POLITICS Fun Tax Data!

Discussion in 'Politicants' started by CardinalVol, Oct 15, 2018.

  1. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

  2. vols4sure

    vols4sure Member

  3. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    and ask the typical middle class american what is going on with the tax system and they'll tell you they are getting screwed and the rich are getting a free pass. great marketing i guess
     
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  4. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    I am not happy with the amount of taxes I paid for 2017
     
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  5. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Yup.
     
  6. cpninja

    cpninja Member

    I might be tax/math illiterate but it doesnt seem particularly egregious for the top 20% or so to be paying 65% of the taxes when they hold like 90% of US wealth
     
  7. reVOLt

    reVOLt Contributor

    I had a good year this year, I'm terrified
     
  8. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    socialist!
     
  9. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    It's too bad you have a good year, then find out it's coming back to bite you in the ass in April.
     
  10. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Have always thought the word "hold" is interesting in such cases.
     
  11. cpninja

    cpninja Member

    What word would you prefer they use for that?
     
  12. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    I see it used from time to time by those that think the system isn't "fair".

    It comes off to me like a hostage situation or a flashback to "you didn't build that" type idea.

    Don't prefer anything really, just thinks its interesting how its phrased.
     
  13. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    I think it is just a word. "Hold", "own", or "have" is all the same, really.

    And the fact is, that 10% of the population owns 85-90% of the assets in this country. Cold fact, no judgment or agenda. Simple, cold fact.
     
  14. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Not disputing that.

    Have had plenty of "fair share" conversations in regards to taxes and wealth. The terms and phrasing seem to change depending on which side you re looking at from.
     
  15. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Oh, and as an aside, you need to change your avatar. I am triggered and am now searching for a safe space.
     
  16. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    So we can agree that if the top 10 control 90% of the wealth and pay 90% of the taxes it's fair as is, right?
     
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  17. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    No, I think a progressive tax system is fair. One can be taxed equally for each threshold of earnings. I.e. no one is taxed on their first 15k, then 10% from 15k to 30k, then 20% from 30k to 60k... etc etc.

    Both the 15k and the 60k person paid 0 taxes on their first 15k. Both paid 10% on the next 15k, of which one was paying 10% of nothing

    The numbers are just made up for illustrative purposes. To say a very wealthy person paid x% of all taxes doesn't speak to fairness at all to me, as it is all relative.
     
  18. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Reminds me from which the depths we have come.

    Pruitt makes a bowl game this year it's coming down.
     
  19. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    we are talking about earened income, not net worth.
     
  20. kmf600

    kmf600 Energy vampire

    20% of my income is different from 20% of Trumps income? 20% means both of us are working 1 day for the man, one day for our family, right?
     

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