Higher taxes for 90% of us?

[ugonow]

Are these numbwers realistic?---yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/03/the-ryan-tax-plan-higher-taxes-for-90-of-americans-less-revenue-for-the-government/

[workpublic]

no way! obama said my taxes and costs would go down if i had hope.

[ugonow]

And you believed him?Then you will probably believe the 4 percent UE figure that Ryans plan will supposedly acheive in a couple of years.

[workpublic]

And you believed him?

of course not. that's why i voted "against" him.

[ugonow]

Don't blame me.I voted for McCain/Palin.They were the biggest cheerleaders for TARP,even blaming Obama when it didn't pass the first time.They had a homeowner bailout proposal bigger than the one we ended up with.They wanted to close Gitmo and move them to Levenworth,Kansas. They proposed a cap and trade long before Obama.Their healthcatre plan was to end incentives for employers to offer healthcare benefits and tax employee's benefits as income,while giving a tax credit to encourage people to buy their own. And Sarah's bragging about her share the wealth tax during the elections just got me drooling thionking about that yearly check redistributed to citizens...Don't blame me,I voted republican.....

[wyouser]

Pie chart this am on Fox...Richest (income over 450000)pay 40% of the taxes while the bottom 50 %so only the rest of us will get to see the 90%? Remember some of the richest corporations legally pay NO taxes

[wyouser]

bottom 50% pay about 2% of income tax...sorry

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Well, I've already come out for a massive middle class tax hike. With 47% of households having ZERO federal income tax liability, we are going to have to bring those households onto the tax rolls.

[EVT1]

Maybe your party ought to run on that platform- it would at least be honest.

[billisonboard]

Apr 5, 2011 16:16:47 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

Well, I've already come out for a massive middle class tax hike. With 47% of households having ZERO federal income tax liability, we are going to have to bring those households onto the tax rolls.

America - where everyone is middle class

[973beachbum]

Apr 5, 2011 14:58:08 GMT -5 wyouser said:

Pie chart this am on Fox...Richest (income over 450000)pay 40% of the taxes while the bottom 50 %so only the rest of us will get to see the 90%? Remember some of the richest corporations legally pay NO taxes

I thought that would make everyone here crazy happy, since people are always railing about being the only ones who pay any taxes.

[ed1066]

Remember some of the richest corporations legally pay NO taxes

The people who own the corporation (shareholders) and all the people who work for the corporation (yes, even the greedy, evil CEO) already pay taxes. If you tax "the corporation" as well, who are you actually taxing?

[billisonboard]

Apr 5, 2011 18:08:53 GMT -5 @ed1066 said:

Remember some of the richest corporations legally pay NO taxes

The people who own the corporation (shareholders) and all the people who work for the corporation (yes, even the greedy, evil CEO) already pay taxes. If you tax "the corporation" as well, who are you actually taxing?

reclaimdemocracy.org/personhood/ here is a good place to start reading for the answer to that question.