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We Need A Fair Tax System
It is wrong to make someone who makes over $250,000 a year to pay at a higher tax rate than someone who makes $25,000 a year.
 pathenry  18 Oct 2008 13:51
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Yes we do it isn't fair to a lot of people.
 
 swimmer724  10 Mar 2009 10:57
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I believe that we should revamp the tax system in the US and the only way to make it fair would be to cut income tax and raise the sales tax. So much money on illegal activities that passes around at least then it would generate more money. Lets say we cut the income tax by 8% and raise the sales tax by only 4% we a government body would still raise a heck of a lot more money and that would be more fair to everyone, in my opinion of course.
 
 fairie  23 Oct 2008 22:27
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You should pay based on the service you receive from the government.

Rich people don't pay any more than poor people pay for a subscription to the exact same magazine. Why should they pay more for the same law enforcement, the same public roads, etc.?

Someone needs to set up a country with a subscription-based government where you pay a flat fee and that entitles you to a month or a year or whatever of citizenship.
 
 ur_wrong  19 Oct 2008 01:44
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You're not advocating a "fair system", you're advocating the Leona Helmsley mentality that "little people pay taxes". Loopholes exist which make it possible for those making millions of dollars per year to pay less taxes than those earning $25K.

The problem isn't the wealthy paying too much. The problem is they don't pay enough, to the tune of over US$100 billion in lost tax revenue annually. The tax revenues lost through "tax cuts" during the George Bu**sh** misadministation would have wiped out much of the deficit that Bu**sh** caused.

Www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1811

www.csmonitor.com/2008/0609/p15s01-wmgn.html

And when you add in the lost tax revenue due to certain types of share dividends being untaxable, the amount lost might even equal the entire deficit caused by George Bu**sh**.
 
 K9  04 Nov 2009 05:30
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