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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat would you do with all your savings if you only had to pay 13% taxes?
I, personally, would be able to stop buying my clothes at Goodwill.
My full-time assistant would no longer qualify for foodstamps.
I'd spend more money on my classroom.
You?
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)Not much.
flvegan
(64,417 posts)And I think I could hook that up too, cuz chicks dig dudes with money.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)Fancy sportscar? No, I live in Michigan and couldn't use a sports car all year.
I suppose I'd save it for retirement/university for kids. One says she wants to be an anthropologist or something. I think they spend a lot of time in school.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)Fortunately, I don't pay income taxes any more, as I am collecting social security, which is tax free.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)There is more, how fast do you think the feds would recommend the states make the short fall in FEES?
Taxes, the price we pay in a civilized society.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)We could eliminate poverty, provide health care for all, and provide free education through college, just to start.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)That would be so nice. Too bad it's just a pretend.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Here we have a rich FUCK who just admitted that, at best, he pays a much lower tax rate than the rest of us.
You stepped right into he trap you dumb-shit Romney, next step is to prove how you lied about the 13%.
LiberalFighter
(51,105 posts)I would owe money if my effective tax rate was 13%. Last year it was just over 10%. Just have my pension. Don't have dividends or capital gains. I have just the standard deduction and exemption for a single person.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Plus *maybe* an apartment with two bedrooms. Too wild?