n't a good idea.
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From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:07 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: Taxes and Millionaires
So, say I want to buy a house, but I cannot afford one unless I get to
deduct the interest from my mortgag
From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:03 PM
To: CF-Community
....Subject: RE: Taxes and Millionaires
So, say I want to buy a house, but I cannot afford one unless I get to
deduct the interest from my mortgage payments.
It do
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:37 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Taxes and Millionaires
> Nick wrote:
> Yeah, I was wondering that as well.
>
You eliminate the social engineering with the "flat" part.
That is, If you make $X you pay %Y, no exceptions, no deductions, etc.
I
ento, CA
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From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 2:37 PM
....To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Taxes and Millionaires
> Nick wrot
> Nick wrote:
> Yeah, I was wondering that as well.
>
You eliminate the social engineering with the "flat" part.
That is, If you make $X you pay %Y, no exceptions, no deductions, etc.
I would even favor voting exceptions into it after we start from
scratch, but they could only be added during p
> Kevin wrote:
> Um..uh...how's that different from the progressive tax we have now?
>
It's eliminates 99.9% of the tax code and allows us to get rid of over
300,000 government employees.
Robert is right, though, it's tough to convince people.
For example, let's take the marketing around the "e
Yeah, I was wondering that as well.
> -Original Message-
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:15 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Taxes and Millionaires
>
> Um..uh...how's that different from the progressive ta
Um..uh...how's that different from the progressive tax we have now?
-Kevin
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:58:20 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In a nut shell, I'm for a graduated flat rate tax based on income and
> net worth.
>
>In a nut shell, I'm for a graduated flat rate tax based on income and
>net worth. For example, most pay 10% but net worth $1M (not incl
>home) pay 20%.
In theory I like the idea of a graduated flat tax, but in practice the
government uses tax breaks to reward or punish specific social behavio
> Brian wrote:
> This notion that the wealthy are somehow "evil" and should be doubly taxed
> represents my biggest beef with the left. But then, i'm an admitted
> capitalist.
>
Well, first I think the pursuit of wealth turns a fundamentally
destructive (evil?) trait of humans, greed, into force
I think that was between lines 7 and 8
/I KD
> -Original Message-
> From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 2:35 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Taxes and Millionaires
>
> Where did it say the wealthy are evil?
>
Where did it say the wealthy are evil?
Jerry Johnson
Web Developer
Dolan Media Company
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/17/05 02:32PM >>>
This notion that the wealthy are somehow "evil" and should be doubly taxed
represents my biggest beef with the left. But then, i'm an admitted
capitalist.
~~
>
> I've always thought that millionaires and billionaires should pay
> disproportionately to others because they've benefited from society
> disproportionately to others.
>
> If someone works their way up from poor to wealthy, I think they owe
> something to the society and systems that made that
> Brian wrote:
> Hey, tax breaks are great. All classes pay too many taxes, and by
> proportion, millionairs are paying WAY too many taxes. The problem is tax
> breaks can't be accompanied by huge spending explosions!
>
I've always thought that millionaires and billionaires should pay
disproporti
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