On 9/29/2012 6:02 PM, HeyBub wrote:
Han wrote:

The progressivity was there for a reason, and (IMO) should remain.
Flattening those rates would fall unfairly on lower paid people, whose
take home has suffered the most during the recent fiscal crises.
Flattening rates /sounds/ great to make everyone pay their fair share,
but one has to have a certain minimum expendable income, if only to
protect purchasing power of the masses that drives the economy.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_of_expendable_income
Bleed the lower incomes dry, and there is no more economy, except for
booze and guns. (grin)

Some would say the poor should pay MORE than the rich simply because the
poor use more government services. Sure, the rich are sometimes driven on
public roads and their Gulfstreams navigate through federally-controlled
airspace, but they don't send their kids to government schools, get treated
at the county hospital, and have private guards instead of relying on the
local police.

It adds up.


If the P.L.L.C.F. keep yapping about tax rates instead of gross amount
of taxes paid by gazillionares, the evil rich should say OK, since we
pay more money than you do, we should premium concierge service from
law enforcement, fire departments, road maintenance, sanitation
services, etc. ^_^

TDD