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87. Because taxing income created a middle class in the western world within a decade?

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Fri Feb 6, 2015, 07:01 PM

Feb 2015

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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