[silverleaf]

When I cite Heinz, Kerry, Edwards, Kennedy and Gore, - I am talking about the extremely wealthy who pander to the poverty pimps while lecturing and berating the upper middle class for not paying a "fair share"

No one is ever going to win an argument about how much tax to pay in absolute dollars- it's about percentages. My family paid about 40% of our gross income last year in federal state and local tax. Did TerAyza pay 40% of her gross income? Did Teddy?

These wealthy demagogues employ a stable of accountants and attorneys to shelter their assets and draw allowances from tax-sheltered trusts while lecturing folks making $200K (entrepreneurs and salaried people) they are selfish to support the Bush tax cut.

I suspect a flat rate of 17-20% would milk more tax money from these hypocrites than they now pay. Of course, they evade full disclosure of their tax returns, so my hunch cannot be proven.

It would be interesting to see how corporations will be treated under this new proposal. I suspect that you and I both know that corporations don't pay taxes anyway- people do.

[johnb838]

corporations don't pay taxes anyway- people do.

That's true in the sense that people are double taxed on the proceeds from investing in corporations. First as corporate profits, then as income, and I suppose there could be a third tier if there is capital gains tax. Then there's state income tax, which we don't have in Texas but the libsocs are always trying to sneak one in under the radar. Too bad for them, it is the third rail of Texas politics, so those who try often don't last long.