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To: greenspirit who wrote (280804)	7/26/2002 10:48:35 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

No commie ever answers that question. Or the related question - how much is enough?

To: greenspirit who wrote (280804)	7/27/2002 9:29:43 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

The answer is simple. Someone making $500,000 a year should pay more taxes than someone making $50,000 a year. And someone making $50,000 a year should pay more taxes than someone making $5,000 a year. Also, a company in the S&P 500 should pay more taxes than Joe's Hardware Store in Potosi, Missouri. Unfortunately, that's not the way it works in this country, because fat-cat, pro-big-business Republicans in Congress all too often believe that tax loopholes are preferred over paying one's "fair share."

To: greenspirit who wrote (280804)	7/28/2002 6:38:50 PM
From: ecommerceman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Michael--Well, I don't know if I'd go back to the 70% marginal tax rate (it was higher once--almost 90%), but I sure as hell don't think it makes sense to give egregiously rich people (the richest 1%, I mean) 37% of the benefits of the last one--especially if it means we're back to running deficits. Do you? _________________ How much would you like to see taxes raised ecommerceman? Do you think we should go back to the 70+% marginal tax rate of the Carter years?