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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:50 PM Original message |
Flat tax only if SS cap is abolished |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. No such thing as making a deal with Republicans. n/t |
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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. I think we need to go back to Eisenhower rates of 90% |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. A clean definition of "income" is needed. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Only if income = all income (Stock options, capital gains, inheritance, bonds) |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Agreed. While not ideal, a flat tax could be OK with two caveats |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, I suggest they find a dark corner in hell and sit and spin there until such time |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. No Deal. No Flat Tax AND Kill the Cap. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. No thanks to any flat tax. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. No flat tax. Abolish the SS cap to give them the flat tax they say they want |
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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Good points |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. NO FLAT TAX! |
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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Not if you're rich |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. nonsense. |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Bullshit. Abolish the cap. Reject the flat tax. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. +1000. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. Mybe we sghould't. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Still not fair. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Would you also abolish the cap on SS benefits? |
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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Probably. I never hear about the benefit distribution amounts |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The issue then is that very rich people will get hundreds of thousands a month |
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