"clams_casino" > wrote in message
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> Pan wrote:
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>>On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:02:26 -0400, clams_casino
> wrote:
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>>>Bottom line is that the current tax code is pretty much in balance with
>>>respect to being a flat tax - most all pay a similar amount of total
>>>taxes as a percentage of their total income. The key here is TOTAL taxes
>>>as a percentage of TOTAL income. GW pushed the percentage in favor of
>>>the top. It's time to reverse that pendulum and not focus ONLY on
>>>income taxes as Republicans like to do.
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>>>
>>Just where do you get this information.
>>The poor with the section 8 housing, free health care, welfare
>>payments,child credits & rebates pay a negative percentage of their
>>income.
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> which is a very small portion of the total, essentially balanced out by
> the relatively few wealthy who pay little no no income taxes.

among them the always worthless ted kennedy.
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> Personally, I get much more welfare than those you are describing through
> the significant subsidies I (and many others) enjoy through generous
> deductions of mortgage interest, property taxes and a very generous,
> essentially tax free medical coverage. I do pay a significant amount
> of taxes, but without these generous subsidies, I'd never have been able
> to afford my more-than-adequate home which has appreciated significantly
> in value over the years (in site of the recent crash), where the proceeds
> are .... tax free.
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