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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Alighieri who wrote (587833)9/28/2010 12:31:04 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1574066
 
No it isn't. Its taxed as well.

That wasn't his point!?


Not his larger point, but in that specific statement, he said it was "on the house". It isn't.

A number which higher taxes would tend to make worse.

No one is talking about increasing taxes on the poor


All else being equal, increasing taxes on the rich makes things worse for the poor (except when taxes are so low that the government can't provide public services, and can't provide a minimal safety net for those who are incapable of supporting themselves, but we are a long way above that point).

As for bankrupting the country, its all the extra spending that's doing that. Even if you ignore the deadweight loss of taxes, and don't consider the decrease in avoidance and evasion efforts with lower rates, and assume that if you cut the rate by x percent, you actually get x percent less income, the spending increases still dwarfed the lost income from the tax cut.
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