That is fuzzy math. The bottom line is he pays more than me. He probably consumes more than me and therefore pays more in sales tax than I do. I bet the cars he has are nicer, I bet he plunges way more money back into the economy that creates jobs for a number of people, many of them probably even make more and spend more than me.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 6:01 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: FairTax (was Re: Next in line to be labelled) > > proportionately less. Take a look at how social security works. Bill > Gates pays the same amount into the system that you do. I don't know > what you make and am not asking. I think it is safe to say however > that the amount of Social Security tax you both pay is a far smaller > percentage of Bill Gates' income. > > Dana > > On 1/10/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With a flat tax how would the affluent pay less? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:38 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: FairTax (was Re: Next in line to be labelled) > > > > > > flat tax is ultimately regressive, like social security. The affluent > > > pay less. Does not seem fair. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191553 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
