Flat 10% income tax

[ihopehefails]

This year I want a flat 10% income tax with a single deduction of 85,000 so that anyone making below that will not pay any and any amount above that pays a single flat rate without any loopholes or complications.

If any republican or democrat wants my vote then they better do that.

 

[Toro]

This year, I want a Victoria's Secret supermodel to drive up to me in a Ferrari, naked, and give the car and herself to me. If any Republican or Democrat wants my vote, then they better do that.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

This year I want a flat 10% income tax with a single deduction of 85,000 so that anyone making below that will not pay any and any amount above that pays a single flat rate without any loopholes or complications.

If any republican or democrat wants my vote then they better do that.

Why do you want to be taxed?

 

[AVG-JOE]

This year I want a flat 10% income tax with a single deduction of 85,000 so that anyone making below that will not pay any and any amount above that pays a single flat rate without any loopholes or complications.

If any republican or democrat wants my vote then they better do that.

Good luck with that.

Do let us know if you find a politician running for national office who is promoting that platform so I can donate to her campaign.

In the more likely scenario of the VS model and the Ferrari -

 

[Sarah G]

This year I want a flat 10% income tax with a single deduction of 85,000 so that anyone making below that will not pay any and any amount above that pays a single flat rate without any loopholes or complications.

If any republican or democrat wants my vote then they better do that.

Nobody's going to do that, R or D.

 

[Political Junky]

This year I want a flat 10% income tax with a single deduction of 85,000 so that anyone making below that will not pay any and any amount above that pays a single flat rate without any loopholes or complications.

If any republican or democrat wants my vote then they better do that.

Why do you want to be taxed?

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

 

[WillowTree]

This year I want a flat 10% income tax with a single deduction of 85,000 so that anyone making below that will not pay any and any amount above that pays a single flat rate without any loopholes or complications.

If any republican or democrat wants my vote then they better do that.

Why do you want to be taxed?

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

what is "infrastructure" code for? Just curious.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

I kind of like the concept, but again, the Viki's Secret model and the car is more likely.

I think your deductible is kind of high, but not unreasonable.

You have to remember that these guys live and die by the commas in the tax code. The more weird and convoluted the tax code, the more power they have. They won't give that up

 

[The Rabbi]

I would favor just about any change in the tax code that makes it simpler and easier to figure out.

But as noted, it is more likely that I will get laid by a supermodel than this administration will make things easier on the citizens.

 

[rightwinger]

I agree with the concept as long as ALL income and profit is taxed at 10%. No deductions, no exemptions.

Watch the wealthy balk when they have to pay taxes on every cent they make

 

[Baruch Menachem]

This year I want a flat 10% income tax with a single deduction of 85,000 so that anyone making below that will not pay any and any amount above that pays a single flat rate without any loopholes or complications.

If any republican or democrat wants my vote then they better do that.

Why do you want to be taxed?

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

You have to explain your thought (?) better. Are you saying you think this won't produce enough revenue? It is the incomes over 50,000 that pay the lion's share of the taxes. And most of that is lost by way of 'targeted tax cuts' that bleed the treasury more than the benefit society.

And most 'infrastructure' is the responsibility of the states and counties anyway. They just need to do a better job.

 

[The Rabbi]

I agree with the concept as long as ALL income and profit is taxed at 10%. No deductions, no exemptions.

Watch the wealthy balk when they have to pay taxes on every cent they make

And again, right on cue, you confuse high income earners with the wealthy.

Is there someplace near you where you can go get a clue?

 

[Political Junky]

Why do you want to be taxed?

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

You have to explain your thought (?) better. Are you saying you think this won't produce enough revenue? It is the incomes over 50,000 that pay the lion's share of the taxes. And most of that is lost by way of 'targeted tax cuts' that bleed the treasury more than the benefit society.

And most 'infrastructure' is the responsibility of the states and counties anyway. They just need to do a better job.

I replied to the nut that said, "Why do you want to be taxed"?
Our infrastructure is crumbling. The US was the leader in train travel. Now we're at the bottom on the pile.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

This year I want a flat 10% income tax with a single deduction of 85,000 so that anyone making below that will not pay any and any amount above that pays a single flat rate without any loopholes or complications.

If any republican or democrat wants my vote then they better do that.

Why do you want to be taxed?

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

And where is spending money on infrastructure in the Constitution?

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

You have to explain your thought (?) better. Are you saying you think this won't produce enough revenue? It is the incomes over 50,000 that pay the lion's share of the taxes. And most of that is lost by way of 'targeted tax cuts' that bleed the treasury more than the benefit society.

And most 'infrastructure' is the responsibility of the states and counties anyway. They just need to do a better job.

I replied to the nut that said, "Why do you want to be taxed"?
Our infrastructure is crumbling. The US was the leader in train travel. Now we're at the bottom on the pile.

And yet our privately owned railroads were more profitable and efficient than the government run railroads.

 

[AVG-JOE]

Why do you want to be taxed?

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

You have to explain your thought (?) better. Are you saying you think this won't produce enough revenue? It is the incomes over 50,000 that pay the lion's share of the taxes. And most of that is lost by way of 'targeted tax cuts' that bleed the treasury more than the benefit society.

And most 'infrastructure' is the responsibility of the states and counties anyway. They just need to do a better job.

The States and Counties don't have any money because they can't raise taxes because we are already taxed to the max by the federal government and the federal government continually forces un-funded mandates on them, like No Child Left Behind. Programs like that are not education, they're bureaucracy for the sake of bureaucracy.

 

[The Rabbi]

Why do you want to be taxed?

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

And where is spending money on infrastructure in the Constitution?

Article I Section 8.

 

[Darkwind]

This year I want a flat 10% income tax with a single deduction of 85,000 so that anyone making below that will not pay any and any amount above that pays a single flat rate without any loopholes or complications.

If any republican or democrat wants my vote then they better do that.

You have something of the right idea, but not the proper execution of the idea.

Here is My idea...

Anyone at poverty +5% pay no taxes. In fact, they don't even have the taxes withheld from their pay. What they earn, they keep. 100%.

Above the previous set limit, every person pays 17%. This number INCLUDES a 2% payment to keep the Social Security promise. However, that 2% is to pay for existing account holders. People who have not paid into Social Security, and those who are about to enter the work force will pay 2% to a 401k type retirement and 2% to a Health Savings account. This 4% cannot be touched by any politican, EVER.

The remaining 13% will go to the State in which you live.

The States will tithe 3% of all their tax receipts to the Federal Government for the purpose of National Security and Diplomatic endeavors.

The Feds can place a 2% maximum tax upon any corporation doing business in the United States in addition to any State taxes collected.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

And where is spending money on infrastructure in the Constitution?

Article I Section 8.

Could you quote for me the relevant clause?

 

[Darkwind]

Right, fuck the infrastructure, as the cons have always thought.
We're pathetic, as it is, compared to most civilized countries.

And where is spending money on infrastructure in the Constitution?

Article I Section 8.

Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads;
Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;
Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy;
Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And
Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

Strange. I see nothing on infrastructure. Nor income either.