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Posted on 06/10/2005 11:13:37 AM PDT by Always Right
He said 30% not 30.0%. If he rounded to one decimal place it should be 29.9%, but you are really grasping, IMHO.
I dunno, Rongie - most perople think that when something is not right it is wrong. I guess your value system doesn't function that way, though.
That would be a progressive income tax. I favor a flatter tax, and liked what Reagan did. That have mucked it up significantly in the last 20 years.
Change your name.
Freedom is calling and you are doing your best to send it away.
I think most sane people would accept 30% as a round figure for 29.87%.
Why would any sane person allow a business to round a tax rate up and end up paying more than is due?
There is nothing wrong or misleading or incorrect about rounding 29.870129 to 30. There is nothing that says you must round to two decimal places, especially since the 23% number does not contain more figures. Now if I were making a calculation where I wanted 4 or 5 significant figures, I would take it out to six places or so. But for discussion purposes, 30% is perfectly correct and an honest representation.
No, they can't Rongie. There is no provision in the bill for that sort of nonsense. There would first have to be shown some legal basis that the taxpayer was involved in some activity outside of the law before he could be hauled into court.
The taxpayer (the consumer) has far more legal protection - and legal rights - under the FairTax than under the present tax system.
Who decides how much money to create? The govt clearly has an incentive to create more money, thereby not only increasing their revenues, but causing galloping inflation.
Thanks for posting such a resounding refutation of your own 'point'.
You obviously have NO conception of what most people go through in filing those "simple" tax returns...
LOL, you guys are losing it. Arguing about rounding 29.87 to 30. This is too funny. If that is what you are going to bitch about, I will take it.
Sane???
The income tax hardly qualifies as one of the things that made this country great.
And the country remains great in spite of, not because of, the Stupid Tax.
Taking their W-2's and 1099i's to HR Block to file? You can actually go to the IRS office and they will help you for free if you wish. It is probably better, because they will take the time to fill out the Earned Income Tax credit if you qualify. Most file a 1040 EZ.
You can twist and turn 'till you're blue in the face, but Wrong is Wrong, Rongie. And 29.87 ain't the same as 30.00 or 30.0 or 30. Why not round it DOWN to, say, 25???
The 30% number is correct. Making it 30.0% is technically not correct only if the 23% is 23.0%, although your making a mountain out of a molehill in this case would be rather demented. However, since the 23% number is an estimate, only, the 29.9% number is no more accurate than the 23.0% number.
People who push something like NRST with the fanaticism of the FairTaxers are usually looking for power and conquest- my way or die! and "my way" is totalist.
Oh, my Lord, you are in need of your medication!
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