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White House Tax Plan Would Ask More of Millionaires

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Because politifact already did that.:shrug:

So they say and of course you buy it. Guess the IRS disagrees as does the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center

Data compiled by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center show households pulling in more than $1 million pay about 29.1 percent of their income in federal taxes. By contrast, households making between $50,000 and $75,000 pay about 15 percent.

My question then is why do you believe anything this administration tells you and ignore actual IRS Data?
 
What a stupid comment! Why would I send in more, if those at the top are paying less of a percentage of their total income than I am.

this silly line is something a Republican must have come up with at a right wing think tank session and it got rave "attaboys" as it was sent up the flagpole.

Its stupid and senseless and is just smoke and mirrors. But the righties keep using it as if it is something really really clever that puts the nail in progressive taxation requests. Its funny really. ;)
 
"the evidence tends to point to the conclusion that the really rich pay less in taxes as a percentage of income then their merely well-to-do counterparts -- if their income comes primarily from investments. Overall, we rate Buffett's statement True."

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/aug/18/warren-buffett/warren-buffett-says-super-rich-pay-lower-taxes-oth/

Did you actually read the entire Politifact statement? Doubt it because it supports what I have been saying. You are confusing taxes as a percentage of income with taxes paid as a percentage of total taxes? Nothing refutes the article I posted which again causes me to ask the question as to why you believe a word the Obama Administration tells you?
 
So they say and of course you buy it. Guess the IRS disagrees as does the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center

You buy a Fox News article.:yawn:

And I doubt you ever even heard of Tax Policy Center much less looked at their analysis.
 
this silly line is something a Republican must have come up with at a right wing think tank session and it got rave "attaboys" as it was sent up the flagpole.

Its stupid and senseless and is just smoke and mirrors. But the righties keep using it as if it is something really really clever that puts the nail in progressive taxation requests. Its funny really. ;)

Interesting how someone who works in the state govt. that has a 10.9% unemployment and the large city that is a warzone with the highest unemployment of any major city in the country believes he has any credibility on economic issues.
 
You buy a Fox News article.:yawn:

And I doubt you ever even heard of Tax Policy Center much less looked at their analysis.

Tax Policy center was referenced in the Politifact article so I see you didn't read it thus believe you are piling on?
 
Interesting how someone who works in the state govt. that has a 10.9% unemployment and the large city that is a warzone with the highest unemployment of any major city in the country believes he has any credibility on economic issues.

I agree that you do not have any credibility on economic issues. Political ones also. But that is not because you live in Texas. To make an absurd statement like that would make one a 'geographist'......

Nor do I think its because yoru state has a huge problem with the border. That would make me a 'borderist'.

Its beacuse of your stated views and opinions that make you not credible.
 
Tax Policy center was referenced in the Politifact article so I see you didn't read it thus believe you are piling on?

Actually I was LMAO @ YOU when I saw you posting a news article. Because it breaks one of your dictum's you are constantly ranting about of using bls.gov, irs.gov, treasury.gov, etc......
 
Interesting how someone who works in the state govt. that has a 10.9% unemployment and the large city that is a warzone with the highest unemployment of any major city in the country believes he has any credibility on economic issues.
It's also interesting as why anyone would think you have an ounce of credibility.
 
So Politifact trumps IRS data? Why would the IRS lie about that? You want badly to buy the Obama and liberal rhetoric. Too bad as that doesn't make you look anything but foolish.
Unless you prove the Politifact article wrong, you are the foolish one.
 
I agree that you do not have any credibility on economic issues. Political ones also. But that is not because you live in Texas. To make an absurd statement like that would make one a 'geographist'......

Nor do I think its because yoru state has a huge problem with the border. That would make me a 'borderist'.

Its beacuse of your stated views and opinions that make you not credible.

my state doesnt have 10.9% unemployment and the city of Detroit which is a model of liberalism. Keep trying to divert.
 
Unless you prove the Politifact article wrong, you are the foolish one.

Read the Politifact article in its entirety. Tax Policy center referenced. Calling me foolish is what you do when you cannot defend liberalism. Since your new tag line is "This is not class warfare, it's math" how about applying some math to it based upon IRS data? Since those evil rich people pay 38% of all Federal Income taxes paid and 47% of income earners pay zero, I would love to see that liberal math
 
Because I didn't vote for Obama nor do I buy his lies.
of course you didnt vote for Obama, he had a (D) next to his name, now, if it were an (R), different story.
 
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Did you actually read the entire Politifact statement? Doubt it because it supports what I have been saying. You are confusing taxes as a percentage of income with taxes paid as a percentage of total taxes? Nothing refutes the article I posted which again causes me to ask the question as to why you believe a word the Obama Administration tells you?

Taxes as a percentage of income is the only relevant discussion. As the rich own 85% of the wealth, of course they are going to be paying more in total taxes, unless you have devised a way to squeeze blood from a turnip.
 
Fortunately, the Wall Street Journal does a fairly good job of breaking it down:

...the IRS reports that those who made more than $1 million in adjusted gross income paid an average income tax rate of 23.3%.

That's slightly lower than the 24.1% rate paid by those making between $500,000 and $1 million, probably because the richest are like Mr. Buffett and earn more from capital gains and dividends. The rate for a relative handful of the rich—400 people—fell to 18%, the modern equivalent of Barr's Gang of 21. But nearly all millionaires still paid a rate that is more than twice the 8.9% average rate paid by those earning between $50,000 and $100,000, and more than three times the 7.2% average rate paid by those earning less than $50,000...

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Taxes as a percentage of income is the only relevant discussion. As the rich own 85% of the wealth, of course they are going to be paying more in total taxes, unless you have devised a way to squeeze blood from a turnip.

No it isn't for you have no idea what the expense requirements are for those evil rich people or those companies that liberals don't seem to like that fit into that tax bracket. What someone else owns has no affect on your so why is this even an issue with you?
 
Fortunately, the Wall Street Journal does a fairly good job of breaking it down:

This is a good example of why you should never use editorials to get facts. The Wall Street Journal article does not disprove that some wealthy people pay a lower percentage in taxes than middle class people. It goes with misdirection, talking about average tax rate.
 
No it isn't for you have no idea what the expense requirements are for those evil rich people or those companies that liberals don't seem to like that fit into that tax bracket. What someone else owns has no affect on your so why is this even an issue with you?

Because the economy can't thrive when so few people have the resources to both consume and pay taxes. One day you will figure that out.
 
Because the economy can't thrive when so few people have the resources to both consume and pay taxes. One day you will figure that out.

The economy can't thrive if the government holds all the cash, either.
 
Read the Politifact article in its entirety. Tax Policy center referenced. Calling me foolish is what you do when you cannot defend liberalism. Since your new tag line is "This is not class warfare, it's math" how about applying some math to it based upon IRS data? Since those evil rich people pay 38% of all Federal Income taxes paid and 47% of income earners pay zero, I would love to see that liberal math
Exactly who are calling the rich "evil," have I ever called them evil?
 
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