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The rich should pay more taxes, because the rich get more from the government. ... People like to hear about tax cuts; they don't like to hear about ... that high tax rates discourage investment until you can do it with a straight face. ...
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www.zompist.com/richtax.htm
www.zompist.com/richtax.htm
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Rich people do pay more in tax dollars but I think the poor pay a higher price in terms of the affect taxes have on them. Taxes may hinder ... Great post! I always hear people complaining that the rich pay less in taxes, but they never have any facts to back up this claim. After reading this I feel a little more informed.
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genxfinance.com/2008/08/26/generation-x-and-taxes-who-p...
genxfinance.com/2008/08/26/generation-x-and-taxes-who-pays-more-the-rich-or-the-poor/
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The new mean would be $10,400 in taxes and the new mean tax rate would be 26%. Their story: "Taxes on the average household increased $2,000, from 21% to 26% of income."; Reality: Only the rich paid more taxes; ... What Do People Pay In Taxes? by Richard Kogan...
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www.cbpp.org/whatdo.htm
www.cbpp.org/whatdo.htm
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Our tax system is not so much progressive as it is confiscatory -- Frederic Bastiat called this phenomenon "legal plunder." A progressive tax is based on the premise that those with more income can afford to pay more taxes, and conversely, those with little or ... There are roughly equal numbers of people in each quintile.
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www.allegromedia.com/sugi/taxes/
www.allegromedia.com/sugi/taxes/
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I know that Republicans think that the rich should pay less taxes than the rest of us (ostensibly because they incur so much risk starting the businesses that create jobs), but a story in todays New York Times notes that the number of very rich who pay no taxes ... Many of these people are very bright and highly motivated.
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www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/7/1/92641/87070
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At the time this was a relatively new issue for me, but the suggestion that there was $311 billion in uncollected taxes stood out to me and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. So when Mr. Bush said that rich people don't pay taxes, I began to wonder if there wasn't more to that story.
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www.dailykos.com/story/2004/8/10/163741/463
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I enjoy much of the work that the Tax Foundation does, but I find this stuff (which has been picked up here here here and elsewhere) almost entirely irksome and unhelpful: Newly released data from the IRS clearly debunks the conventional Be...
http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/conor_clarke/2009...
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The ever-present wealth envy has settled (for the time being) on the idea that evil, nasty, putrid, scummy, disgusting, horrible, noxious rich people just don't pay taxes, and it's about time someone come along and make them ... Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: THOSE RICH PEOPLE DON'T PAY TAXES.
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boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2008/12/those-rich-people-dont-pa...
boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2008/12/those-rich-people-dont-pay-tax.html
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Granted, this is in Britian, but the point is clear - rich people can afford to hire smart people to shelter their money to avoid income taxes. At least the FairTax would be hard for those people to avoid.
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www.flashpointblog.com/2006/08/03/rich-people-dont-pay-...
www.flashpointblog.com/2006/08/03/rich-people-dont-pay-taxes/
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