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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:28 PM Original message |
Paul Begala just said the income tax is a rich persons tax. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, it is a citizen's tax. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. In Its History It Is, Ma'am |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yet it depends on your exemptions more than your earnings. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Not So, Ma'am |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Exemptions, dependents, credits whatever. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Obviously, Ma'am, Much Of the Subject is Greek To You |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I seemed to have missed this - in the mid 90s I was in grad school and earning |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Single And Childless, Ma'am? Yes, You Would Pay Something |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. thanks |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. They are all the same to me since I get none of them. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You, Ma'am, Are Not the Focus Of National Tax Policy |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Always a treat to watch you in action, sir. n/t |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Why can't people understand that? It was called progressive for a reason. nt |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Paul Begala is a DLC/New Democrat/Third Way Democrat. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. It was brought in in Canada during WWI to make sure all participated |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. "...the income tax is a rich persons tax." |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. I guess I was rich when I was flipping burgers and frying |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. i always hear you complain about taxes |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Funny...aren't I the biggest cheerleader for getting rid of the Bush tax cuts? |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. Wealth, Ma'am, is also a rich man's burden |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Lol. |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
18. Dub-yah said it best |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
21. So was I, but unfortunately, Begala is correct. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Taxes don't fund government operations. |
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