ExiledInIllinois Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 Isn't it awesome that we have a system where everyone contributes. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100407/ap_on_bi_ge/us_no_taxes To answer your sarcastic question: Yes. Who says we have a system that everybody HAS to contribute equally? Life sucks doesn't it. Let's all cry. Just knowing that 47% don't pay is going to unmotivate me... I wanna be like them!
John Adams Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 I just did my taxes last weekend. I can see why most people don't need to pay--I'm paying way more than my fair share. And that doesn't count the !@#$ing Philadelphia 5% wage tax!
KD in CA Posted April 8, 2010 Author Posted April 8, 2010 Who cares? The problems in this country have little to do with this talking point. Certainly there are bigger causes than the existing issues, but I disagree that this isn't a problem. The entitlement mentality is now extended and being promised to the middle class. A person in the 53d income percentile not paying federal income taxes? That's just ludicrous. This is not some third world sh--hole where half the population lives in the streets.
drnykterstein Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 That's because GM losses money you friggin moron. You don't pay taxes if you don't earn any profit. Hello generic brainless PPP poster. I am well away you have no functional nervous system, and I need no further proof of this. But, perhaps the rest of your generic PPP moron friends needed this information? GM not making a profit in 2009 does not mean they have never made a profit. If they have never made a profit, then certainly they would not exist. Additionally GM served as an example in my post. There is a long list of corporations that pay no taxes in the USA. I know you don't know what the word "example" means, because you have no nervous system. So I won't hold it against you that you don't understand such things.
KD in CA Posted April 8, 2010 Author Posted April 8, 2010 To answer your sarcastic question: Yes. Who says we have a system that everybody HAS to contribute equally? Life sucks doesn't it. Let's all cry. Just knowing that 47% don't pay is going to unmotivate me... I wanna be like them! Way to miss the point as always dumbass.
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 I just did my taxes last weekend. I can see why most people don't need to pay--I'm paying way more than my fair share. And that doesn't count the !@#$ing Philadelphia 5% wage tax! What do you think your "fair share" is? Poll 100 people and you will get a 100 different answers!
KD in CA Posted April 8, 2010 Author Posted April 8, 2010 What do you think your "fair share" is? Poll 100 people and you will get a 100 different answers! Way to keep missing the point dumbass.
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 Way to miss the point as always dumbass. No. Try again. As always, I am not the one whining and crying.
Alaska Darin Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 Way to keep missing the point dumbass. He's not suddenly going to start getting it.
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 Way to keep missing the point dumbass. No. Try again. What do you think your fair share is? JA made a statement that he is paying more than his fair share. What is his "fair share?" And of course he gets to determine it! You sure need a lot of cheese to go with this thread.
Alaska Darin Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 Certainly there are bigger causes than the existing issues, but I disagree that this isn't a problem. The entitlement mentality is now extended and being promised to the middle class. I don't think it contributes much to the entitlement mentality. A person in the 53d income percentile not paying federal income taxes? That's just ludicrous. I think it says more about how much our standard of living/wages have waned than anything. This is not some third world sh--hole where half the population lives in the streets. Watch out what you say. 30 or 40 years from now...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 He's not suddenly going to start getting it. Look who chimed in... Another whiner that thinks "he gets it."
Alaska Darin Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 Look who chimed in... Another whiner that thinks "he gets it." Good one, Eric. Your wit never disappoints.
KD in CA Posted April 8, 2010 Author Posted April 8, 2010 GM not making a profit in 2009 does not mean they have never made a profit. And in the years they made a profit, they paid taxes. Duh! If they have never made a profit, then certainly they would not exist. Yes, because there's no possible way that a company could exist if it never made a profit. I just love when ignorant, minimum wage hippies attempt to discuss business issues. Additionally GM served as an example in my post. There is a long list of corporations that pay no taxes in the USA. If you actually know how to find that information, go ahead and provide the list of the majority of the Fortune 500 that don't pay any income taxes.
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 Good one, Eric. Your wit never disappoints. Thanks Darin!
Chef Jim Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 No. Try again. What do you think your fair share is? JA made a statement that he is paying more than his fair share. What is his "fair share?" And of course he gets to determine it! You sure need a lot of cheese to go with this thread. 10% flat tax on all income for everyone no deductions. Done. Next question.
Booster4324 Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 10% flat tax on all income for everyone no deductions. Done. Next question. No other federal taxes or are you just referring to income tax?
Alaska Darin Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 10% flat tax on all income for everyone no deductions. Done. Next question. I think the first $35k (indexed annually for inflation) needs to be immune. Everything after that. Then I'd eliminate all the other federal taxes. ALL of them.
Chef Jim Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 No other federal taxes or are you just referring to income tax? Total and that is also on corporate profits.
Chef Jim Posted April 8, 2010 Posted April 8, 2010 I think the first $35k (indexed annually for inflation) needs to be immune. Everything after that. Then I'd eliminate all the other federal taxes. ALL of them. Why? That leaves them with $2650 per month after tax, they would be losing $266 per month.
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