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Originally Posted by noetsi";p="
conservatives immediately (and exclusively) focus on income taxes as if they were the only tax which they are not. Their are federal exise and other taxes and state and local taxes which take a bigger share of income than the income tax and which are heavily regressive. As a minor aside the 50 percent not paying federal income tax is total nonsense. Even the ultra conservative Heritage puts it a 40 percent. My income is not much above the median and I pay it. You pay income tax on income over about 12 thousand dollars (those are the base exemptions).
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The only jobs the poor provide in the United States are, hookers, pimps, thieves, and drug dealers.
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that says a lot about the values of the posters. The extreme adulation of the right for the wealthy is unique in the modern world.... Its remarkable coming so son after the sixties and seventies when egalitarian sentiments were quite strong in the US. |
And liberals like you are continually trying to confuse the discussion when the discussion is about FEDERAL INCOME TAXES. Compare apples to apples and stop trying to deflect. Because I can guarantee you that the rich pay MORE in sales taxes as well.....as they buy more.
Look, I'm not against the progressive tax system. I appreciated it when I was at the lower levels. And I was never jealous of those at the top when I was at the bottom. All I'm saying is STOP demonizing people for making a succsss of themselves. And STOP acting as if the rich don't pay their "fair share." They pay FAR MORE than their fair share. Always have and always will.
Bush and Cheney are perfect examples.