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Depends on the level of benefit you get. I'd like to see a 50% effective rate, and a guaranteed basic income for example. LOL.
Honestly its about 25%, which based on taxes, and fees is what the vast majority effectively pay....except for some at the very very top. They actually pay less then that on average. Some pay more.
if we are talking a flat tax...10% or maybe 15% at most... no person should pay a different percentage than the other...we are all equal, tax us equally
no one or entity should pay more than 15%...if the government cant run on 15% of everyone income...then the government has a spending problem
personally I would rather see the income tax go the way of the Dinosaur , taxing income, especially when 17% to 52% of income is never reported (people working off the books)... I would rather a consumption tax (a federal sales tax)....
research www.fair-tax.org this is the way to go in my humble opinion
if we are talking a flat tax...10% or maybe 15% at most... no person should pay a different percentage than the other...we are all equal, tax us equally
no one or entity should pay more than 15%...if the government cant run on 15% of everyone income...then the government has a spending problem
personally I would rather see the income tax go the way of the Dinosaur , taxing income, especially when 17% to 52% of income is never reported (people working off the books)... I would rather a consumption tax (a federal sales tax)....
research www.fair-tax.org this is the way to go in my humble opinion
I love how you call yourself a working class hero....while ignoring that the taxes you suggest would be overwhelmingly bad for actual working class americans.
Consumption taxes are a great example of how to shift the tax burden onto them.
How about instead a wealth tax? Your total wealth gets taxed. That would be a 5% tax per year total.
Ok, if you deduct the cost of living, I might be on board with that - so say the first $40,000 for an individual or $80,000 for a family is tax free. That way, the income tax is what it was always supposed to be - a luxury tax.
I did this once before.
It comes out using the US population in 2011 and the 2011 budget, to 10k dollars per person. Every man, woman, child.
The tax proposals by both parties is not the silver bullet its claimed to be. Its only one element of a system that has been corrupted and out of balance. The fair rate is only one part that quickly becomes unfair when the wealth gap keeps increasing.
LOL. I pay more then that. Oh noes! I'm being repressed!
I think most of us do pay more than that.
This doesn't include the corporate tax either, this is purely the federal governments expense to run being taken from every man, woman, child, who resides here.
That was the 2011 military budget, congress, you name it.
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