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jimfields33

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2. Just stop giving refunds every year

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 03:28 PM

Apr 2021

I always thought it was dumb to take taxes every month and give it back every year. Keep it! Ensure people can’t adjust their tax status. Taxpayers already see the money gone so they are used to it.

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Biden tax proposals too soft... [View all] WarGamer Apr 2021 OP

What we need to do -- but no politician will -- is tell folks that everyone but those at the lowest Hoyt Apr 2021 #1

Just stop giving refunds every year jimfields33 Apr 2021 #2

That's a new proposal. You have a point, if people didn't need it over they year, keep it. Hoyt Apr 2021 #4

Yes, but some use it as a "mandatory" savings program... yagotme Apr 2021 #5

Very true. We'd have to put in some hardcore rules and procedures to make it fair across the board. jimfields33 Apr 2021 #6

Yeah, you kind of got me a bit, with the "just don't give it back" idea. yagotme Apr 2021 #13

We shouldn't mess with the middle class tax brackets TxGuitar Apr 2021 #3

I already pay high taxes...I am sick of the super rich getting away with sending their money Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #8

Problem is, even if we tax them at record rates, it won't be enough. Hoyt Apr 2021 #10

I'd settle for a top rate of 45 pct at this point. roamer65 Apr 2021 #7

People who make 10 million don't pay income taxes...the have all sorts of ways to avoid them. Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #9

True to some extent, but those in top 25th percentile do pay 85% Hoyt Apr 2021 #11

Then we start closing those loopholes. roamer65 Apr 2021 #12

92% for the wealthy elite, like it was under Republican President Eisenhower. WyattKansas Apr 2021 #14

Cry some more Richy Rich... WarGamer Apr 2021 #15