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Old 04-18-2011, 09:57 AM
 
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Do you favor a flat tax on income if we exempt the first 15K?
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Old 04-18-2011, 09:58 AM
 
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Old 04-18-2011, 09:59 AM
 
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Do you favor a flat tax on income if we exempt the first 15K?

No, I'm a fair tax fan. Tax on consumption, then everyone get's to pay, rich and poor alike. That way, we eliminate the income tax, and take home more of our pay.
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Old 04-18-2011, 10:00 AM
 
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I favor a flat income tax, period. Right now we have a bunch of complete morons crying about "tax the rich, they should pay their fair share" while 47% of Americans pay NO income tax whatsoever. How can people gripe about the rich not paying enough when 47% pay NOTHING?
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Old 04-18-2011, 10:08 AM
 
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I favor a flat income tax, period. Right now we have a bunch of complete morons crying about "tax the rich, they should pay their fair share" while 47% of Americans pay NO income tax whatsoever. How can people gripe about the rich not paying enough when 47% pay NOTHING?

That's why I support the fair tax. No deductions, no loopholes.
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Old 04-18-2011, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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I favor a flat income tax, period. Right now we have a bunch of complete morons crying about "tax the rich, they should pay their fair share" while 47% of Americans pay NO income tax whatsoever. How can people gripe about the rich not paying enough when 47% pay NOTHING?
What does the question have to do with your rant? I favor a flat tax too. A flat tax that includes the rich.

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Old 04-18-2011, 12:39 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Consumption tax FTMFW
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Old 04-18-2011, 12:39 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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Do you favor a flat tax on income if we exempt the first 15K?
Flat tax is better than what we have but not as good as the fair tax
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Old 04-18-2011, 12:41 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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I'm not a huge fan of the flat tax. Let's say it were 25%... that hits someone making $50K a lot harder than someone making $500K. I'm not a "tax the rich till they're poor" type, but I also don't think our tax system should unfairly burden the poor and middle class.
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Old 04-18-2011, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I'm not a huge fan of the flat tax. Let's say it were 25%... that hits someone making $50K a lot harder than someone making $500K. I'm not a "tax the rich till they're poor" type, but I also don't think our tax system should unfairly burden the poor and middle class.
Paying 125K in taxes sure sounds fair.
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