DiamondDave
Army Vet
We would have to get into some philosophy to take this any further; we as a people decided some time ago that there's a financial difference between just living, living comfortably, and at some point, just playing with the excess - Hence the tax brackets. I don't have a problem with that generally, although it does get taken advantage of.
But again, if everyone is on the same scale, you can't really call it unfair. I think there seems to be some discrimination on how one earns his money, and I'm abhorred at the fact that un-earned income is taxed so lightly or not at all (Long term capital gains, inheritance), whereas earned income such as wages and business income are taxed at higher rates. That I find unfair.
If ALL income was treated as income, perhaps I could get behind a flat tax - But I think there should be a threshold of income that's not taxed at the very bottom.
Let's say 16,000 tax free, after that flat tax on ALL income, no deductions, to whatever percentage is necessary to run this place. Deal?
No... We are set up on the premise of equal treatment by government.. no matter how our power hungry government has tried to corrupt the system in the false guise of "we the people"
You can call it unfair on an 'equal' sliding scale.... it is what it is, and you know it.... just makes your unequal treatment easy to justify to those who don't mind having the wool pulled over their eyes
And therein lies the problem. We can't agree on shit, so nothing gets done.
DiamondDave said:I think there should be no threshold for income.. dollar 1 of person X is no different from dollar 10000000 from person Y.... because your little false basement is yet another way for a differing % or amount paid per dollar overall
So no deal... I will not be fooled with parlor tricks
There is a difference, as I explained, and I think you'll find that most people agree with me.
No... you subjectively want there to be a difference... to try and equalize outcome, or put subjective 'fairness' into the equation, or whatever else
A dollar, is a dollar, is a dollar... simply tax the dollar and not the individual... keeping subjectivity out of it.... much like you don't have a 15% sales tax for a person because they make 100K and a 3% sales tax because they make 25K...
Just like you don't have milk at $1 a gallon for a person making 10K and milk at $10 a gallon for a person making 90K
The people that agree with you would be the people getting over on a lesser rate... passing the buck on to someone else
But I know ones like you will certainly scream for completely equal treatment by government when it benefits you, now won't ya??