NotYourBody
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Why are so many people of the USA so damned poor?
It's not that they are so poor, it's just that Democrats have had the ability to unfairly tax people at the top for years. Politicians from both sides are afraid to tax the bottom 50% because that's where many of the votes are.
Sorry to have to say so. But I'm very sure the people, who had voted for Trump, have a very low education level. And a very low education correlates normally with poor people. So as long as propagandists of hate are able not win in elections your country has much more serious problems.
The Democrats own the cities where most of the poor people are at. Those areas vote for Democrats over 90% of the time. Need a great example? Take Alexandria Cortez. All you have to do is listen to her talk for ten minutes, and realize only the stupid could have voted her in.
Who pays U.S. income tax, and how much?
The bottom 45% who don't pay federal income tax earn less than $30,000 per year. That's poor in this country. But you claim they need to pay more so the folks at the top can have a tax cut. What is your cutoff level Ray from Cleveland? $20,000? $15,000? $10,000?
I know folks at the top are HURTING. They need to keep more of their money and pay less taxes. The super rich certainly do not benefit from anything in this great country but their very own personal hard work and daily toil. Why should they have to pay so much? It's just not fair.
You have no idea what you're talking about. The poverty level for a single individual is $12,490. The poverty level with one dependent is $16,910. To reach the level you claim is poverty at $30,000, that would be somebody with four dependents. And of course, if you are making only $30,000 per year, you shouldn't have one dependent yet alone four.
Are You Eligible for Federal Benefits in 2019?
Everybody shroud pay something into the federal income tax be it 10K a year or 10 million a year. After all, if we are all part America, everybody in America should be supporting the country.
Democrats have no problem raising taxes on items frequently used by low income people like tobacco products or alcohol. They could care less of the impact on poor people when they attack our fuel producers for environmental reasons costing the poor more money. But to ask them to contribute a little something for the federal government, all of a sudden, these people can't afford it.
Where I live, our county has a consumption tax. Most of it goes to public transportation, but it goes to other wasteful areas as well. Our tax here is eight cents on the dollar. You pay that tax if you make 15k a year, and you pay that same tax if you make 150k a year. It's equal for all.
And that's the way we should collect federal income tax. When these Democrats talk about free healthcare, paid time off, free child care, let them know what free actually costs. Increase the consumption tax on everybody for all this free stuff.
Only then would you see how many people reject all these social goodies if they had to pay something towards these gifts themselves.
Ray, it's not me talking. It's Pew Research. I gave you a link.
And we aren't talking about poverty level. We are talking about the 45% who pay no taxes. Not the same thing. Try to keep up.
You want these poor people who make less than $30,000 to pay more taxes so rich people can pay less taxes. It's probably why poor minorities don't vote GOP. Poor white people are just too damn stupid and rich people know that.
Quit letting Amazon pay zero in corporate income taxes and maybe we could do something about the disgusting state of healthcare in this country. The rest of the first world has it figured out. Israel has universal healthcare AND free college and we give them $3 billion per year. Your GOP in action. Biggest bunch of dotards on the planet.
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