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100 PERCENT MARGINAL TAX RATE
NCPA Daily Policy Digest ^ | 6/14/2007 | Editorial

Posted on 06/14/2007 11:43:14 AM PDT by bruinbirdman

Last week, Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee released a draft of their tax plan that would raise the highest income tax rate by 4.3 percentage points to 39.3 percent immediately. And because the proposal doesn't extend the Bush tax cuts, the highest income tax rate would rise to the neighborhood of 44 percent after 2010; this would lift the top federal income tax rate higher than it was even under Bill Clinton, says the Wall Street Journal.

Moreover, families with incomes between $250,000 and $500,000, the "marginal" tax rate paid on the next dollar of earned income could soar to 80 percent, or in some cases even above 100 percent. The point of this revenue grab is to pay for making families with earnings under $250,000 a year exempt from the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT):

**Without legislation this year, the number of Americans who pay the AMT will rise as much as six-fold to 23 million.

**Even those with incomes as low as $60,000 could pay the AMT in some high-tax states.

**Maryland's Chris Van Hollen, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has said his party risks a tax revolt in 2008 without some kind of AMT patch.

So Democrats are proposing to raise taxes on three million Americans in order to exempt 20 million from the AMT, says the Journal:

**The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans already pay more than one of every three income tax dollars into the Treasury.

**Under the Ways and Means proposal, the share of all income taxes paid by the top 1 percent would rise to nearly 40 percent.

**The top 2 percent would pay roughly as much as the bottom 98 percent of all taxpayers.

Source: Editorial, "100% Marginal Tax Rate," Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2007.

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KEYWORDS: collectivism; commongood; democrats; socialism; taxes
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1 posted on 06/14/2007 11:43:17 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
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100% tax rates! DNC chairman Moa must be happy.


2 posted on 06/14/2007 11:46:36 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: bruinbirdman

The majority of Americans must want this. We are a representative democracy, after all, and since their chosen ideology is now in power, it must be what they want.

Well, the Sheep have finally gotten what they wanted. May they be truly thankful for what they are about to receive.


3 posted on 06/14/2007 11:48:20 AM PDT by Old Sarge (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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To: bruinbirdman

Stupidity knows no bounds. This tax hike would be passed off to the consumer.


4 posted on 06/14/2007 11:49:14 AM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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Huh?


5 posted on 06/14/2007 11:50:26 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Did Dennis Kucinich always look like that or did he have to submit to a series of shots? [firehat])
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To: bruinbirdman

Didn’t I read that John and Theresa Kerry paid about 16% in taxes in 2003?

How do the rest of us get that sort of treatment?


6 posted on 06/14/2007 11:51:49 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Yikes. Sorry, I was thinking about another dumb proposal the Demos were trying to push through.


7 posted on 06/14/2007 11:53:41 AM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: bruinbirdman

Income tax is no longer your money, therefore BOHICA. This time with a little more gusto.

Please tell me how else can we pay for the socialist programs for the fine citizens of Mexico?

You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.


8 posted on 06/14/2007 11:55:30 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
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This is sure to slow down the economy fast and big time.


9 posted on 06/14/2007 11:56:02 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: Old Sarge
Well, the Sheep have finally gotten what they wanted. May they be truly thankful for what they are about to receive.

Read the tag line.

10 posted on 06/14/2007 11:57:24 AM PDT by OSHA (Liberals will lick the boot on their necks if they think the other boot is on yours and mine.)
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11 posted on 06/14/2007 12:06:30 PM PDT by vortigern
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Simple...

They only earned what Johnny boy makes as a Senator and whatever Terezzzzza is paid by Heinz or whoever pays her (which is probably out of a trust anyways).

Income tax is an “earned” money tax. Therefore, when you invest in bonds, municiple bonds, stocks, and hedge funds, you are subject to the capital gains tax (if it’s over calander year’s time between purchase and sale of said financial insturments). Interest earned on Munis are tax exempt for federal purposes (and depending upon your state’s tax code, could be tax free for the state income tax purpose too).

The interesting line is “our party is headed for a tax revolt”

UH DUH! YA THINK!?!? Maybe they’ll sink themselves and do just that. Perhaps it’d be worth the 2 years of high taxes to bring about a revolt, but alais, I have NO hope in the American people to wake up once the taxes GO up. If they’d stop hijacking our paychecks and made us cut a check, we’d have already revolted on this issue.


12 posted on 06/14/2007 12:08:36 PM PDT by fightinbluhen51
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To: lilylangtree

Uh, abolish the AMT and poof! they don’t have to go through all of these machinations. And it’s good politically for the dems if they do. The republicans would be SOL if the dems did this, because the republicans would never again be known as the prty of “low taxes” (snort).


13 posted on 06/14/2007 12:08:40 PM PDT by boop (Now Greg, you know I don't like that WORD!)
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To: bruinbirdman
Love that quote coming from Maryland's Chris Van Hollen ~ his best buddy here in Virginia Jim Moran, the guy who takes campaign funds from Arab terrorists.

When he refers to a "tax revolt" you just know what he's thinking about, AK-47s and all.

14 posted on 06/14/2007 12:08:42 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: randomhero97
Stupidity knows no bounds. This tax hike would be passed off to the consumer.

What consumer? This is likely to nail my paycheck directly. There isn't any "consumer" to absorb it. It means disposable income that I won't be spending. Less reason for businesses to have employees selling goods and services that I won't have money to purchase. My experience will be multiplied by lots of others who won't be spending money that has been taxed away.

If this passes, I'll go to my company payroll administrator and immediately request participation in the key employee income deferral plan. That records my income as a liability on the company books without making it payable and taxable until I request it in the future. I'll stash as much in company matched 401k first, then fallback to deferral to keep my income under the limit.

15 posted on 06/14/2007 12:10:10 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: randomhero97

“This tax hike would be passed off to the consumer.”

Not necessarily. But in the end, how many poor people in your lifetime ever hired you.

The wealthier will stop producing wealth, it won’t be worth it and consequently won’t be needing your help either.

I hardly consider $200,000 per year wealthy anymore considering after taxes you MIGHT be bringing home $85,000. You see they fail to mention the state, sales and property taxes on top of Federal.

The shell game continues.

Inflation, inflation, inflation.

God save the Republic!


16 posted on 06/14/2007 12:14:10 PM PDT by poobear (Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
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To: bruinbirdman

Somebody please tell me I’m dreaming! This is nuts!


17 posted on 06/14/2007 12:18:08 PM PDT by Sunshine Sister
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To: Old Sarge

Sheep... I guess you are referring to so called -republican voters that sat out the last election so they could throw their temper tantrum....

You got what you wanted...


18 posted on 06/14/2007 12:32:31 PM PDT by fhlh (Liberal (noun): A person so open minded, their brains have fallen out of their head.)
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To: bruinbirdman

Exactly why Republicans have to specifically state a rate, and
not rely on terminology like ‘tax cuts’.
Let me give them a start, flat rate 7%.


19 posted on 06/14/2007 12:53:23 PM PDT by Son House ( Democrats are Hostile to Tax Payers.)
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To: bruinbirdman

Congressional Democrats are going to take our money and Hillary Clinton is going to take our personal liberty. Moving to Australia is looking better all the time.


20 posted on 06/14/2007 12:54:30 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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