How can the wealthy remain untaxed? Families making under 60k? a year don't pay anything...who is paying?
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:05 PM, b_s-wilk <b1sun...@yahoo.es> wrote: > Tom is right in a way that conservatives have been wanting for a long time, > but Mike is wrong--it's everybody's money except the wealthiest people who > remain mostly untaxed. Social Security and Medicare are flat taxes, no > exceptions, just what they love. However, there's a huge exception that > needs to be corrected. Conservatives can have their flat tax, and everybody > gets to pay tax on all of their income--no loopholes. > > I think it's now a combined 15% tax [7-1/2% each for employer and employee, > or all 15% for self-employed]. By increasing the ceiling to include all > income over $100,000 too, the tax could be lowered, both Social Security and > Medicare will be solvent long into the future, and the conservatives will > get their wish for a flat tax that's lower than it is now. Works for > everyone. > > > Brilliant! Socialism is great till you run out of everyone elses money. >> >> > >>> >>>> >> If gov't programs aren't supposed to make money, can we at least ask >>>> they >>>> >> don't LOSE so much? >>>> >> >>>> >>> > >>> > Simple. Just raise taxes. >>> >> > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
