Race to the bottom

[glassgowkiss]

The broken record is "the rich don't pay enough, the rich don't pay enough". What is "enough"? Why don't you quantify. 35% top marginal goes back to 39.6 and suddenly that's 'enough'?

More like 5%. where the fuck are you getting these numbers? fox news?

 

The IRS.

 

With the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts, this is how the 2011 federal income tax brackets will look:

Tax Bracket Married Filing Jointly Single

10% Bracket $0 – $17,000 $0 – $8,500

15% Bracket $17,001 – $69,000 $8,501 – $34,500

25% Bracket $69,001 – $139,350 $34,501 – $83,600

28% Bracket $139,351 – $212,300 $83,601 – $174,400

33% Bracket $212,301 – $379,150 $174,401 – $379,150

35% Bracket Over $379,150 Over $379,150

fuck off moron, this is a complete bullshit, I mean yes, but on what income? I know several people who gross way over 100K and pay incomes on less then 30.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

The broken record is "the rich don't pay enough, the rich don't pay enough". What is "enough"? Why don't you quantify. 35% top marginal goes back to 39.6 and suddenly that's 'enough'?

More like 5%. where the fuck are you getting these numbers? fox news?

 

The IRS.

 

With the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts, this is how the 2011 federal income tax brackets will look:

Tax Bracket Married Filing Jointly Single

10% Bracket $0 – $17,000 $0 – $8,500

15% Bracket $17,001 – $69,000 $8,501 – $34,500

25% Bracket $69,001 – $139,350 $34,501 – $83,600

28% Bracket $139,351 – $212,300 $83,601 – $174,400

33% Bracket $212,301 – $379,150 $174,401 – $379,150

35% Bracket Over $379,150 Over $379,150

fuck off moron, this is a complete bullshit, I mean yes, but on what income? I know several people who gross way over 100K and pay incomes on less then 30.

 

Marginal tax rates for federal income taxes are what is being discussed, and how taxes are controlled: they are progressive and are computed after deductions. A 35% marginal rate only kicks in after deductions AGAINST income over $379,150, for example. Under Clinton this rate was 39.6 percent.

 

For someone who repeatedly calls others "dumb" (prefaced with expletives reminiscent of a 7th grader) you prove again and again to have a piss-poor understanding of anything.

 

Wieperdalaj!

[Jim]

True, with the caveat that if you own your own business and are smart enough to incorporate and pay yourself in dividends then the rate is maximum 15%. I know a couple single-shingle owners who do this.

[tvashtarkatena]

Ah loves me sum S-Corps

[Lucky Larry]

people who work at macdonalds are losers

 

I think your joking?

 

It's just a job; sometimes better than no job. Dig this, if you want to get mad at losers: people that were once drug addicts, alcoholics or other wise getting free checks from the government because of their disease. Whoa, don't find them a job at micky D's, just hand them the money.

 

Mere speculation; maybe the rich passed this legislation so they wouldn't feel so bad bout kicking heroin junior out of the house.

 

It starts to get real fuzzy when arguing for the lesser of two evils. Some very complex issues: I don't have the answers.

 

Obesity--now a disease. Is it better to treat these people as victims or kick them to the curb with all their related health issues.

 

Mexicans taking jobs, arguably ones that WASP won't do, and relying on socialized medicine for their 10 kids--protected under freedom to procreate.

[Lucky Larry]

What is this drivel? Public sector employees are certainly not an "overlord class" as is reflected in their compensation being smaller than private sector workers with comparable education. Enough "catapulting of the propaganda" Billcoe!

 

I think Bill was joking.

[Hugh Conway]

What is this drivel? Public sector employees are certainly not an "overlord class" as is reflected in their compensation being smaller than private sector workers with comparable education. Enough "catapulting of the propaganda" Billcoe!

 

I think Bill was joking.

 

how can you tell?

[j_b]

especially since that post was quite consistent with Bill's posting history.

[glassgowkiss]

The broken record is "the rich don't pay enough, the rich don't pay enough". What is "enough"? Why don't you quantify. 35% top marginal goes back to 39.6 and suddenly that's 'enough'?

More like 5%. where the fuck are you getting these numbers? fox news?

 

The IRS.

 

With the extension of the Bush-era tax cuts, this is how the 2011 federal income tax brackets will look:

Tax Bracket Married Filing Jointly Single

10% Bracket $0 – $17,000 $0 – $8,500

15% Bracket $17,001 – $69,000 $8,501 – $34,500

25% Bracket $69,001 – $139,350 $34,501 – $83,600

28% Bracket $139,351 – $212,300 $83,601 – $174,400

33% Bracket $212,301 – $379,150 $174,401 – $379,150

35% Bracket Over $379,150 Over $379,150

fuck off moron, this is a complete bullshit, I mean yes, but on what income? I know several people who gross way over 100K and pay incomes on less then 30.

 

Marginal tax rates for federal income taxes are what is being discussed, and how taxes are controlled: they are progressive and are computed after deductions. A 35% marginal rate only kicks in after deductions AGAINST income over $379,150, for example. Under Clinton this rate was 39.6 percent.

 

For someone who repeatedly calls others "dumb" (prefaced with expletives reminiscent of a 7th grader) you prove again and again to have a piss-poor understanding of anything.

 

Wieperdalaj!

for someone who never was self employed or own a business you can talk a lot of shit. T-A=0, wypierdziocha koniu

[glassgowkiss]

[Crux]

I would argue, but lack the words to provide you a fitting response! So where is the Fairy now, when such a moment as this beckons his attention, that he might put that librul shill and communist thug, Ronald Reagan, into his proper place?

[j_b]

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[Mal_Con]

That in a nutshell is one of the main reasons I moved North, to give my kids a small chance at a future. The US is rapidly heading for 3rd wold status.

Edited March 13, 2011 by Mal_Con

[glassgowkiss]

That in a nutshell is one of the main reasons I moved North, to give my kids a small chance at a future. The US is rapidly heading for 3rd wold status.

Pretty much sums it up.

[prole]

[j_b]

Largest protest yet (>100,000) in Madison last Saturday. Have regressives over-reached and woken up a sleeping giant?

 

[video:youtube]UeHahlFxy0c

 

Anybody noticed how a few tea-baggers demonstrating get hours of coverage in the news but massive progressive demos are mostly ignored by the corporate media?

[ZimZam]

I long for a 1968 redux. That always got their attention.