Flat taxes are highly regressive. You're just handing more cash to the fatcats. How? Rich people spend a far lower percentage of their income on necessities, so you've just proposed a tax on essentials for the poor that the rich don't pay to anywhere near the same extent.
Do you know how many politicians are currently in Jail? Go check out Chicago/Illinois and Wisconsin politics. We do prosecute them all the time.
Again, if you truly understand the situation you must remove the power. The money will find a way to the power no matter what. You remove the power by moving it more local and thus distributing it.
Once the power is gone, once the policiticians can no longer manipulate the tax and commerce codes for bribes, then the money will disappear.
Business pays money to politics because politics can influence business so much.
That is the truth of the matter, you cant take the money away.
I think arguments for flat taxes show a failure to understand the economic underpinnings of the problem- which can't be fixed with band aids like exemptions for various items.You can tax exempt food items under a certain cost (Kobe beef, faux gras taxed, burger and potted meat not) same with clothing.
You can have a flat tax that escalates with items costing more than 6 figures having a higher tax, 7 figures even higher...
I don't think there is anyone out there who looks at our tax code and thinks we got it right, nothing wrong with coming up with ideas that would fix that.
The idea that there are lots of them in jail is an excuse to change the law?! Hey, maybe we should step up enforcement, because IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE WORKING! One can only hope, right?
I think arguments for flat taxes show a failure to understand the economic underpinnings of the problem- which can't be fixed with band aids like exemptions for various items.
Fifty percent of every fucking dime over your first hundred grand. If you don't like how it's spent, get involved!
Depending on where you live it's already that. If you live in California, are single and make 6 figures, after you pay income tax, property tax and sales tax, not to mention licensing fees for damn near everything, you are above 50%.
100k in a lot of areas is still week to week living.
Exactly. So why the Fuck does Mr Romney get to pay just 14.1% on his MILLIONS in income?!
Flat taxes are highly regressive. You're just handing more cash to the fatcats. How? Rich people spend a far lower percentage of their income on necessities, so you've just proposed a tax on essentials for the poor that the rich don't pay to anywhere near the same extent.
We already have all the laws we need and about 10 million we probably don't.Then who makes the laws?
Exactly. So why the Fuck does Mr Romney get to pay just 14.1% on his MILLIONS in income?!
I'm coming home today. I hear an ad on the radio. It's for a Republican running for Attorney General.....
...Dark money needs to end for both sides. And the IRS SHOULD investigate this "tax free" organization. And all the others Democrat, Republican whatever.
Because this is BULLSHIT
Power and money corrupts.
Lets at least get rid of the money
The whole flat tax scamnario was advanced by Malcolm Forbes. Who do you think would benefit from a Flat tax scamnario?Flat taxes are highly regressive. You're just handing more cash to the fatcats. How? Rich people spend a far lower percentage of their income on necessities, so you've just proposed a tax on essentials for the poor that the rich don't pay to anywhere near the same extent.
Are you really such a partisan hack that you don't recognize the problem of essentially unlimited money influencing politics is bad for everyone, including you?Translation:
The Republicans learned the game we've been playing with unions and bullshit foundations for decades, so NOW it's time to stop. Fuck that, eat the shit sandwich you created.
Goddamn. You can get dumberTranslation:
The Republicans learned the game we've been playing with unions and bullshit foundations for decades, so NOW it's time to stop. Fuck that, eat the shit sandwich you created.
He recognizes the problem.Are you really such a partisan hack that you don't recognize the problem of essentially unlimited money influencing politics is bad for everyone, including you?
Truly astounding
GOP targets silly fucks just like you
Goddamn. You can get dumber
He recognizes the problem.
Then he tries to pawn it off with false equivalence.