Posted on 04/16/2006 1:10:37 PM PDT by Graybeard58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dissatisfaction remains high after numerous changes in tax law since the late 1980s.
The Reagan administration led a tax overhaul two decades ago that significantly lowered tax rates and eliminated or reduced several deductions. The first President Bush abandoned his "read my lips, no new taxes pledge" in a 1990 budget deal that raised taxes.
The Clinton administration won passage in 1993 of a deficit-reduction measure that blended tax increases, budget cuts and rebates for the working poor.
And the second Bush administration pushed successfully for tax cuts that lowered the top income tax rate to 35 percent and slashed tax rates for individuals and manufacturers.
More than half in the poll, 58 percent, said middle-income families pay too much income tax. People were almost as likely, 54 percent, to say that about low-income families.
The poll of 1,005 adults was conducted April 11-13 by Ipsos, an international polling firm, and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
"People were almost as likely, 54 percent, to say that about low-income families."
Low income families do not pay taxes. I can attest to this. For my 8 months or so working before I became a student again this past year, I paid $38 in income tax. Total.
My taxes were paid in my first 3.5 hours on the job while most people have to work through part of May to pay them off. I should have paid more. I would have paid more. I did not do my fair part.
But the government says that I did.
Thanks for the link, this is from it:
Only the Rich Pay Taxes!
The Top 50% pay 96.54% of All Income Taxes
The Top 1% Pay More Than a Third: 34.27%
The rest of the story is that of the people who do not pay income taxes, many of them are income tax receivers.
I don't see it that you didn't pay enough but that too many people pay too much.
Well, agreed. I say that relative to what other people paid, I didn't pay enough. I most certainly could have paid more, and to charge other people more for saying that I couldn't pay is ridiculous.
As for government spending in general, yes, we all pay too much.
American taxpayers doing the job that illegal immigrants don't want to do.
FairTax BUMP!
It's time to make April 15th just another fine spring day!
My first, full-time job was at a 7-11. I worked there for about 5 months, bringing home around $800 a month, until I found a better paying job....and I worked at that next place until I found a better paying job...and I worked there until I found a better paying job...
And I kept on doing that until one day I looked down at my pay-stub and realized that I was now paying more in taxes every month, than money I brought home from that first job at 7-11.
And that's when I got pissed.
"The rest of the story is that of the people who do not pay income taxes, many of them are income tax receivers."
You are very RIGHT! I wonder how long the leftist commies think each one of us can pay taxes for more than our own families. Yes Sgt. Matt Maupin will be in my thoughts and prayers.
During the Clinton Recession, my income plummeted by as much as 75% to approximately $20,000, while our joint income plummeted by more than 50%. Still, in each of the succeeding 4 years, from 01 - 05, the lowest amount we paid in taxes was around $5500.
When the hurricanes struck FL in 04, we didn't qualify for any assistance, probably because we made too much that year (Almost a whopping 50K). We didn't qualify for aid, for any health assistance, tax breaks - NOTHIN'.
So, how much am I supposed to be in favor of illegals and the "working poor" scamming the system and paying NO taxes at all?? Trust me, I have NO sympathy for any of them. You come here, you better plan on being an OWNER, NOT a squatter!! Especially not when I'm paying for it!!!
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