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wurzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:04 PM Original message |
50% of American workers do not pay taxes! |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reframing in the right words is a good idea. n/t |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. and Corps pay a Lower Tax rate then Teachers |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:08 PM Original message |
good idea |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's closer to 47%. |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Oh, that's very different. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. I guess the republicans forgot. Don't make enough you don't pay taxes. Make too much you don't |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. "You mean you aren't paying them enough to live on?" |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Perfect response. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. I guess sales, property, gas, payroll, etc., taxes aren't "taxes" n/t |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Thank you! |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. No "killer instinct." No willingness to throw their talking points right back in their teeth on the |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. At least 243 congress people are millionaires |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. the income of half the working population in the USA is now too low to be taxed |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't know who these 50% of workers are, or how they |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I have been working since I was 19 and have paid |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. But not having to pay additional tax with the return is not the same |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Exactly !!! - K & R !!! |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. That is an excellent point |
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lifesbeautifulmagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. man, these repubs just make me sick |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. All Americans pay tax. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Exactly. And lower income people pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. Don't agree. It's part of how they get people running in the direction they want. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. The cause-and-effect thing enters here |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Very important key points. |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Excellent! |
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SoutherDem (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Too Many Americans Believe This Republican BS |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. Your subject line would be more accurate if you limit it to 'federal income tax' |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. They do not earn enough to be charged taxes. |
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farmbo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. 100% of American workers pay taxes... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. must be the top 50% cause everyone I know |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. That's sadly down from what should be 66% paying no taxes. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. There are excellent points here. If they could be summarized... |
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