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pnwmom

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11. I think African Americans should pay the same tax rate as anyone else of the same income.

Reply to SaschaHM (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 11:31 PM

Aug 2017

That isn't a racist opinion.

But the top Federal income tax rate is 39.6%. Only people with high state and local taxes might pay more than 50%.

And an entertainer like Beyonce probably takes a lot of deductions before her income is taxed.

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AF-AM Group: At what point should an entertainer give him/herself up to financial servitude? [View all] SaschaHM Aug 2017 OP

Taxation as slavery? Billy Jingo Aug 2017 #1

I think that African Americans should get to keep a majority of the income that they make. SaschaHM Aug 2017 #2

No. I oppose using melanin for tax policy. Billy Jingo Aug 2017 #3

Post removed Post removed Aug 2017 #4

You really didn't think this through, did you? Billy Jingo Aug 2017 #5

Insults because a Black man would like to earn a majority of his income. SaschaHM Aug 2017 #6

Your insult was much greater, suggesting that the poster should be at Stormfront pnwmom Aug 2017 #7

I asked him a simple question. SaschaHM Aug 2017 #9

I think African Americans should pay the same tax rate as anyone else of the same income. pnwmom Aug 2017 #11

Of course, it doesn't make you racist. SaschaHM Aug 2017 #12

Someone who makes her kind of income pnwmom Aug 2017 #13

You consider that to be insulting? Billy Jingo Aug 2017 #8

Again with the insults? SaschaHM Aug 2017 #10

I haven't been on DU JustAnotherGen Aug 2017 #14

discussing tax policy is one thing. but these are aimed at usually minorities/women especially black JI7 Aug 2017 #15

This with a cherry on top JustAnotherGen Aug 2017 #16