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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (662623)	7/18/2012 7:14:43 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1583386

It is worth mentioning that our tax system WOULD BE progressive were it not for the Medicare and SS taxes that liberals dumped into the mix. Even considering those, given the refundable credits it continues to be fairly progressive.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (662623)	7/18/2012 9:43:24 PM
From: SilentZ	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583386

>No it isn't. It's too vulnerable to fluctuations in the economy. Unlike what we have now? When the economy fluctuates, the rich stay rich. >It makes tax breaks favor the rich. Not if you don't provide said breaks. >And it drives away the very rich people you want to tax. Where the heck are the going to go? Somalia? >My point is that liberals these days are doing everything they can to kill class mobility. Raising taxes on all income above $250K is perhaps the most efficient way to limit the number of people joining the millionaires club. That's crap. That is total crap. If I can help it, I'd like to make over $250K someday. You really think that being taxed an additional $300 for every $10,000 I make over $250K is going to make me any less motivated? A hint: NO. >But it's a poor way to raise money for all of the government programs you want to support. It was just fine for almost a century. >Best way to raise tax dollars is to raise the trust in government. Work with businesses, not against. Oh come on... we've got an incredibly business-friendly government. But some very wealthy people would like to be able to go back to the days when they could put 12 year olds back in the factories 80 hours a week and pay them pennies and make them thankful for the opportunity. We tried that America. It was awful. We have made many strides away from that in the last 100+ years, and the Republicans would like to reverse most of them. >Put the emphasis on quality of public services, not quantity. There's no reason we can't do both. >There's a reason why trust in government is at an all-time-low, and it's not because of those "evil Republicans." It is precisely because of those evil Republicans. "Government is not the solution, it's the problem." -Z