SniperFire
Senior Member
What it actually means is that 88 percent of Americans taxes will be raised, a 2 percent rise in payroll taxes that would result in 160 million American wage earners seeing their tax bills increase by an average of $1,000. People earning more than $50,000 would face an increase in the tax rate on capital gains to 20 percent, from 15 percent. And the big boys will have their taxes raised from a 33 percent tax to a 35 percent tax. Dont try and make this sound simple and a problem only the poor and democrats will have to deal with. this isnt a problem for a specific group if a compromise isnt reached, its a problem for everyone.
I doubt taxes get raised on anyone, but if so, millions of working class people who were lopped off the tax roles by the Bush tax cuts will now be returning.
They will get a taste of what it is like to fund Obama's freeloader Nation.
So it isn't all bad.
There is no doubt taxes will be raised, and they will be raised on the people who have done everything this country has asked of them and more. Most people make over 50k a year and a 5 percent increase in their cap gains tax is going to hurt. Also, the folks who are actually making this economy go round will experience a 2 percent increase in their income tax.. and 2 percent on 200 k a year is really going to suck
Nah. I bet the Bush tax cuts get extended to everyone as part of the debt ceiling deal.
Killing tax increases is right up there as a top Tea Party swing vote want, and Obama must have the debt ceiling increase. Now, the sequester part of the 'cliff' will probably happen.