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This Is Rich: Democrats Fight To Protect A $1.8 Trillion Tax Break That Benefits The Top 1%
Investors Business Daily ^ | October 23, 2017 | Editorial Staff

Posted on 10/28/2017 2:30:22 PM PDT by TBP

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To: rb22982

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You do realize that you are full of $hit, don’t you!
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61 posted on 10/28/2017 4:22:20 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: The Cuban

“because for every dollar we send to Washington we only get .7 back”

That’s so true and a worthwhile figure for everyone to keep in mind. It is also a prime reason I want the elimination of the 16th Amendment, the Income Tax. Congress uses the money as power over the people and the States.


62 posted on 10/28/2017 4:23:05 PM PDT by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Ancesthntr

I’m a Texas expatriate, and can agree with you entirely.


63 posted on 10/28/2017 4:23:42 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: editor-surveyor
You do realize that you are full of $hit, don’t you!

No, I can't simply do math.

First of all, only 3 in 10 households even itemize, period. That eliminates virtually all but the upper middle class and the upper class seeing any real benefit from SALT.

Then per the article above,

"The Joint Committee on Taxation calculates that for those earning more than $200,000, the SALT deduction cuts their federal tax bill by an average $6,295."

Given that the marginal rate on incomes over $200k starts at 28% and goes as high as 44% (with ACA surtax)

, a blended rate of 35% is not unreasonable to assume. So $6,295 tax savings / .35% rate = $18,000 in extra itemized deduction being stand TODAY. $6,350 * 2 = $12,700 increase in standard deduction covers more than 2/3 even for married couples over $200k (which is top 5% of households).

64 posted on 10/28/2017 4:27:38 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: CodeToad

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The 16th was definitely not ratified.

All but three states offered modified versions to ratify, and no modifications were made.
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65 posted on 10/28/2017 4:29:20 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: rb22982

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As I already said, yopu are either full of $hit, or made of it.


66 posted on 10/28/2017 4:30:53 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Uh - ok, even though I sourced everything. Way to rebut me. /smirk


67 posted on 10/28/2017 4:32:12 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: TBP

The joke is on them because at that income level the AMT nullifies the deduction anyway....


68 posted on 10/28/2017 4:34:03 PM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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To: rb22982
Which means jackshit!

I've heard 4 and I've also heard and read that there'll be 5 different brackets.

NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT THE BRACKET QUESTION, INCLUDING FROM WHAT TO WHAT EACH EARNINGS LEVELS ARE TO BE.

69 posted on 10/28/2017 4:37:05 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

You should seriously consider getting some meds that help you calm down (and probably mental stability)


70 posted on 10/28/2017 4:38:36 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: rb22982

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Your sources aren’t even good for A$$wipe!
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71 posted on 10/28/2017 4:41:49 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: rb22982

You’re wrong...the mortgage deductible is still in it!


72 posted on 10/28/2017 4:41:50 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: TBP

Upper income families pay the taxes
The top 20% of earners pay 95% of the fedral taxes
How do you “cut taxes “ without giving the top 20% a tax cut?
Oh but yeah lets just tax the actual working tax paying “ rich” an extra $1.8 trillion and give it to the govt to spend
Whose money is it, anyway?


73 posted on 10/28/2017 4:42:55 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: nopardons; rb22982

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rb22982 is a low grade shill.
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74 posted on 10/28/2017 4:43:09 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: silverleaf

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Right on!
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75 posted on 10/28/2017 4:43:58 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: editor-surveyor

Yeah, OK, the IRS, Investor Business Daily and the Tax Foundation, OK buddy.


76 posted on 10/28/2017 4:44:07 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: rb22982

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IBD is a total marxist rag, and the IRS is Thugs R Us.


77 posted on 10/28/2017 4:45:52 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: nopardons
You’re wrong...the mortgage deductible is still in it!

Uh, maybe, maybe not. The builders association just came out against it. And even if it still is in, to get to more than $24,000 in interest deduction (married couple new standard deduction) for it to even matter, you'd need to have more than $600,000 in mortgage debt assuming 4% interest to hit the threshold vs standard. How many people have that kind of mortgage debt with a median house worth $200k?

78 posted on 10/28/2017 4:46:09 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: editor-surveyor
IBD is a total marxist rag, and the IRS is Thugs R Us.LOL! IBD is one of the most pro-free market publications there is out there and one of the few that wrote pro-Trump the final 3 months of the campaign and one of the only polls that showed the race tight all of October - they are far to the right of Fox and WSJ. And the IRS is just the official stats on where tax brackets start. Feel free to argue with them all you awnt.
79 posted on 10/28/2017 4:47:34 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: Ancesthntr

After all the govt FEMA and donated charity aid being shoveled into Texas the rest of us say “ you’re welcome”

Now please shut up about how you subsidize those who choose not to live in hurricane zones and generously open their wallets to Texas


80 posted on 10/28/2017 4:48:31 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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