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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (570392)	4/30/2004 11:08:43 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"our top guys (and gals) pay 35%." >>> Some idiots do, no doubt... but that's not even close to the average effective tax paid. >>> And the actual tax rate that is paid (after accounting for nominal rate, loopholes, etc.) if the only thing that's important --- not the nominal rate. As for "Lots of pie in the sky talk about what would be fair and what would work, but what we have is what we have, and it is already heavily weighted towards the rich guys." >>> Then you should be STRONGLY for effective tax reform, eliminating loopholes and moving to a flat (& much lower) nominal rate, right? >>> And, by the way, it may be extremely HARD to accomplish (considering all the Fat Cats and others who disproportionately benefit for special loopholes and subsidies), but it is not 'pie in the sky'.