What Is "Fair Share of Taxes"?

[LogikAndReazon]

Heck, if someone else paid their "fair share" welfare dependent liberals could get some social "justice" and redistributive equality...................

And more free programs !!!!!!!!!

 

[Ravage]

Want to know why a flat tax is retarded?

You earn 200,000. The government takes half. You're not STARVING.
You earn 20,000...the government takes half. You're out on the street.

Flat taxes fall MUCH more heavily on poor people. Which is why most countries don't do it, you fucking tardbuckets.

 

[Truthseeker420]

Want to know why a flat tax is retarded?

You earn 200,000. The government takes half. You're not STARVING.
You earn 20,000...the government takes half. You're out on the street.

Flat taxes fall MUCH more heavily on poor people. Which is why most countries don't do it, you fucking tardbuckets.

I don't think anyone is suggesting taking half of ones income, and there should always be a social saftey net.

 

[bripat9643]

You conservatives aren't going to LIKE this very much.


I. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.

Adam Smith
Wealth of Nations.

Let me know when you have a more definitive source than the father of modern economics.

That would justify everyone paying the same percentage of their income in taxes. IN other words, it justifies a flat tax. So why wouldn't conservatives like that?

 

[GuyPinestra]

Whatever the tax rates were before Bush got into office. Roll everything he did back. Didn't work. What is fair share? What works. What worked before. Hit the reset button baby!

I'll tell you what's not fair. Romney paying 12% and us paying 35% is not fair.

You paid 35% income tax?? You're dumber than I thought...

 

[syrenn]

Flat tax.... i don't care if you are rich or poor. Everyone should pay the same.

I agree - 100%

I don't. The rich should pay a little more to take care of the poor. But what do I know? I'm just a godless liberal.

And this is the way it has always been. Why change now? Rich people decided this a long time ago. When did you guys turn greedy? Ayn Rand I believe.

I agree... the rich should pay a little more then the poor.


1%.....i still more then paying 0% federal income tax.

 

[Warrior102]

Want to know why a flat tax is retarded?

You earn 200,000. The government takes half. You're not STARVING.
You earn 20,000...the government takes half. You're out on the street.

Flat taxes fall MUCH more heavily on poor people. Which is why most countries don't do it, you fucking tardbuckets.

Banned?? LOL!!!!

 

[M14 Shooter]

When you ask them how much should we give, they only answer "more!"

Without huge taxes on the rich, the left cannot buy the votes nevessary to retain their political power.

 

[Warrior102]

Whatever the tax rates were before Bush got into office. Roll everything he did back. Didn't work. What is fair share? What works. What worked before. Hit the reset button baby!

I'll tell you what's not fair. Romney paying 12% and us paying 35% is not fair.

You pay 35% in tax?

Where the fuck do you live - Norway??

 

[syrenn]

Want to know why a flat tax is retarded?

You earn 200,000. The government takes half. You're not STARVING.
You earn 20,000...the government takes half. You're out on the street.

Flat taxes fall MUCH more heavily on poor people. Which is why most countries don't do it, you fucking tardbuckets.

Its called sharing the pain. If taking half of someone is so pleasant.... then take it from everyone.

I agree it hurts more take it from the poor..... but not having it hurt at all is the problem. They feel entitled to other peoples money....... becasue it does not negatively effect themselves.

 

[syrenn]

Whatever the tax rates were before Bush got into office. Roll everything he did back. Didn't work. What is fair share? What works. What worked before. Hit the reset button baby!

I'll tell you what's not fair. Romney paying 12% and us paying 35% is not fair.

I agree... we ALL should pay 35%..... no exemptions, no excuses.... rich or poor.

 

[Truthseeker420]

Want to know why a flat tax is retarded?

You earn 200,000. The government takes half. You're not STARVING.
You earn 20,000...the government takes half. You're out on the street.

Flat taxes fall MUCH more heavily on poor people. Which is why most countries don't do it, you fucking tardbuckets.

Banned?? LOL!!!!

Banned for what?

 

[Ariux]

If it's fair to tax everyone the same percent, then the government should spend the same percent on everyone.

What do you mean?

After spending on government overhead (everything that that the Constitution has the federal government do), the de facto function of government is wealth redistribution. A flat tax rate would increase the disproportionate spending of the government, to compensate.

So, a flat tax-rate, without a fix on spending accomplishes nothing other than replacing low-end tax brackets with welfare. Do you prefer welfare to low taxes, for those with modest income?

 

[AmericanFirst]

]Obama keeps pushing his "fair share" of taxes in his speeches. What is fair? Fair is a relative term which means different things to different people. There is no set rule for what one thinks is fair. Is it fair that over forty percent of potential taxpayers pay absolutley no taxes at all? They probably think that is fair. But, do people who pay all the taxes think that is fair? Probably not! Is it fair that people who make more the a million dollars a year pay the largest portion of the federal income taxes? You probably think it is fair but they think they are already paying more than their fair share. So, you can see this is a fruitless debate. It all comes down to there is no way for the government to raise people in lower income brackets to higher ones. Each individual can only do that themselves. Since government can not raise these people to higher levels, in their misguided thinking the only thing they can do is knock the higher income people down as far as they can through tax rates. That at best is un-American and at worst tyrannical government.

I bet obamaturd would balk at paying his fair share of taxes. What an idiot.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Flat tax.... i don't care if you are rich or poor. Everyone should pay the same.

I agree - 100%

I don't. The rich should pay a little more to take care of the poor. But what do I know? I'm just a godless liberal.

And this is the way it has always been. Why change now? Rich people decided this a long time ago. When did you guys turn greedy? Ayn Rand I believe.

This is the way it's always been?

That's your reason for not changing?

The only fair tax is a flat tax. No one should be treated differently under the law.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Want to know why a flat tax is retarded?

You earn 200,000. The government takes half. You're not STARVING.
You earn 20,000...the government takes half. You're out on the street.

Flat taxes fall MUCH more heavily on poor people. Which is why most countries don't do it, you fucking tardbuckets.

Who here has advocated for a 50% flat tax?

According to the tax foundation in 2009 the average federal income tax paid by all tax payers was 11%

http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html#table1

So if we had an 11% flat tax on adjusted gross income our revenues would be proportionally the same

To use your example

One making 200K would pay 22,000 in taxes
One making 20K would pay 2200 in taxes.

100% fair. Make 10 times as much pay 10 time more in taxes.

 

[ThinkCritically]

We can't fix the tax code to make it fair or reasonable because we have such a huge budget........If we made it fair (which I am in favor of a flat tax) bureaucratic government agencies would get chopped (which would be a good thing), but the public is to scared to reduce the government (big brother).

All this talk about taxing the wealth more to fix our budget problems is a joke. The additional revenue gained is a drop in the bucket compared to the deficits that big government racks up.

The last laugh will be on the dems if taxes do increase for the wealthy and our government still goes broke.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

There could be a 99% tax on everyone and liberals would still be broken, womanly, malcontents.......

 

[BlindBoo]

Every millionares pay the same rate on the same amount of income as the poor folks.

You're seriously not this fucking dense, are you?

Do you not understand the progressive tax rate system?

 

[M14 Shooter]

We can't fix the tax code to make it fair or reasonable because we have such a huge budget........If we made it fair (which I am in favor of a flat tax) bureaucratic government agencies would get chopped (which would be a good thing), but the public is to scared to reduce the government (big brother).

All this talk about taxing the wealth more to fix our budget problems is a joke. The additional revenue gained is a drop in the bucket compared to the deficits that big government racks up.

The last laugh will be on the dems if taxes do increase for the wealthy and our government still goes broke.

You could tax everyone that makes >250k/yr at 100% and STILL not balance the budget.