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bluestate10

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16. Your proposal is completely wrong. A person should be allowed to earn whatever

Reply to PlanetaryOrbit (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 08:45 PM

Nov 2013

he or she wants to earn as long as the earning is done ethically and all of the earnings are taxed. What should change is the tax code. High earners should pay Medicare and Social Security taxes on a percentage of ALL their earnings, those people also should pay more income taxes that reflect their high earnings.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] PlanetaryOrbit Nov 2013 OP

Higher. One can blow a million dollars in a crazy summer. JaneyVee Nov 2013 #1

True, you know a million dollars ain't what it used to be Rstrstx Nov 2013 #5

You know, you're right. So I propose the Trotskyist model.......... socialist_n_TN Nov 2013 #10

No. Just tax anything above a million at 90% cali Nov 2013 #2

And my bottle of water will cost .... ?????????? MindMover Nov 2013 #3

that sounds like a really bad idea Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #4

55 minus 10 JHB Nov 2013 #6

adjust those for inflation sabbat hunter Nov 2013 #9

Those ARE adjusted for inflation. In the acutal 1955 numbers... JHB Nov 2013 #15

" air traffic controllers.... could still go on earning hundreds of thousands of dollars' pangaia Nov 2013 #7

The top tax rate under Eisenhower was 91% MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #8

That was the top marginal rate truebluegreen Nov 2013 #11

I think the limit should be lower. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #12

That is a really fucking horrible idea. Throd Nov 2013 #13

You haven't read the constitution lately and how would that be possible.Process is hard. CK_John Nov 2013 #14

Your proposal is completely wrong. A person should be allowed to earn whatever bluestate10 Nov 2013 #16

silly. spanone Nov 2013 #17

Absolutely not....... Swede Atlanta Nov 2013 #18