Geaux4it
Intensity Factor 4-Fold
- May 31, 2009
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As a brief reminder for those who forgot, or may not have known. While you were asleep from party favors, here is what transpired.
Medicare tax went from 1.45% to 2.35%
Top income bracket went from 36% to 39.6%
Top income payroll tax went fro 37.4% to 52.2%
Capital gains tax went for 15% to 28%
Dividend tax went from 15% to 39.6%
Estate tax went from 0% to 55%
A 3.5% real estate tax was added.
Remember these facts
The taxes were all passed SOLEY with Democrat votes.
Not a single Republican voted on these new taxes.
These were all passed in the Affordable Care Act.
-Geaux
Medicare tax went from 1.45% to 2.35%
Top income bracket went from 36% to 39.6%
Top income payroll tax went fro 37.4% to 52.2%
Capital gains tax went for 15% to 28%
Dividend tax went from 15% to 39.6%
Estate tax went from 0% to 55%
A 3.5% real estate tax was added.
Remember these facts
The taxes were all passed SOLEY with Democrat votes.
Not a single Republican voted on these new taxes.
These were all passed in the Affordable Care Act.
-Geaux