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To: RetiredNow who wrote (4750)	10/23/2008 8:42:16 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6579

the wealthy paid more of the tax burden under Bush, try to educate yourself

To: RetiredNow who wrote (4750)	10/23/2008 2:14:41 PM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6579

In your lifetime and mine, the tax structure has never been "skewed toward the wealthy." Quite the opposite is the simple fact of it. As noted before, the wealthy have for a long time paid more than their equal share (equal would be the case with a flat tax). I suggest there is something in this fact which allows the problems you see to exist, and that the solution is not more of the same (which is what you propose, so far as I can see). Remember, Clinton's 90's ended with the QQQ falling 72% on his watch. Something wasn't quite right there. Meanwhile, allowing congress to tax the wealthy more is tantamount to allowing congress to hand out breaks for the wealthy per lobbyists wishes. A flat tax wouldn't give a lobbyist a reason to exist, but I still like the Fair Tax, in the real world as it stands. Dan B.