boedicca
Uppity Water Nymph from the Land of Funk
- Feb 12, 2007
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Some of the top earners have their tax rate slashed from 70% to 15% over the last forty years.Those are mostly low to moderate income households with children. You want to raise their taxes ONLY.
See what I mean about conservatives?
I don't want to raise anyones taxes.
But fair is fair. If the top earners have to pay more then the bottom earners should have to pay as well.
Fair is the word you throw around like a football.
Whats fair about some payin all and some paying nothing???
I haven't.
How about you?
What would you say to new tax brackets which include a 50% rate for incomes between $500,000 and $5 million/year, a 60% rate for incomes between $5 million and $15 million and a 70% bracket for incomes over $15 million per year?
This proposal would pay for substantial rate reductions on incomes below $100,000/year.
Here's the problem with your little "Soak The Rich" idea: it will end up just like AMT has.
AMT was designed to tax 155 Rich Millionaire Families in 1969. Fast forward to today, and millions of middle class families are ensnared by it. Why? Inflation.
And that is the dirty little trick of "progressive" taxation. High rates are implemented for The Rich, the government inflates the currency over a number of years, and then sweeps the middle class into the high tax net.