Not really sure, to be honest. But let me ask you this: If 30K guy is getting taxed at 0%, and the 300K guy is able to take advantage of some "rich specific" tax breaks to get his percentage down to around, say 35%...is the 30K guy supposed to feel cheated by that????
On 2/5/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But, most people who make 200K+ have more wiggle room to work with, take > better advantage of their tax break options (most of which were > specifically > written for them), and therefore end up paying a smaller percentage of > their > _total_ income on taxes. > > For example, the lawyer my mother worked for in the 80s made well over > 400K, > and paid less than 5K in taxes each year (a fact he was very proud of, and > told everyone). > > > > On 2/5/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I thought the more money you make, the higher your tax bracket, and the > > larger the percentage they take out of you....? Isn't that what a tax > > bracket is, just another rung on a percentage ladder that you climb? > > > > On 2/5/07, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > in my opinion, people making a lot of money have a far easier time > > > avoiding > > > taxes than people in the middle classes and lower middle > classes. They > > > may > > > pay more dollars, but they pay less as a percentage of their income. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226870 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
