Posted on 11/07/2014 8:01:25 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
Perhaps my attitude would be different if I had a pension.
Interesting.I'd bet that he was rewarded handsomely by Obola for his loyalty to the Rats.I wonder if he rose from MAJ to LTG over the last 6 years?
I will pose this question to everybody. Who wants to pick up the tab for Wesley Clark’s state taxes.
doc1019 does.
Do active military have to pay state income taxes when stationed in states that have them? Bases are not state property.
You pay taxes to your state of residence, not your domicile.
How about just being fair?
North Carolina was not taxing state retirement but was taxing federal retirement.
The federal retirees took NC to court and won.
http://www.dornc.com/taxes/individual/benefits.html
They pay taxes )or not) based on their home of record.
I don’t think any veteran will an honorable discharge should ever have to pay Federal Income taxes for the rest of his/her life. It should be a benefit of voluntary service.
Especially the confiscatory level that Americans are required to pay.
Aristocracy???? Are you even kidding me? Or are you just anti-military.
Why don’t YOU move back to DU?!
How about a tax code that taxes all income, including transfer payments, including pensions, including military pensions, the same.
I remember proposals over the years from many scattered places to exempt the pensions of policemen, firemen, teachers, etc. from taxation. The rationale given is that our public servants have made such an incredible financial sacrifice by taking a public salary all these years. While the reality is that public sector incomes outstrip private sector incomes by a wide margin.
I don't begrudge anyone what he has earned, but income is income and ought to all be treated the same when it comes to taxation. In a rational tax code, that would include fringe benefits, 100 percent of Social Security payments, all welfare benefits, etc. Broaden the base and lower the rate. We broaden the base by treating all income the same.
By a VAST majority the retirees are enlisted and make soooo much less than the example given. The media always does this. They choose a highly paid retiree and say “see??....this” while we’re left wondering what truck hit us.
Creating any aristocracy = $120,000 retirement pay
I think your math is way off by a few zeros or your definition of an aristocrat needs to be updated...
Don’t you wish FR had an edit button ?
Yes, yes and yes. It'll never happen because everyone thinks they are special and should get a break.
Do you believe that everybody should get treated the same or do you believe that individuals should get special consideration?
What were the Founding Fathers actions in regards to men who helped break away from England? Were they given special considerations when it was over or did they get to resume their life on their farmlands or other occupations?
Not all of the nobility in England have high incomes, but they still have titles.
I didn’t realize that, in some Freepers viewpoint, keeping to why America was founded was a socialist endeavour.
Thanks for informing me that, in your view, those of the DU are more faithful in keeping to the vision that was originally set out for this country.
One man, one law. No privileges.
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