I don't think there is a good argument for why you should get more of my money

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703581204576033861522959234.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Not the pp you are addressing, but I found this, perhaps this is what he/she is referring to.

Thank you.

Well this article was probably it, but it does not even explain the reason for France and Sweden. The fact is that people in France at the bottom of the pay scale are paid much better than here. The French minimum wage is nearly 9 euros. And on top of it they have their health care. But even then, only 15% of the population makes that number, because labor practices mean wages are higher generally

The article did identify two reasons people in the U.S. at the bottom pay a particularly small amount, even for their income: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. The earned income tax credit was created in 75 (Ford) but greatly expanded in 1986 by Reagan. It was his proposal for a Republican approach to poverty. The Child Tax Credit was created in 1998 as a $400 credit under Clinton, but it has been expanded under the last administration to $1000 per child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703581204576033861522959234.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Not the pp you are addressing, but I found this, perhaps this is what he/she is referring to.

Thank you.

Well this article was probably it, but it does not even explain the reason for France and Sweden. The fact is that people in France at the bottom of the pay scale are paid much better than here. The French minimum wage is nearly 9 euros. And on top of it they have their health care. But even then, only 15% of the population makes that number, because labor practices mean wages are higher generally

The article did identify two reasons people in the U.S. at the bottom pay a particularly small amount, even for their income: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. The earned income tax credit was created in 75 (Ford) but greatly expanded in 1986 by Reagan. It was his proposal for a Republican approach to poverty. The Child Tax Credit was created in 1998 as a $400 credit under Clinton, but it has been expanded under the last administration to $1000 per child.

Could another way to say this be, in the US, the reason the rich pay most of the taxes is, the rich have most of the money. By far. Perhaps even more so than the countries we are being compared to? That the gap here is much, much wider than elsewhere?

[Anonymous]

Those to whom much is given, much is expected

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703581204576033861522959234.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Not the pp you are addressing, but I found this, perhaps this is what he/she is referring to.

Thank you.

Well this article was probably it, but it does not even explain the reason for France and Sweden. The fact is that people in France at the bottom of the pay scale are paid much better than here. The French minimum wage is nearly 9 euros. And on top of it they have their health care. But even then, only 15% of the population makes that number, because labor practices mean wages are higher generally

The article did identify two reasons people in the U.S. at the bottom pay a particularly small amount, even for their income: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. The earned income tax credit was created in 75 (Ford) but greatly expanded in 1986 by Reagan. It was his proposal for a Republican approach to poverty. The Child Tax Credit was created in 1998 as a $400 credit under Clinton, but it has been expanded under the last administration to $1000 per child.

Could another way to say this be, in the US, the reason the rich pay most of the taxes is, the rich have most of the money. By far. Perhaps even more so than the countries we are being compared to? That the gap here is much, much wider than elsewhere?

Yes, the gap between rich and poor here is much, much greater. And that makes a big difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The article did identify two reasons people in the U.S. at the bottom pay a particularly small amount, even for their income: The Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit. The earned income tax credit was created in 75 (Ford) but greatly expanded in 1986 by Reagan. It was his proposal for a Republican approach to poverty. The Child Tax Credit was created in 1998 as a $400 credit under Clinton, but it has been expanded under the last administration to $1000 per child.

France and Sweden are industrialized nations that do not need the slave labour provided by the illegals to pick the harverst each year

[Anonymous]

Sweden has had problems recently with guest agricultural workers from China, Viet Nam, Thailand and Bangladesh. France has had near riots over guest workers (both agricultural and industrial) from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia among other countries. Any wealthy country can open its borders for slave laborers and there will be a long line waiting to get in whether legally or illegally. The United States is just a bigger country so it has a bigger problem.