On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:13:01 -0400, PocoLoco wrote:


If those making less than $30,000 paid 30% of their income, then those
making $200,000 should pay 30% of their income. The first group would pay
$9000, and the second would pay $60,000. What's not fair about that?

Well, for one thing, individual income taxes account for only 44% of
federal revenues. If you want to talk "fair", don't you think you should
be including *all* federal revenues, including the regressive ones.

Now, go back and answer the questions in my other post.

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:43:07 -0400, thunder wrote:

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:13:01 -0400, PocoLoco wrote:


If those making less than $30,000 paid 30% of their income, then those
making $200,000 should pay 30% of their income. The first group would pay
$9000, and the second would pay $60,000. What's not fair about that?

Well, for one thing, individual income taxes account for only 44% of
federal revenues. If you want to talk "fair", don't you think you should
be including *all* federal revenues, including the regressive ones.

Now, go back and answer the questions in my other post.

Examples?
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John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."