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To: robert b furman who wrote (25237)	9/30/2011 11:47:00 AM
From: sandeep	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219878

It hasn't been the american way since before you were born.

To: robert b furman who wrote (25237)	10/1/2011 10:19:42 PM
From: Kirk ©	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219878

RE: "3) If you are successful and make a lot of money - our tax system is very progressive and it automatically requires more taxes to be paid.That is fair also.Most people that make a lot of money also spend more and they pay more again." Yes and no. I now earn just under the Payroll tax cap limit so the tax rate I pay on an incremental dollar is higher than what the billionaires who live in my town pay on their incremental income dollar. Since payroll taxes are not invested for me but spent like any other tax, this is completely unfair. At the very least, we should remove the cap so ALL pay the same rate....and admit it is nothing but another entitlement program where the poor get more for what they put in than many of us will who will have reduced benefits from means testing. Cain also said USED items would be exempt from the 9% sales tax so the low income earners could buy used homes and cars and not pay any taxes on those purchases... Maybe make food and a first tiers of energy and water use tax free also... It basically is a flat tax that is easy to compute and puts millions of accounts out of work..