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On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:40:09 -0500,

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The top brackets ought to be paying 49%, and there should
be
no
cap
on
earnings subject to social security and medicare taxes..

As long as the top 1% controls 50% of the campaign
contributions
and
100% of the media you won't see that. They may pass that
as
the
published top rate but there will be enough tax shelters
and
loopholes
so they won't actually pay that.
The government has a long rich history of using the tax
code
to
drive
social policy. If you do politically correct things you
get
tax
breaks, big ones.

Is why there will never be a flat tax. *Taxation is the
ultimate
control.

A flat tax is regressive.

That's impossible. * Flat is flat. *It can't be flat *and*
regressive.

I like the idea of a flat tax. *Take 15% of my AGI, I'll save
$375
from
the CPA's bill, and life moves on.

What brain are you using??? If it's the same marginal rate for
everyone,
those at the lower end get screwed. I like the idea of a 40'
diameter
cherry
pie, but I don't want one in my kitchen.

They aren't screwed. *They pay the same % in taxes as those who
chose
to
get an education, not have 15 kids, get a good job, and pay
their
fair
share of taxes.

You seem to be defending the reprobates of America. *Why?

You seem to have stopped thinking. Read my other posts. I'm
assuming
you
know how to read for meaning of course.

I don't have time to read all of your posts. *I work for a
living.
I
assume you simply forgot to punctuate that last sentence, right?

I work for a living also. I work for myself. I make a decent
living.
It's
more than $35K.

I don't know where $35K was discussed so you are probably just over
that.
If that's the case, you definitely don't want to get into an income
****ing match!

Certainly not with such an important and impressive person such as
yourself... a VP after all.

You asked - remember? *I'm not big into titles - I prefer results
from
my
staff and the bonus checks that follow.

I never asked you for your title. I never asked you for your salary..

You asked what I did. *The title simply defines the position. *I guess
I
could have just said sales but that is an ambiguous position and I'm
technically not a salesperson. *I never divulged my salary and you
never
asked - what made you bring that up?

No I didn't. VP means nothing. You could be a VP of ladies underwear.
Don't
care about your salary. I'm sure it's "substantial."

Bruce, aka Rob, aka DK, aka Dan Krueger, lives in a tract house with a
short driveway and a little yard.

Bull****. *What else would you expect?

Where do you live? How much do you make? Who cares?

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Nom=de=Plume

You care, D'Plume. Otherwise you would not be asking about his
residence or financial status.