Speakeasy forum: One opinion on tax rates and revenue

The tax base got screwed once those "big guys" adjusted or fiddled with it so much through policymakers, that it's the way it is now because of that. It sure gets my goat that it boils down to not go after the rich is being defended as the right thing to do. It should be more about removing tax cuts or such that basically benefit the rich. It does no good to go across the board, even-steven, say $2K, when $2K means a lot more to someone making $30K to a person making $250K. Plus, it goes to say that really it's about those 1% top earners making way more than $250K, far above that. And earning it is being kind, all too often it's some investment with strings attached that makes giving the investment more profitable than a "wage" earner. The tax code is complicated only because they made it that way. It's not a case of sour grapes, it's not. It shouldn't left out that even those making policy are close or now in those $250K ranks or soon will be if you include allowances.

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I pay my fair share, why can't those above me do so as well? -----Willy

went through ,work got so bad in the construction industry that I was forced to retire as unemployment benefits weren't cutting it. I could have collected for the 99 months but would have been climbing into a hole that would have been Deep ( wouldn't have been able to make the bills) and would have been in financial trouble, you know the routine. I feel very fortunate that at 55 I could do that , I have friends that did lose everything and even got divorced over it. Not sure where these ramblings of mine are going here but, what I want to really point out is while I stayed out of that Hole if this fiscal cliff isn't dealt with it's gonna cost the average person $3000 a year in taxes . That's a months pay for me and more for almost 2 months for my dad. I hope our government can get a grip on this... Digger

the figures most important right now are the White House ones in demanding 1.6 trillion increase in taxes and 50 billion increase in budget, and that doesn't even touch any special spending bills for future bailouts if they come.

We need to buy things we don't want or need just so other people can have jobs. What are we supposed to do with all that stuff we're expected to buy? It either ends up in a landfill...and that's bad for the ecology...or you rent one of those storage spaces to keep it in. Buying stuff you don't need and that breaks in 1/2 the time as what you bought the last time is what keeps us afloat. Now get out there and stoke the economy already.

Lets say we all have a drawing from a barrel and everyone gets a T-shirt. 1/2 the T-shirts will have a picture of a gun on the front and the other 1/2 of them have a target on the back. I don't need to tell you the rest. Do you feel lucky?

let everyone subtract 20K from their gross as basic living expense.

Then charge everyone 20% on all income, no exceptions, no deductions, no special rates.

If you can't afford to live, decrease the surplus population and improve it for the rest.