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Originally Posted by RVCA
NY janitor making $33,000 a year pays an effective tax rate of 25%. And the effective tax rate for a resident of the Park Avenue building, earning an average of $1.2 million annually? A cool 14.7%[/URL]
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-Buts ... buts... the janitor only has to pay like 8,000 and you want ME to give you 250,000?
-yes
-But ... erm...
-Shut up and pay your share
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I'm kind of interested and upbeat about the collective of rich folks, headed by Bill Gates I believe, that is campaigning for higher taxes on themselves and their tax bracket to pay their fair share.
And what's funny is they're saying "What?! Shut up, shut up! Sheesh. Keep your money, we'll figure out a better way" ... because they're not having any luck convincing them to let them pay their fair share yet.
Everyone should get zapped 22% of their earnings until we get our **** together. I'm poor and I'm for raising taxes on everybody. I don't mind. I've been living paycheck to paycheck for 6 years now. I already get taxed at 20% roughly. I take home a whopping 11k a year after taxes. I eats a lotta canned food
Make it X% for everyone, so that the rich can't "But, but..." and close some damn tax loopholes FIRST