DetlefK
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Wed Oct-26-11 06:04 AM
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If Obama had dubbed one of his initiatives the "9-9-9-plan"... |
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How many hours would it have taken, until Fox News would have hosted a guest who claims on national television that Obama really meant "666" and that he might be the Anti-Christ?
Well, just might be. You can't actually call the POTUS the Anti-Christ on TV. But you can talk about how he might be the Anti-Christ, might be muslim, might be a foreigner, might be a communist and fascist at the same time, might be racist, might hate the USA, might come after your gun and your gold...
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GSanon
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Wed Oct-26-11 06:10 AM
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1. Yo, a flat tax would be a real antichrist. Everyone knows this. |
ProgressiveProfessor
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Wed Oct-26-11 09:35 AM
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2. And a much simplfied tax code would be a $DIETY send |
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The administration needs to come up with some that is simple, fair, and gets our revenue back in line with the needs of the nation.
Current systems is way too complicated. There is a huge tax avoidance industry full of smart people who know the code better than most in the government. Clean up the code and that goes away
If the administration continues to discuss band aids to the current structure, the repukes will win this topic and beat on us with it throughout the elections.
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Wed Oct-26-11 09:51 AM
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3. Simple to a point. Life and finances are complicated, and to be fair, tax codes must |
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address this.
This is what the appeal of the 'flat tax' is for so many.
Yes, everything could be made more user friendly.
However, I don't expect to have the same tax rate as someone with 4 kids, or 2, or is childfree.
And I want to keep those deductions for charitable giving - or I want churches to pay taxes.
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ProgressiveProfessor
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Wed Oct-26-11 10:05 AM
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4. There is a middle ground between what we have today and the flat tax obscenity |
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We need to move towards it.
The long term problem is using taxes as social policy. Most "loopholes", credits and deductions were well meant, but the system is now overly complex.
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Wed Oct-26-11 10:06 AM
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5. I agree. I just don't know enough about tax law and details to determine what that middle ground is. |
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Wed Oct-26-11 10:11 AM
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6. The best knowledge of the system is outside the government in the tax avoidance |
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Wed Oct-26-11 10:13 AM
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7. The MSM would have laughed him off the stage. |
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Then told America he was raising taxes on the poor and middle class.
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