Got this in email. What do you think?

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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited March 2004
    Depending on how one classifies "the poor" this is at best difficult.

    However, I've always thought that for those that are on programs like wellfare, that they be conditional on having no more children. You have more children, you're off the program.

    I'm not opposed to paying more taxes in terms of dollars ... where it becomes objectionable is that the dollars that one pays in taxes goes up faster than income does i.e. the marginal tax rate gets higher as one makes more as in the example in the lead post.
    Rick
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited March 2004
    That's how I'm reading your argument. BTW, I hope no one you know (mentioned) gets audited by the IRS.
    I agree %100.

    No, I feel the wealthy should pay the same as the average Joe. I have nothing against them at all. Except I wish I were wealthier myself.
    I got audited last year and they could not get a single penny from me. I even found out I had a few more deductions out their but it would have not gotten me much more.
    I just hope SS is around when I retire.
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  • PolkWannabie
    PolkWannabie Posts: 2,763
    edited March 2004
    Wait a sec ...

    The same what ? Dollars ? Percentage ?

    Quite frankly I'd be happy to trade either the dollars or percentage paid in taxes with almost anyone out there making less.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited March 2013
    Spammer resurrects a thread that's been cold for nine years.

    A good thread since tax day is coming!!
    Carl

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited March 2013
    schwarcw wrote: »
    Spammer resurrects a thread that's been cold for nine years.

    A good thread since tax day is coming!!

    This happens a lot. I wonder how they do it. Obviously, it is a program and not a real person. What algorithm do they have that finds these old threads.
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