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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "Baxter"  wrote in message   
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   > Yak  wrote in news:vdhdg2$2r3or$1@dont-email.me:   
   >   
   >> On 10/1/2024 1:37 PM, citizen winston smith wrote:   
   >>> On 10/1/2024 11:32 AM, Jimmy wrote:   
   >>>>> "Make them pay their fair share!"   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> She's either a stone cold liar or she's stupid and believes you are.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> All business owners pay taxes.  We have to or the IRS comes after   
   > us   
   >>>> first.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It's time to stand up for the billionaires because where else will   
   > all   
   >>>> our   
   >>>> money trickle down from?   
   >>>   
   >>> Giverment, duh.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's what you totalitarian fascists want, isn't it it?   
   >>>   
   >>>> Billionaires need protection, they're too weak to protect themselves.   
   >>>   
   >>> Red herring.   
   >>   
   >> Bottom 50% earned 10.4% of income, paid 2.3% of fed income taxes.   
   >>   
   >> Top 1% earned 26.3% of income, paid 45.8% of fed. income taxes.   
   >>   
   >> Top 1% of income tax payers paid more than the bottom 90% combined.   
   >>   
   >> We know who's really not paying their fair share.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Let's look at a 50% flat tax:   
   > - the poor might not even have enough to eat, much less a roof over   
   > their head   
   > - the middle class would have at best an austere lifestyle, eat and   
   > house, nothing else   
   > - the well-off would be inconvenienced but have a normal life   
   > - the billionaires would not even notice except on spreadsheet numbers.   
      
   Baxter I hate to be the bearer of bad news.. well no, I'm not.. but did you   
   realize that the average person now pays 50-60% of their gross income in   
   direct and indirect taxes?   
      
   Look at the kids complaining they can't afford a house.   
      
   To put that in comparison in the 60's the average person paid a mere 18% of   
   their gross income in direct and indirect taxes.   
      
   Now who is to blame for all those taxes?   
      
   Maybe the issue is the government spends TOO much, taxes TOO much.. and   
   really isn't accountable for any of it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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