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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (220746)	2/24/2005 11:06:56 PM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 1573221

Peter, RE: "You would capture more tax from middle class employees. The rich would take their compensation in a lower tax form. The rich can afford accountants and lawyers to tell them how to reduce their gross taxes. Middle class employees can only take their income in the form of wages. Trying to tax the rich is like trying to run up a steep sand dune. The sands keep slipping and shifting. You are welcome to try." Good post. I'm learning from my super rich friends how their taxes are (a lot) less than mine. It's truly amazing how the super rich can avoid taxes, perfectly legal of course. Like I said in another post, it's the middle class that gets screwed. I like the idea of introducing the tax after >$200k, because it would have the net impact of growing jobs - for accountants and lawyers, as you correctly said. When a person's income is over $200k, the tax isn't bothersome at all. Regards, Amy J

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (220746)	2/25/2005 10:22:59 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573221

re: When a budget is out of balance you can tackle the problem by one of three ways. You can pretend that there is no problem. You can increase revenues. You can decrease expenditures. The fairest system is to allow the people just getting into the system a chance of receiving some benefits. With no changes to the system, they will not. Pretending there is no problem is not an option. We desperately need to both increase revenue and lower spending. John