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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.

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Nom=de=Plume