Reply to Let Lower Income "Pay Their Fair Share"!

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Let Lower Income "Pay Their Fair Share"!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
It has always been a fact that the middle classes, as soon as they came into being, paid the brunt of taxes and were the real drivers of the economy.

The rich as a group have also paid their share. Some of them have indeed paid enormous sums, but not in this country, and the rest always found creative, but legal, ways of evading taxes. You have to understand that the rich are taxed much more in certain other developed countries, and that taxes here are comparatively reasonable.

And I doubt anyone would argue that the very poor should pay more in taxes  - would you want to send them to debtor's prison, like they did in 19th century England, when they have no money left?

Your post is rather astoundingly ignorant. I urge you to read and study a little more.[/quote]
When did I say the very poor should pay "more" in taxes? There's no such thing as more....[b]they pay nothing[/b]. (As does nearly half the country.)  To the contrary, they are net receivers - even if they paid a token amount.

And what a leap to debtors' prison! Besides the fact they don't exist, we wouldn't worry about any debt. Just like we do, they would "pay" in advwnce throughout the year. If their "earnings" are via welfare, a little $8 deduction for a total of a $100 tax liability is more than reasonable.

Your attitude is not surprising, though. I've found many liberals become aghast at the thought that pooer people on all sorts of government assistance kick back even 1% in taxes, while having no problem bankrupting the middle class with taxes to pay for the poorer people. [/quote]

As has been pointed out to you, they don't pay nothing, they pay no [i]income tax[/i]. They pay payroll tax and sales tax and fees like the rest of us. I know everyone likes to share their favorite story of the deadbeat they know who doesn't work, but I think most of us know decent poor people who work, but they're just not getting out of poverty. I'm okay with them not paying. I'm okay with old people not paying, unless they're well off. I'm not okay with wealthy people having loopholes.[/quote]
Yeah, I know all out the other taxes. I am speaking of fed income tax. Everyone should pay at least $8 month in income taxes. That's my opinion.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics