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That's a funny cartoon... and its just that... a cartoon...
It's exactly the attitude expressed by the OP as well of "the poor don't pay income taxes, so why should the rich?!" Those lucky ducky poor people, managing to finagle their way out of paying income taxes! If only the rich could be so lucky!
After all the rich pay plenty of other taxes: sales taxes, property taxes, gasoline taxes, payroll taxes, social security taxes, state and local income taxes, luxury taxes, etc, and they pay way more of those taxes than any poor and middle income people. So if they already pay all of these taxes, why should they pay any federal income taxes if the poor don't have to? Discuss.
I agree with you. The entire tax code is beyond screwy. That's why we need a candidate for 2012 that will do something about it.
By your reasoning why should the rich have their payroll taxes capped over a certain Dollar amount when the poor's paychecks are fully subject to the tax?
And you do know payroll tax brings in almost as much money as income tax right?
Good point. And why should SS taxes be capped? Doesn't make sense. The OP is misguided.
I don't think it is a penalty. If they had to pay more than they earn, it would be a penalty. But the wealthier you are, the more easily you can afford to pay a
higher percentage of your income as taxes.
It's exactly the attitude expressed by the OP as well of "the poor don't pay income taxes, so why should the rich?!" Those lucky ducky poor people, managing to finagle their way out of paying income taxes! If only the rich could be so lucky!
Real life and cartoons are two different things altogether...
It is amazing to me that so many people hate the poor.
Nobody hates the poor... nobody likes being taken advantage of either...
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