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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (91364)	10/22/2008 1:33:11 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) of 541604

So the difference between the two is 43% vrs 44%? Apparently. I had not realized it was that close before I saw the article I linked to here. OTOH I've seen other sources that give higher rates for Obama, but whatever the exact figures, both presidential candidates are following the same general path on this particular idea. I used to support the idea of taking more people at the lower end off the tax roles. But OTOH that was back when the amount not paying was much lower. If someone's actually poor or near poor, then I guess not having them pay income tax is a good thing. Better to not tax them, than to tax them and then give them more benefits to make up for it. But when almost half (and depending on how you calculate it, or at least if the trend continues) possibly over half don't have to pay that seem rather problematic in the context of the existence of a large middle class (so its not like your not taxing people because they are poor), and more importantly in the context of high rates for the wealthy and massive government spending.

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