I still don't understand how some can consider tiered taxation fair. I think we should have a flat tax rate and get rid of most, if not all, tax deductions. I think it would level the playing field quite a bit.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fine, you think that progressive taxation is class warfare and that > the poor put upon rich people need to be protected from the tax > structure going back to what it was under Reagan. > > Those put upon rich people have legitimate means of redress. They know > the proposed changes, they can lobby, they can vote. If they don't > like it, they can form groups to oppose it and even consider moving > elsewhere. I'm all for debates about appropriate tax policy. I'll call > you an idiot and a crybaby for opposing the tax reforms currently > being proposed but regardless it is an entirely separate and distinct > debate no matter how much you want to claim otherwise. > > There is legal power within the structure set forth by the > Constitution and the laws of the land, carried out in public by > elected representatives. Then there is illegal power, carried out in > an extra-judicial fashion, secretly, by a small group of unelected and > unaccountable shadow figures. > > Those two things are not alike Robert. > > Judah > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Secrecy is not the issue. Abuse of power is the issue. In fact, isn't it > far > > worse when the government openly punishes a select group of people - not > > only punishes them but actively encourages the public to get behind the > > punishment? The top 2% of taxpayers - isn't that several million people > who > > will be affected? Why are we allowing the government to selectively > punish > > several million people? And how far is it from punishing the top 2% to > the > > top 10%, to everyone over the median wage? Not very far. > > > > Obama is using the economic mess to push a socialist legislative agenda > he > > would have pushed regardless. His demagoguery toward capitalism generally > > and Wall Street specifically are taking a huge toll on the economy, and > he > > seems to not care in the slightest that he is strangling the golden goose > > with his rhetoric and his agenda. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290519 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
