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3. I thought we were the 99%?

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:43 AM

Jan 2013

Now we're not even the 80%?

Certainly in high-tax, high-mortgage states, it affects the middle class.

That said, perhaps I should have omitted the Amt entirely, as it's really the same as it's been since its inception. The only difference is its "permanence", at least until the next negotiations....

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The most progressive tax code since the early eighties? [View all] unblock Jan 2013 OP

the middle class does NOT benefit from the AMT patch hfojvt Jan 2013 #1

I thought we were the 99%? unblock Jan 2013 #3

no. I always thought that whole 99 business was crap hfojvt Jan 2013 #4

actually, i think the "99%" figure was both accurate and politically genius unblock Jan 2013 #6

no, it was both stupid and inaccurate hfojvt Jan 2013 #8

........... Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #2

Ah so WilliamPitt Jan 2013 #5

somehow i feel if you had authored this post it would have gotten at least 150 replies. unblock Jan 2013 #7