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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:14 PM Original message |
Why a Progressive Income Tax Makes Sense |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. A progressive rate is ok...but 70%??? |
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Median Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Japan Has A VAT Tax, Residence Tax, Higher Corporate Tax... |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Japan has a lot of problems with income inequality, too |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Hell, wasn't it up around ninety when JFK was in office? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. 91% Top Tax Rate Under Eisenhower |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. She wasn't a high wage earner, then--as others have noted. nt |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I think its important to keep pointing out that for most of the 20th century it was higher than 70% |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-11-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Current Tax Rates Are Hyper-regressive |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I disagree that median wage earners pay more than 30% in federal taxes. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Add Federal Income Tax Plus Social Security |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Plus |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. If All That Is Added, The Median American Pays 50% Or So |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I still dispute that. I pay 8-10 percent not including SSI |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Do You Earn A Median Wage? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yep |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. So Warren Buffet Is Wrong Too? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Something don't add up. The question is what are the figures being used? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I don't know where you get your facts but they are probably very flawed. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. Declining marginal utility |
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SanchoPanza (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. People need to sleep less in Econ 101 |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't think that calling them greedy and, indirectly, criminals, will have a positive effect. |
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