybe... can't think of it at the moment, but I know it was without the IRS.

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kyle to Glitchie 2012/08/16 00:57:04

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Maybe the fair tax?

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Glitchie to kyle 2012/08/16 01:04:24

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probably

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marty 2012/08/15 20:14:34

None of the above

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Raise the sales tax and drop the income tax. Why are we punishing folks for merely working?

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voice_m... to marty 2012/08/15 23:58:53

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so you want to punish them for buying goods?

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marty to voice_m... 2012/08/16 21:51:19

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One doesn't necessarily NEED a new phone, tv, furniture, certain foods, etc. This is a way to generate revenue in the least burdensome way. You don't want to pay an extra $100 in taxes for that new TV, then don't buy it! Hey, we'd all like no taxes, but if you want a sovereign nation, excellent defense, roads, any non-volunteer help, then you need resources/money.

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voice_m... to marty 2012/08/16 22:20:05

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so limiting the number of goods bought is your suggestion. so you are limiting the number of taxes collected as well as the number of good bought. wow great way to create unemployment

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marty to voice_m... 2012/08/16 23:44:33

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I go shopping for a need or want and not to throw money around for the heck of it. There's supply and demand; if a company isn't making money, they close or fire people. If they are making money, they can expand and hire more. The idea is that more money in the paycheck becomes more money spent at the store. Dropping income tax and with a higher sales tax, stores lower their prices to get more business, forcing manufacturers to lower their prices, too. This would be deflation.

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voice_m... to marty 2012/08/17 14:10:17

no libby they will not lower the prices. increasing teh taxes on a good doesnot lower the cost of making that product. libs really are ignorant on business

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Iamfree 2012/08/15 20:13:19

None of the above

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Equal taxation.

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Libertys Martyr 2012/08/15 18:30:08

None of the above

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I miss the days before 1913 when there was no income tax.

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voice_m... to Liberty... 2012/08/16 00:00:34

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take away income tax you will just have other taxes

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Liberty... to voice_m... 2012/08/16 00:09:57

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We already do have other taxes man!

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voice_m... to Liberty... 2012/08/16 00:15:02

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we had them prior to 1913. so do away with the 16th amendment and congress can still tax our income

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Liberty... to voice_m... 2012/08/16 00:25:51

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If we eliminate the income tax, it would probably force DC to actually balance the budget and/or drastically cut spending (I would hope), either way... changing nothing is a road to disaster.

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voice_m... to Liberty... 2012/08/16 00:51:28

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wow i am so scared on how cluless you libs are. eliminate the income tax will never happen seeing it will never get ratified. next for the clueless libs end income tax and congress passes other taxes to coer cost of operating the gov.

meaning they need the irs to collect taxes. make a flat tax and you still have the irs. the only thing that changes is how the gov gets their money

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Liberty... to voice_m... 2012/08/16 03:26:39
voice_m... to Liberty... 2012/08/16 14:23:06

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wow i am so scared on how cluless you libs are. eliminate the income tax will never happen seeing it will never get ratified. next for the clueless libs end income tax and congress passes other taxes to coer cost of operating the gov.

meaning they need the irs to collect taxes. make a flat tax and you still have the irs. the only thing that changes is how the gov gets their money

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Liberty... to voice_m... 2012/08/16 17:46:11

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You just copied and pasted the same thing you said above genius.

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voice_m... to Liberty... 2012/08/16 17:52:36

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libby when you can respond to what i post then i will respond to you with a response to that, but as long as you run from it i will re-post it till you do. so either repson to it or continue showing us all you are a lib.

wow i am so scared on how cluless you libs are. eliminate the income tax will never happen seeing it will never get ratified. next for the clueless libs end income tax and congress passes other taxes to coer cost of operating the gov.

meaning they need the irs to collect taxes. make a flat tax and you still have the irs. the only thing that changes is how the gov gets their money

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Liberty... to voice_m... 2012/08/16 18:44:57

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It sounds to me like you are advocating more taxes, which makes you the liberal. I advocate cutting spending by trillions, both military spending and domestic spending. We should lower ALL taxes but we should focus on the reducing the income tax because that would equate to a promotion for ALL working people. There's my response libby. Now go eat a dick.

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voice_m... to Liberty... 2012/08/16 18:45:45

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libby when you can respond to what i post then i will respond to you with a response to that, but as long as you run from it i will re-post it till you do. so either repson to it or continue showing us all you are a lib.

wow i am so scared on how cluless you libs are. eliminate the income tax will never happen seeing it will never get ratified. next for the clueless libs end income tax and congress passes other taxes to coer cost of operating the gov.

meaning they need the irs to collect taxes. make a flat tax and you still have the irs. the only thing that changes is how the gov gets their money

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Liberty... to voice_m... 2012/08/16 18:48:27

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Maybe we should subsidize a dictionary for you.

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voice_m... to Liberty... 2012/08/16 18:51:53

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libby when you can respond to what i post then i will respond to you with a response to that, but as long as you run from it i will re-post it till you do. so either repson to it or continue showing us all you are a lib.

wow i am so scared on how cluless you libs are. eliminate the income tax will never happen seeing it will never get ratified. next for the clueless libs end income tax and congress passes other taxes to coer cost of operating the gov.

meaning they need the irs to collect taxes. make a flat tax and you still have the irs. the only thing that changes is how the gov gets their money

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Patent1 2012/08/15 17:42:27 (edited)

None of the above

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We have a progressive system of taxation int he US. This means, the more you make, the higher a percentage of income you pay. For the upper brackets, it has been as high as 94%, which occurred just after WW2. As late as the Johnson administration, it was 70%. About 3 yrs ago a bill was introduced by repugs in the House that raised the upper bracket to 90%. It was supported by Cantor, Boner the Tanman, Kyle, Graham and many other prominent repug, but was never brought up in the Senate.

Our progressive tax system has become perverted. The upper bracket people don't pay anything near what they should pay. Since 1980, the economy has doubled in size. All the vast wealth from this doubling has gone to the upper 5%, taking the money out of circulation and giving them power to keep their taxes low, which they have. Businesses are also sitting on somewhere between 2 and 3 TRILLION in cash because of weak demand. .Spending by the middle class has been reduced because of the reduction in the supply of money, the economy has shrunk and after the banking crisis we don't even have the borrowing power we once had. Worse yet, the slowing of the economy has reduced federal revenue to a point where over 40% of the spending is deficit spending. Cutting spending can only go so far.

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We have a progressive system of taxation int he US. This means, the more you make, the higher a percentage of income you pay. For the upper brackets, it has been as high as 94%, which occurred just after WW2. As late as the Johnson administration, it was 70%. About 3 yrs ago a bill was introduced by repugs in the House that raised the upper bracket to 90%. It was supported by Cantor, Boner the Tanman, Kyle, Graham and many other prominent repug, but was never brought up in the Senate.

Our progressive tax system has become perverted. The upper bracket people don't pay anything near what they should pay. Since 1980, the economy has doubled in size. All the vast wealth from this doubling has gone to the upper 5%, taking the money out of circulation and giving them power to keep their taxes low, which they have. Businesses are also sitting on somewhere between 2 and 3 TRILLION in cash because of weak demand. .Spending by the middle class has been reduced because of the reduction in the supply of money, the economy has shrunk and after the banking crisis we don't even have the borrowing power we once had. Worse yet, the slowing of the economy has reduced federal revenue to a point where over 40% of the spending is deficit spending. Cutting spending can only go so far.

There is not an infinite supply of dollars. The situation is exactly like taking 20 kids, putting them around a table and putting 100 marbles on the table, and then giving half the marbles to 1 kid. The other19 kids are left to fight over the remaining 50 marbles. The more one kid collects, the less there are for others. Some will have none. That's where America is now. The only question is how are we going to get the money back into the hands of the middle class again. The economy will not recover fully until that happens. Any reputable economist will tell you that.
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