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Old 01-09-07, 06:07 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Alternative minimum tax

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Originally Posted by Kandahar View Post
The AMT is basically designed to prevent wealthy people from taking excessive deductions, by making them pay some minimum amount if their regular tax bill would be less than that. However, in recent years, more and more people have been affected by the AMT, some of whom are merely upper-middle class and not wealthy.
It is basically designed to do exactly what it has been doing.
repeal it.
Prohibit deficit spending.
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