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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:20 PM Original message |
I'm taxed too little |
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Burning Water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, mine was |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. You can cut a check |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. When comparing US with international tax rates... |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Eh? How can your state tax rate be 19%? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I own a small business. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Must be nice |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. 6.5% is not the highest. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Adding in all of the other "specialty taxes" |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. 7.75 in my county |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. 8.75% in Corpus Christi, Texas |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. You always have the option of giving more.... |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I think the point is that well-to-do people are able to "get out" of |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. you're right. i bet the weathy people in this country after their |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yes, that is what I intended to convey in the OP |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. exactly. and they never make enough to buy a house or put |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. But if he himself recognizes he's paying too little... |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. i wouldn't. would you? i'd rather pay less and give more to |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Nope. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kudos to you for saying so..... |
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DocSavage (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yup, taxes |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Bunk |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Sure it could |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. So that's what price controls are for... |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Yeah, good luck with that. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. you're assuming inelastic demand |
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DocSavage (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. To increase the corporate |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. i haven't had my 2005 tax done yet. but i just looked at 2004 and |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I think our effective rate was somewhere around 14-15% |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. the last time i got a refund from the feds was when i moved cross |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. This was actually the first time in a long time... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. After our deductions this year... |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. that's high. guess you don't have a house or anything else to |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Being taxed at less than half our income is high? |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. yes. less than half your income. half is 50%. so what do you |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. What I mean is that our taxable income was less than half |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. okay i took me a minute -- but know i understand. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. well send me some $$$ |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. the public debt. i saw dennis miller's last HBO special. now i |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. the public debt is a republican issue |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. i totally agree with you. but busco needs that money to fight and |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Dude, have you got the wrong end of the stick |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. Who remembers the 10% Luxury Tax (on top of the sales tax) |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm self-employed, and I pay way more than that. |
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joe_sixpack (655 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. Most of those deductions you mention |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I'm not agruing for or against any specific deduction |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
43. Holy crap!!! |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-16-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Are you tax deductible? |
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