Curly Surmudgeon wrote:

:On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:07:11 -0700, Fred J. McCall wrote:
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: hk wrote:
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: :Fred J. McCall wrote:
: : wf3h wrote:
: : :
: : :c'mon harry...don't you have the $5,000,000 that mccain says makes
: : :you middle class?
: : :
: :
: : I think that's a great level at which to say taxes shouldn't be
: : increased.
: :
: : You WANT to pay more taxes? I think we need a program that lets you
: : folks pick your own tax rate and not steal from the rest of us...
: :
: :
: :I think anyone with income of more than $5 million a year ought to be
: aying twice the amount of taxes they're paying now.
: :
:
: Why?
:
:The proper question, to both of you, is "Why should the rich pay _more_ OR
:_less_ than the poor?"
:

And the answer is "they shouldn't". Income tax should essentially be
like a tithe; everyone pays the same percentage (and you only tax the
income ONCE).

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"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
-- Charles Pinckney