if they don't pay federal income taxes...and only taxing the rich is not a fix...and these downtrodden all need increased federal services...how do you propose this happens?
Or are you saying that the top 1% can close a 15T gap? (fat chance)
So riddle me this
if they don't pay federal income taxes...and only taxing the rich is not a fix...and these downtrodden all need increased federal services...how do you propose this happens?
Or are you saying that the top 1% can close a 15T gap? (fat chance) Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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Re: So riddle me this
You reply without understanding the words I have written. There's little point in me trying to explain myself better.
But here's a hint: The income to the US Treasury is made up of much more than individual income taxes. Bush's tax cuts weren't just income tax cuts. Capital gains, which dominate the income of many of the richest people in the country, are not treated as ordinary income. http://mobile.salon....pholes/index.html Cheers, Scott. |
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so?
they aren't "ordinary income", they're capital gains.
You just want them to be treated as ordinary income. Until you do something like sell your house...or actually buy some stock for your retirement. Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
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You're not the Amazing Kreskin. <sheesh>
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Flashback time
- (lincoln)
- (24)
- April 19, 2011, 08:18:14 PM EDT
question, by taxing at 100% of any money made over 250k
- (boxley)
- (23)
- April 20, 2011, 08:03:29 AM EDT
<crickets></crickets> thought so
-NT
- (boxley)
- April 21, 2011, 07:52:09 AM EDT
Not very long.
-NT
- (folkert)
- (20)
- April 21, 2011, 08:08:07 AM EDT
wrong answer
- (boxley)
- (19)
- April 21, 2011, 09:33:11 AM EDT
Of course...
- (S1mon_Jester)
- April 21, 2011, 10:20:44 AM EDT
There is no short-term "spending problem"
- (Another Scott)
- April 21, 2011, 10:22:55 AM EDT
I gave you the answer you wanted.
- (folkert)
- (16)
- April 21, 2011, 01:45:29 PM EDT
IOW
- (beepster)
- (15)
- April 21, 2011, 03:08:45 PM EDT
Re: IOW
- (Another Scott)
- (10)
- April 21, 2011, 03:49:43 PM EDT
About number three
- (jake123)
- (5)
- April 21, 2011, 04:09:28 PM EDT
I was too terse.
- (Another Scott)
- (4)
- April 21, 2011, 04:43:21 PM EDT
So riddle me this
- (beepster)
- (3)
- April 21, 2011, 04:53:21 PM EDT
Re: So riddle me this
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- April 21, 2011, 05:05:03 PM EDT
so?
- (beepster)
- (1)
- April 21, 2011, 09:18:37 PM EDT
You're not the Amazing Kreskin. <sheesh>
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- April 21, 2011, 09:28:01 PM EDT
Evidence
- (beepster)
- (3)
- April 21, 2011, 04:50:47 PM EDT
Re: Evidence
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- April 21, 2011, 04:55:02 PM EDT
No sir, you are changing the meaning.
- (beepster)
- (1)
- April 21, 2011, 09:37:45 PM EDT
You're still no Amazing Kreskin. <sheesh>
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- April 21, 2011, 09:51:23 PM EDT
Re: IOW
- (folkert)
- April 21, 2011, 06:33:02 PM EDT
More on 2)
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- April 22, 2011, 12:47:20 AM EDT
shocker
- (beepster)
- (1)
- April 22, 2011, 07:46:38 AM EDT
he is one of Patrick's lesser brother's followers
- (boxley)
- April 22, 2011, 02:42:22 PM EDT
Nobody claims that alone will solve the deficit problem.
- (Another Scott)
- April 21, 2011, 08:10:08 AM EDT