Mon Mar 15, 2021, 02:39 PM
Taxes: outrageous.
I'm finding Tom Hartmann very educational reading every day. So thanks to the DU member who posted something from his site a few days ago.
This time, he further examines the war Reagan waged on the middle class, using tax law. For example, we're being taxed twice on some "income" and being taxed on tips, which aren't income at all. 
Hartmann urges a return to pre-Reagan tax policy. [link:https://hartmannreport.com/p/its-time-to-roll-back-reagans-middle|
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Author | Time | Post |
 Taxes: outrageous. (Original post) |
Oldem | Mar 2021 | OP |
| leftieNanner | Mar 2021 | #1 | |
| Oldem | Mar 2021 | #2 | |
| mahatmakanejeeves | Mar 2021 | #3 | |
| TreasonousBastard | Mar 2021 | #5 | |
| Oldem | Mar 2021 | #6 | |
| TwilightZone | Mar 2021 | #8 | |
| TreasonousBastard | Mar 2021 | #9 | |
| CrispyQ | Mar 2021 | #4 | |
| madville | Mar 2021 | #7 |
Response to Oldem (Original post)
Mon Mar 15, 2021, 02:42 PM
leftieNanner (14,308 posts)
1. Thom is a DU member himself
Response to leftieNanner (Reply #1)
Mon Mar 15, 2021, 02:44 PM
2. My apologies to Thom for misspelling his first name.
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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)
Mon Mar 15, 2021, 03:00 PM
TreasonousBastard (42,903 posts)
5. They are not wages, but more like gifts. Always technically taxable, but not...
Response to TreasonousBastard (Reply #5)
Mon Mar 15, 2021, 03:58 PM
6. Also, they aren't regular and predictable, like wages. There's no way to know
Response to TreasonousBastard (Reply #5)
Mon Mar 15, 2021, 11:17 PM
8. Calling them gifts is a stretch.
Response to TwilightZone (Reply #8)
Tue Mar 16, 2021, 09:06 AM
TreasonousBastard (42,903 posts)
9. Not really a stretch. There was no employment contract assumed or implied and agreement of...
Response to Oldem (Original post)
Mon Mar 15, 2021, 02:59 PM
CrispyQ (35,028 posts)
4. He's written some excellent books, too.
