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Skriven 2011-03-20 15:44:00 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av TIM RICHARDSON
Ärende: Re: Names will never hurt
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-=> TIM RICHARDSON wrote to MARK HOFMANN <=-

 TR> On 03-19-11, MARK HOFMANN said to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:


 > Every tax is evil.


 > What they don't call attention to are the many fees that disproportionately
 > target the poor and working class in this country while trumpeting the tax
 > cuts that disproportionately favor the wealthy.


 MH>Are you saying that the poor people pay more taxes than the wealthy?  That
 MH>is false.  Most "poor" people pay next to no income tax, in some cases
 MH>getting money back in tax refunds that exceeds what they even paid.  The
 MH>higher the income, the higher percentage tax bracket and less discounts
 MH>you get. - Mark


 TR> Any decent attempt to see the proportion of taxes on income paid by
 TR> different brackets of Americans will prove that `idiot'claim false.


 TR> The higher income brackets pay the vast majority of income taxes in
 TR> America.


 TR> The higher up the bracket, the more you pay.

Uh, Tim, your information is a bit dated.

True that is how it used to be, decades ago.

Warren Buffett himself finds it ridiculous he pays proportionately
far less than his secretary in taxes and that is without his exploiting
any tax loopholes.

I really think you should bring yourself up to date on this
and you should research it yourself in order to accept it.



... Smedly Butler explained it to me.
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