naturallight Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AlphaSeeker – I would be interested in seeing > some support for your line “Almost half of the > country’s household don’t pay income taxes > already. Shame on them…”. My guess would be that > you are taking one portion of the total federal > tax bill (fed income tax) and then applying ALL of > the federal deductions to just this one portion. http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/pf/taxes/who_pays_taxes/index.htm
NakedPuts Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are we STILL taking Art Laffer seriously? > > Question: How many times does someone need to be > discredited before we stop taking them seriously? > > Also: Anyone who utters one iota of complaint > about current spending and then tries to argue we > shouldn’t let the Bush tax cuts expire exposes > themselves as both an idiot and hypocrite. This.
AlphaSeeker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > what do you guys think? Comments? It is funny, my woman asked me the other day, “does the government give you a house when you retire”. Nope I said (apparently they do in her culture). “Then what is the benefit in paying taxes?”. Exactly.
murders&executions Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > naturallight Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > AlphaSeeker – I would be interested in seeing > > some support for your line “Almost half of the > > country’s household don’t pay income taxes > > already. Shame on them…”. My guess would be > that > > you are taking one portion of the total federal > > tax bill (fed income tax) and then applying ALL > of > > the federal deductions to just this one > portion. > > > http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/pf/taxes/who_pays_ > taxes/index.htm Come on, did you even read the article? And I quote: “Of course, income taxes don’t tell the whole story. Workers are also subject to payroll taxes, which support Social Security and Medicare.”