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oc2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-04 09:40 AM
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18. Sadly most people do not 'GET IT'
I do not realy understand how people just do not understand the magnitude of this report.

here are typical responses that basicly say 'so what?'.
"The rich get bigger taxe cuts because...drum roll please...they pay more taxes then poor people! The poor are already heavily subsidized by paying very little tax as it is."


"Both figures are "roughly 2 percent" but we're trying to say equality isn't fair, right?"


"We're talking about a 2% cut across the board. How can you lump more on someone by reducing their burden?"


"I don’t get the problem with this. The Rich pay more in income taxes; of course they get more money back when income taxes are cut. Such is the nature of marginal tax rates that cuts at the upper margins will return more money to the rich. Duh. I hope they enjoy their $78,460, because I damn well know I enjoy that $1,090 coming my way."

I can not see how they just do not see that this tax cut is all contributing to the national debt? Are they that stupid? Am I missing something here, are these valid views or myths?
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