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39. Disagree. All sources (wages, capital gains, dividends, interest) taxed at same rate.

Fri Feb 6, 2015, 04:23 PM

Feb 2015

Rate to be progressive.

Taxes on income are NOT too much if the income is great. What you may want to argue for is that income under a certain amount shouldn't be taxed.

But if you don't tax income, then manipulation games will be played to get around it. Hence why all sources of income should be taxed at same rate. No longer any reason to play the games.

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Income should not be taxable [View all] glasshouses Feb 2015 OP

Because? nt MH1 Feb 2015 #1

It's too much out a persons paycheck glasshouses Feb 2015 #3

Let me guess....Libertarian? VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #104

And where would the money come from? former9thward Feb 2015 #2

Tax corporations more glasshouses Feb 2015 #5

Then you do believe income should be taxed. former9thward Feb 2015 #25

From trees. YoungDemCA Feb 2015 #68

Mustard should not exist. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #4

What kind of mustard? glasshouses Feb 2015 #7

Any of it. All of it. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #8

No I like mustard glasshouses Feb 2015 #16

Tough shit. I like the things society gets from income tax. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #21

like what? wildbilln864 Feb 2015 #91

Roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, police, fire departments, airports, harbors, Bandit Feb 2015 #97

so what pays for the nationall debt? wildbilln864 Feb 2015 #98

Hot dogs do not agree SummerSnow Feb 2015 #105

That's the 6-foot teddy bear in the room. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #17

. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #22

DUzy. GreatGazoo Feb 2015 #84

Who's thinking of the hotdogs? AgingAmerican Feb 2015 #29

My Chicago friends cringe and HATE me for this, but I put ketchup on my hot dogs. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #33

I too, am a hot dog heretic. HappyMe Feb 2015 #55

. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #56

I would be banished to hell for what I do sdfernando Feb 2015 #86

MAYO ??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO .... MH1 Feb 2015 #88

Yeah, I know its weird. /nt sdfernando Feb 2015 #95

Raw onions or lightly saut�? n/t GP6971 Feb 2015 #109

Raw, finely chopped. /NT sdfernando Feb 2015 #113

This Chicago friend hates ketchup, mustard AND hotdogs! greatauntoftriplets Feb 2015 #57

Thanks for not hating me over sausage!! PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #61

Never! greatauntoftriplets Feb 2015 #65

The Great Sausage War of 2015! HappyMe Feb 2015 #67

Even Vienna Redhots? S/he should be banished to DuPage County!! n/t eridani Feb 2015 #93

Alerting... hay rick Feb 2015 #101

Ketchup on hot dogs? FrodosPet Feb 2015 #106

you are not alone my friend... Takket Feb 2015 #110

. PeaceNikki Feb 2015 #111

That's the kind of statement I like to Poupon. Dr. Strange Feb 2015 #96

OK so how should we as a society pay for all the things we enjoy? ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #6

Town taxes are fine glasshouses Feb 2015 #10

OK so what about the areas between towns that are shared like roads ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #19

You never lived in Vermont glasshouses Feb 2015 #24

Drive to/thru VT all the time, 89 and 91 are all paved, well some potholes but continous paved ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #31

Yes I was glasshouses Feb 2015 #38

So you are saying all roads should be class 4/5? ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #42

No glasshouses Feb 2015 #46

Don't skinny ski ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #71

Brrrrr... Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #76

County taxes. n/t benz380 Feb 2015 #52

Bake sales. n/t nichomachus Feb 2015 #11

I think that's a silly statement MohRokTah Feb 2015 #9

I know glasshouses Feb 2015 #12

so wanted to give us smiles! elleng Feb 2015 #18

It is and I'm pretty happy about it glasshouses Feb 2015 #23

Good! elleng Feb 2015 #26

First paycheck? GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #72

Yes glasshouses Feb 2015 #73

That can't be right ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #82

thanks glasshouses Feb 2015 #85

Lots of people do think they should not be liable for the maintenance of their culture and country. LanternWaste Feb 2015 #13

And for the most part... BobbyBoring Feb 2015 #36

We probably need to see more discussion than a headline n/t nichomachus Feb 2015 #14

I agree with you up to a point. income below poverty line should not be taxed. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2015 #15

They get it all back after filing a federal tax return glasshouses Feb 2015 #20

Nope, They don't. Xipe Totec Feb 2015 #27

EIC is basically giving away money yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #64

I always did. And then some. bravenak Feb 2015 #34

Onions should not be considered food. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #28

And everything should be free AgingAmerican Feb 2015 #32

That was always conflicting from one episode to the other glasshouses Feb 2015 #48

The Federation essentialy eliminated money.... Takket Feb 2015 #112

All onions are great. Onions, garlic, shallots, ramps, leeks, chives, scallions. Liberal Veteran Feb 2015 #41

Eww. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #45

You know you can't resist. Liberal Veteran Feb 2015 #51

Now I'm going to have to throw away my computer The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #53

Life without garlic? Control-Z Feb 2015 #92

I love onions. n/t Jamastiene Feb 2015 #62

??? blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #30

We should have in home hollogram machines and personal robots by now. bravenak Feb 2015 #35

Love you! JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #37

They promised us!!! bravenak Feb 2015 #43

I like your way of thinking glasshouses Feb 2015 #49

Thought you might like that. bravenak Feb 2015 #80

And ponies. Don't forget the ponies. n/t benz380 Feb 2015 #54

No ponies!! Not unless they shit rainbows. I'm series!! n/t eridani Feb 2015 #94

In home holograms are due for release next year Egnever Feb 2015 #77

The car looks dangerous. bravenak Feb 2015 #78

Disagree. All sources (wages, capital gains, dividends, interest) taxed at same rate. on point Feb 2015 #39

No. Value labor more highly than other sources by taxing it less. n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #89

I'm for a dumbth tax olddots Feb 2015 #40

So the brackets would be moronginal? pinboy3niner Feb 2015 #44

Wrong, but not completely so Warpy Feb 2015 #47

Disagree. Taxes MUST be shared by those who can support the burden HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #50

Profit, not wages, should be taxed. n/t meaculpa2011 Feb 2015 #58

As long as everything's nationalized, OK. Octafish Feb 2015 #59

Where's my flying car? HappyMe Feb 2015 #60

maybe tax handmade34 Feb 2015 #63

pensions are already taxed notadmblnd Feb 2015 #75

that was my point handmade34 Feb 2015 #79

No it should be taxed, there should not be a sales tax. n/t dilby Feb 2015 #66

A lot of states rely on that income glasshouses Feb 2015 #70

Or Income tax. dilby Feb 2015 #83

Wealth should be taxable. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #69

You're in the wrong place, in this case. Mass Feb 2015 #74

OPs should not be lazy brooklynite Feb 2015 #81

Because taxing income created a middle class in the western world within a decade? applegrove Feb 2015 #87

I would put a tax on all people who stand in water! n/t trackfan Feb 2015 #90

Why not? It provides convenient mechanisms to withhold. HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #99

Professor Plum in the Library with a Candlestick. nt City Lights Feb 2015 #100

hell you thought your health plan was caddy. not realizing other benefits were a part of the total. JanMichael Feb 2015 #102

Why fund the government, on the backs of its citizens? Agnosticsherbet Feb 2015 #103

No Damned Sweat Tax! hootinholler Feb 2015 #107

Income should be taxable Glassunion Feb 2015 #108

Now I'm confused. n/t Orsino Feb 2015 #114

so say the FAIRTAXERs DrDan Feb 2015 #115

All income should be taxed edhopper Feb 2015 #116