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But i'm BELOW the 50% in income that republicans claim DOES NOT pay TAXES. My point was that it's not true.
You are just quoting their rhetoric, most of them don't really know what they are spouting off.
In reality it isn't based on 50% of income, it is about the bottom 50% of tax returns, most of those pay next to nothing in income tax (SS and Medi is another story)
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Originally Posted by Driller1
But, when I asked the OP said the $30,000 was gross.
$30,000 is the gross, subtract the deductions I mentioned.
You are just quoting their rhetoric, most of them don't really know what they are spouting off.
In reality it isn't based on 50% of income, it is about the bottom 50% of tax returns, most of those pay next to nothing in income tax (SS and Medi is another story)
$30,000 is the gross, subtract the deductions I mentioned.
But, the true bottom would not have to file a return.
You are just quoting their rhetoric, most of them don't really know what they are spouting off.
In reality it isn't based on 50% of income, it is about the bottom 50% of tax returns, most of those pay next to nothing in income tax (SS and Medi is another story)
$30,000 is the gross, subtract the deductions I mentioned.
I made 30,000 dollars last year and I paid in about 3,000 in taxes. I got NONE of it back. I thought the bottom fifty percent didn't have to pay taxes?
Many corporations pay ZERO due to loopholes, doesn't that make the rich the freeloaders?
Corporations should never have to pay taxes in the first place.
Taxes are levied on the shareholders when receiving dividends.
Look at it this way. The teachers union holds 10 shares of stock in XYZ corporation, XYZ earns 10 million dollars profit which it distributes in the form of dividends to the teachers union which they distribute to teachers.
The teachers, who are barely scraping by on low retirement income as it is, need that 10 million but you would levy a tax, say 50% because in your mind that is fair, so the teachers only get 5 million?
How can you be so heartless, so uncaring and just plain evil? In your mind their is a small cabal of evil rich fat guys who receive all the money earned yet nothing can be farther from the truth. The biggest owners of stocks are retirement and pension funds and it is people like you that can take money out of the hands of hard working people forcing them to eat cat food?
I made 30,000 dollars last year and I paid in about 3,000 in taxes. I got NONE of it back. I thought the bottom fifty percent didn't have to pay taxes?
Many corporations pay ZERO due to loopholes, doesn't that make the rich the freeloaders?
Apparently you should of gotten a tax preparer to do your taxes...
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