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86. And pay 90%+ of all the income taxes. And also have the ability to pay less.

Mon Apr 5, 2021, 02:09 PM

Apr 2021

Again, why do we always look fondly at European programs that we'd like to have but ignore how THEY pay for it? Here, we have 10s of millions of wage earners who pay NO income tax. Dont even get me started on "stated income" earners & how many trillions go untaxed there.
Relying only on income from the most wealthy results in a Nat. debt that will balloon even faster than what its done so far. Because they will ALWAYS fins a way to reduce what they pay once its above what they consider an acceptable amount
Corporations are the same; when the corp tax was 35% the average rate actually paid was under 10%. And you know as well as I do how many big ones paid NOTHING.

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The proof is in the pudding. Look how the EU funds their programs. oldsoftie Apr 2021 #79

There aren't many billionaires. lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #84

And pay 90%+ of all the income taxes. And also have the ability to pay less. oldsoftie Apr 2021 #86

+1 lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #47

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