On Sep 14, 12:30*am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
frank wrote:

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:Bull****. Take a decent economics course, if they offer any anymore.
:

I have a degree in the field, Frank. *You're an idiot.

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:Progressive income tax with higher rates for richest is the way to go.
:Flat tax is worst on the poor. Hell everybody agreed on that until
:these stupid Republicans under Reagan took over.
:

Wrong. *Progressive taxes are the MOST distortive to market forces.
Flat taxes distort the least and hence are the way to go.

?? why does allowing people to buy homes and feed and educate their
kids 'distort' the market? that's why the middle class should pay less
than the ultrawealthy. that's what a progressive tax permits. the
existence of a middle class.

Because he actually understand what you do not; non-flat taxes on
income distort the economy.

and taxing the middle class, while allowing an increasing accumulation
of wealth by the richest 0.1% of our society is destroying the middle
class in this country. middle class incomes haven't increased in 30
years, after adjusting for inflation. in the last 8 years,
productivity has increased about 20% but none of that increase has
gone to the middle class, while the wealthy have increased their share
of the national wealth.


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:To
:help the middle class? Hell no. He has no clue how you live. Neither
:does McCain or his wife. Anybody got a quarter mil earrings for the
:wife lately? Thought not. Well, you can thank the Reagan / Bush tax
:cuts for them getting richer and richer and ****ing away more than
:you'd pay on a house for ear candy.
:

Jealousy is SO ugly, Frank. *You and your "eat the rich; the poor are
tough and stringy" crowd make me nauseous. *Where do you think the
jobs come from?

that would be nice if unemployment hadn't increased 30% under bush's
tax cut policy


:
:Look at how many people are millionaires or billionaires. And how many
:Americans have lost their jobs or houses? These tax cuts are killing
:the US
:

Now go look at who is paying the taxes, Frank...


the rich only want to focus on payroll taxes. when you include ALL
taxes, the middle class is being hammered.