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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:01 PM Original message |
I'm watching the Republican debate. I'm surprised that four of the candidates |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gravel wants to do away with the income tax in favor of a universal sales tax. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thanks - and now that you mention it, I do remember that. nt |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. the dems really haven't discussed taxes yet - have they? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, I didn't think I'd heard it discussed by the Dems in as much detail as |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. All of those proposals are regressive taxes |
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fedupfisherman (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. How so? |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. If you are poor, you are spending 100% (or more) of your income |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Take our FICA |
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silverback (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Or not... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. like Gore's lockbox? eom |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. Reminds me of the powerball winner whining about all the taxes he has to pay. |
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progressive_realist (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Fair" and "Flat" taxes are regressive |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. SO WHAT EXACTLY DOES A "RICH" PERSON DO WITH |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They invest it. |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. And in that process of "investing" they create new jobs! |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. personal investments (stock market, CDs, depository bank accounts) |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. China, India, Dubai |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. India & China were the two biggest economies for many centuries |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Which is fine |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. They invest in a Caps Lock key. |
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progressive_realist (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Others have ably answered your questions in my absence |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. What you are failing to understand is that when stocks are |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It seems it could be made to work |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Exactly, when you add all the time 200 million people spend |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 02:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I would expect every Democrat to understand this. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Excellent writeup. |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. I was shocked to hear so many of them with the "tax attack". Dangerous & Delusional. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. By repealing the FICA tax, the entire social compact of Social Security is destroyed...... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. Okay - I understand the premise of progressive vs 'flat' or 'fair'. If it's that |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Because the tax code has been gamed to favor the wealthy |
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