Funny, you questioning whether I am a troll, when you didn't address a thing from my post. Do you really not understand 'inherent value'? Get some education and then you will understand it. It is really quite simple for most folks, but you need an education to understand it.
Taxation: is that all you have to say? Whether I am for or against it? You couldn't address my points?
Troll? Ah, yes, the internet term for those that do not debate, and only parrot others words. I give you a full answer, and you question if I am a troll.
I think you need to look in the mirror.
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
A true flat tax, of say, 10% on all income, no exceptions. Imagine the money saved right off the bat.....No need to file tax returns and the IRS could be virtually dismanned.
Yes, the wealthy would be putting in the majority of the money, however, it would not be a discriminatory, or unfair, taxation.
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.
Everyone is equally in control of how much tax he pays based on his purchases, regardless of tax rates or tax brackets.
I see no reason that the lowest 80% of incomes should be paying taxes at all.
Of course, this would mean higher rates on the other 20% to make the plan revenue-neutral.
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.
No one ever gets a free ride from taxes!
There's sales taxes, property taxes, estate taxes... (Come on, everybody sing with me!) Income isn't the only taxable thing out there.
Also, the US went for quite some time levying income tax only on the top incomes. Is there a reason (besides some fallacy of "fairness") that it can't do so again?
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yep...sales tax ... is there a sliding scale for the poor vs rich on this one? Nope! But I would venture that the rich are putting more money back into the economy and the tax base than the bottom 20%
How about property tax .... only if you own property...which most of the bottom 20% don't.
Estate taxes? Gotta have an estate for this to happen....how many of the bottom 20% have an estate?
See, the wealthy are already paying more taxes right off the bat.
Well, tell me the reason they originally quit doing it in the first place and I'll discuss it with you.Also, the US went for quite some time levying income tax only on the top incomes. Is there a reason (besides some fallacy of "fairness") that it can't do so again?
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.
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Why the Hell should I have to press “1” for ENGLISH?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be implying that they shouldn't be paying more.
They didn't turn it off like a light switch. They kept pushing up the rate and/or lowering the bottom threshold in an effort to pay for little things like the two World Wars - until by 1950 the threshold was so low that just about everyone was paying income tax.Well, tell me the reason they originally quit doing it in the first place and I'll discuss it with you.
I don't believe we're talking about the same thing here. When I used the term "in control," I was referring to how we control what we purchase and how much of it. Not that we control the tax rates themselves. My apologies if that was confusing.
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
No, you are not wrong. I do not believe the wealthy should be forced to pay more than their fair share. They earned it just like the bottom 20% and I believe everyone needs to pay to support our infrastructure ......an equal percentage.....which, on income and profit, means the wealthy will be paying more anyway ... just not a larger percentage than anyone else.
As for the other taxes .... yes, they are paying more because they own more ... and that is as it should be. Sales tax is the same for everyone; property taxes is a percentage of value; and the estate tax just pisses me off right now. It jumped 10% and the exclusion amount went from $3.5 million to $1 million. 2011 is not a good year to die.
And yes, I do have a problem with a sliding tax scale on income and profit.
So, I gather from what you've been saying that you are a proponent of income redistribution?
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.