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And I should add...."and not

wabby — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:34:03 +0000

And I should add...."and not make them (the poor) feel sub-human for doing so."

Accepting the EITC is

wabby — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:29:08 +0000

Accepting the EITC is voluntary. Just because a person is eligible to receive it does not mean that person is required to take it. They don't have to fill out the extra paperwork. They can let it pass. But, why should they?

A person who earns enough money requiring them to pay an amount of that income towards taxes takes every advantage of tax laws and loopholes to make sure what they pay is the smallest amount possible. The smart ones do anyway. They make the tax code work for them. Why shouldn't they?

So, "rich" people can be smart and avoid paying the full amount of their taxes.

But, poor people aren't allowed to be smart about taking advantage of the tax code? Why is there such a pronounced double standard between the rich and the working poor? An eight hour work day lasts eight hours whether one makes $7.50 an hour or $750 an hour.

Poor people are not stupid. They are poor. They have every right to take advantage of what the tax code allows.

The Joseph in Genesis told

Richard Day — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:25:48 +0000

In reply to The Untaxed 51%

The Joseph in Genesis told the Pharoh that the best way to avert catastrophe in the future was to store the extra grain during boom times.

Sure enough the bad times arrived and the Egyptian people survived because of Joseph's advise.

Well, w bush found himself with a surplus and gave it all back to the rich. Sure, some of the middle class received enough to purchase a toaster but...

When confronted with this nonegalitarian situation, w told us:

Well them other folks did not pay any taxes!

This frickin argument has been made for a hundred years. And there is no way to impress upon the fascist pricks in this country that EVERYBODY PAYS TAXES EVERY GODDAMN DAY!

Now if you buy Ron Paul's arguments along with his son Curly Rand, the government exists only to protect those with property.

And that my son is the corner stone of the repub platform and has been for a hundred years.

the end

One of the more discouraging

Peter Schwartz — Wed, 25 May 2011 21:29:00 +0000

In reply to The Untaxed 51%

One of the more discouraging facts about encountering a good portion of my high school class on FB was the number of times this statistic was raised--and all the solutions proffered for correcting this "horrible" freeloading.

Someone thought we could have a national lottery with prizes like a night in the Lincoln Bedroom as a way of "coaxing" the 51% to pony up.

It became sort of a ping pong game with one side citing the 51% and talking about how hard the rich have it and the other side retorting, "Well, you own virtually all of America--what do you expect?"

It became pointless after a while.

One guy, who I'm sure makes well north of 350,000 a year, was griping about someone making 50K and paying no tax.

After he had stated that 250K wasn't rich and a higher tax (even a 3¢ hike) would impose a hardship and slow the economy, etc., I told him that if I were making 250,000, I'd be EMBARRASSED to gripe about someone getting a tax break who made ONE FIFTH of what I did and was supporting a family of four.

Sheesh! It's a disease of greed that's overcome the country.

A family member who just sold his business for $33 million told me (with a straight face) that taxes make it hard to save. In the interest of shalom bias, I kept my mouth shut. But I had to ask myself, "Is it catching?"