what are your views on the progressive income tax??
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NO ONE makes U get married !!!!!!!!!\nNO like it = NO get married ... seems simple enough.\n\nThe reason ppl need two income to exist.\n\n1. GREED - desire for a higher standard of living\n2. World economy - rehab after WW2 & 3rd world involvement\n3. Woman seeking equal economic power\n4. Corruption ... taxes are NOT bad if the majority of it is place back into society. The problem is cronyism stealing through No Bid Contracts.\n\nUSA standard of living will continue to erode due to stupidity and globalism.\n\nSolution:\n\n1. More Politial Parties\n2. Stop importing slaves and establish tarriffs\n3. Prevent women from working if children under 16\n4. Establish 40 work week\n5. National health care system\n6. Educate the stupid\n7. GOV regulation and adoption of GREEN energy policy\n8. STOP making fake wars.
893009
Boy am i with you look at the question i asked a couple of hours ago!!!!\n\nI'm sick to the back teeth of handing all our hard earned wages over to them.\n\nWe will be taxed the "AIR" we breathe before long, and i don't think that is to far retched!!!\n\n\nI am with you all the way, good luck to you and yours.\n\nAnd this is to the people "Who have obviously have a few quid in their pocket" \nIt's not that we don't expect to pay tax, stop being so jumped up!!!\n\nWe are just fed up of getting screwed over????
519166
at some point, we all have to pay tax... the question is how much... whether it's fair or not depends on the economy and of cos it's ppl... however, i don't think the gov cares...
825522
I am hard working (a mason) and a Republican.In fact I might even be able to benefit from Democrat control as my son is disabled and I am a single parent .I simply believe we should do our best to provide for ourselves and that this is a land of opportunity.I don't have money in the market but I want those that do to do well if they can then that means a better chance for me.\n Our economy is great employment is great I am at a loss as to what the new direction is.
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The fairtax would not only improve my life, but the life of everyone.\n\nUnder this plan, I would not be punished for saving money or selling stocks for a profit.\n\nI am not sure why Steve thinks this would increase taxes on the poor, and give huge tax breaks to the rich.  This is simply not true.\n\nThis plan, like many national sales tax plans I have seen has a tax refund for all money spent up to the poverty level, which means the poor would pay nearly no taxes at all.  This plan would give an automatic $10,000 refund for a single person household, which increases for each additional person, meaning the poor would have at least an extra $10,000 a year of income.  If you are poor than you will not buy enough goods and services to surpass the $10,000+ yearly refund, so the net effect is more money in the pockets of the poor.  Remember a sales tax is a percentage of money spent on goods.  If the national sales tax is 23% and the refund is $10,000, a single person who pays $20,000 a year on goods and services, would have paid $4,600 in taxes.  However, under this plan he would receive a $10,000 refund yielding a net gain of $5,400 each year to either spend or save, and if he were to save it, he would not be taxed on the interest earned on the $5,400 savings.\n \nThe rich are the ones spending the most money, so they will pay the most under this tax plan. \n\nThis plan is the most fair, since if you do not want to pay any taxes then all you have to do is not buy anything and you won't pay any taxes!\n\nGreat Question!
359977
It sounds nice and simple, but it is not.  A flat tax would benefit the rich more than the poor.  A flat tax would wipe out mortgage interest deduction that would limit the regular folk the ability to buy a house.
240954
Yes.  The IRS has documented that the top 50% of earners pay 96% of all the income taxes.  The top 1% pay more than a third!  So the argument to tax more of the wealthy people really isn't practical.  And when tax cuts are given, the wealthy are more likely to reinvest it and create jobs -- shouldn't they get back a proportional amount if they pay the most?  And because the bottom 50% pay so little comparatively, a tax cut to that tax bracket doesn't do much good.  But I'd take it if given!\n\nBottom line:  The suggestion to tax the wealthy even MORE than they're taxed now is only political rhetoric.  It gets the vote of the poor and lower middle class.
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Pros, everyone pays the same amount of tax.\nCons, everyone pays the same amount of tax.  (Its all relative, for low income individuals, paying 17% of their income in taxes would be a very large amount, but for a high income individual 17% is more money, but not as much of an issue.)  Just a basic answer.
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Isn't it amazing how Bill Gates, the Walton (Walmart) family, and thousands of others became billionaires or multi-millionaires under the old system of progressive taxation?\n\nImposing a "flat tax" or "vat" or "sales tax" will only shift the burden to the poor and middle class.\n\nWe should restore the old tax code we used to use to provide an incentive for wealthy people to use their wealth to create businesses and jobs in the US rather than encouraging them to invest in China or other places outside the US.
411870
Sure I do. Income tax is usually geared to help the wealthy, the people in power. If government income was to come from sales tax alone, and on everything except food it would much more fair for the poor. The more you buy, the more taxes you pay, what could be more fair?
81873
No, it is not in their personal best interest.  A simple flat tax would fix all, but they won't do it, as the population would understand each time taxes were increased, and it would prevent them from using tax laws to reward cronies, businesses and supporters.
29163
I don't like high taxes, but if they come with good government service and infrastructure I don't mind. We want our money to be something we can enjoy. Pay less taxes and save more money but have bad government and infrastructure, doesn't sound enjoyable.
177156
Yes. All tips should be 100% tax free. Individual people paying other individual people for private services have already paid taxes on that money a dozen times over.
1090034
I think I am ready to get every dime I earned rather than having it garnered by the government. \n\nI am ready to not have to pay tax on money I am saving. \n\nI am ready to do away with the IRS!\n\nI am all for the Fair Tax!
209871
I would get rid of the current tax system.  The government taxes differently according to income; so, not only do people on welfare get MY tax money, they also, don't have to pay the percentage of taxes that I do, if any at all.  I would also change the welfare system.  The current system is ridiculous; it encourages people to get pregnant and shoot out as many kids as they can, so they can get more money.  People on welfare should get NO MORE than what they would make at a minimum wage job, because, hey, they're not working for it.  Also, they should only be eligible for a certain about of time, say, 1 year, to give them time to get back on their feet.  Then say, they shouldn't be eligible for another 3-5 years after that.  Some people get a four year degree from a college and make less that what people are getting off welfare.  Does that not bother anyone else???\n\nNo! I would not end the war.  I think it's necessary for the safety of democracy.
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Flat Tax:  If there were a median flat tax with a standard deduction, it would have to be high enough to match the amount of money being made by the current system.  Middle class Americans and the working poor would not be able to afford the higher taxes imposed, because they would pay a higher percentage of their gross income.  Americans who make more money would pay a lower percentage of their gross income.  That's why there are different tax percentages for different incomes.  Each income bracket pays a different percentage, so that the majority of Americans will have enough money left over for their individual and family expenses.  Flat taxes are like "black and white" while the bracket system has more of a "gray area."  Certain deductions are for people who are married, or have families, or use daycare, business expenses etc. because we as a country need to take care of its people.  These people are putting money back into the system, so it's important to support them.\n\nTax cuts are supposed to stimulate economic growth by putting money in the pockets of Americans.  The government is hoping that its citizens will go out and spend the money (as opposed to banking it) so it will stir the economy and raise demand.  If that doesn't happen, it's basically considered a failure.  Most 'extra' money (it's hard to consider it extra when the country is 8 trillion + in debt) goes to the upkeep of roads, disaster relief, etc.  So it does go back to the people.  The only say people have in how it's spent is through the votes for our politicians.
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I do not like the current system that penalizes those who work harder and earn more.\n\nI am a proponent of the Flat Tax, where everyone who earns more than $20,000.00 per year gets taxed at exactly the same percentage rate. No loopholes. Keep the tax system simple. Reduce the size of the IRS, because a more simple tax system means there is not as much of a need for a huge government agency/beauracracy to oversee it.