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This tax fact should make your blood boil
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Posted on 06/25/2009 10:43:11 AM PDT by sdw2009
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Thanks
Better add Housing and Urban Development in to that as well.
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:36:46 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: dirtboy
Where does Wiki get their numbers?
Wiki is not always the most reliable source of INFO
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posted on
06/25/2009 11:50:52 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(Your message here.)
To: Pontiac
The numbers are consistent with what I have read over the years.
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:06:11 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: dirtboy
I don't see anything here that we disagree on except you may be implying that 50% of the population is paying enough.
Our whole system is screwed up. If everyone HAD skin in the game then no Democrat would EVER be elected!
There really is love dirtboy. I love pissant too! ;D!
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:45:20 PM PDT
by
poobear
To: sdw2009
I’m shocked, shocked I tells ya!
If they dropped it to 48% of the population, they probably would find that they paid 0% of the total tax.
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:50:29 PM PDT
by
CSM
(Business is too big too fail... Government is too big to succeed... I am too small to matter...)
To: sdw2009
Heck, a bunch of them get rebates but pay zero tax. That’s ‘progressive’ in action.
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:51:21 PM PDT
by
polymuser
("We have a right to debate and disagree with any administration!" (HRC))
To: poobear
I don't see anything here that we disagree on except you may be implying that 50% of the population is paying enough.I am implying no such thing. My opinion is that taxes are too high for just about everyone, mainly because government is way too big. But this statement:
According to IRS data, the bottom 50% of wage earners paid a total of 2.99% of all taxes
Is clearly incorrect.
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:55:39 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: sdw2009
, the bottom 50% of wage earners paid a total of 2.99% of all taxes – almost none...
Maybe if you're only looking at income taxes. I doubt I'm in the top 50 percent, and I have paid plenty of taxes.
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posted on
06/25/2009 12:57:53 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: mysterio
If your AGI is over $35K, you’re in the top 50%.
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posted on
06/25/2009 4:02:37 PM PDT
by
calcowgirl
(RECALL Abel Maldonado!)
To: sdw2009
What should make your blood boil is that it took you so long to find out. It's been true since at least Clinton's tenure. Remember the largest tax increase of all time? That was a good start, and chump change compared to what Hussein has planned.
took me about 30 seconds to find a useful site...
Americans are idiots
If they buy the fiction that "only the rich" will be raped.
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posted on
06/25/2009 6:20:51 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: dirtboy
My point is I'm sick of misleading statistics from both sides in debating the state of the fedgov.And I'm sick of sweeping, unfounded assertions.
Your post is long on outrage and devoid of supporting facts. Afraid of what you'll find if you start digging?
Having trouble undestanding percentages?
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posted on
06/25/2009 7:00:37 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: Publius6961
Having trouble undestanding percentages? I understand them just fine. Your problem is, you pick and choose what percentages.
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posted on
06/25/2009 7:55:35 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: Publius6961
The statement in question:
According to IRS data, the bottom 50% of wage earners paid a total of 2.99% of all taxes
The claim here is ALL taxes ... not Federal Income taxes. Do try to keep up.
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posted on
06/25/2009 7:58:29 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
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