[Mariner]

“If you don’t currently pay taxes, you still won’t.”

They need to add a minimum rate of 3 or 5 percent for all income.

Bring EVERYONE into the Income Tax.

[boycott]

And take taxes out of welfare checks. Obama phones and all welfare should be taxed as income. 3-5%!is better than nothing. If they don’t like it, get off welfare.

[nopardons]

Damned right and NO earned income ( lie ) payouts!

[Scotswife]

What they’ve done instead is expand the $$ in “refundable” credits the EITC crowd will get.

[House Atreides]

“...Bring EVERYONE into the Income Tax.”
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Not everyone has official reported “income” to tax. Some folks make money under-the-table that never is reported. Some folks deal drugs or engage in other illegal money making activity. Some folks subsist (or thrive in luxury) on gifts from others. None of these folks pay income tax.

If there was a national sales tax on consumption (excluding certain basic necessities such as food, rent, medical) they would be not escape some share of the tax burden. Then maybe those of us currently carrying a heavy tax burden could receive some slight relief.

[i_robot73]

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“If you don’t currently pay taxes, you still won’t.”

They need to add a minimum rate of 3 or 5 percent for all income.

Bring EVERYONE into the Income Tax
>

True that NOBODY should pay $0% (or ‘less’ IE: EITC), but that still doesn’t cover ‘under-the-table’, retired, etc.

Kill 16th, put in a 10% NRST and start from there...when EVERY @ss has skin-in-the-game.