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#5921
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They are paying whatever they can. Unfortunately Obamacare didn't go far enough. Theres no reason why one hospital should be allowed to charge 10k for a blood test that really costs 40 bucks worth of laboratory time and tools. Thats one big reason why insurance costs are insane. The other one of course being advertising.
I think it's about time for my post "Why you should petition your gov't for free MS3x's from Braineack"
#5925
lol what an ignorant post.. if you want to follow the conversation actually follow it. Dont just bud in where it's convenient for you and ignore everything else that was said. This thread has 5922 posts.. dont pick out one tiny part of 1 single post and ignore all the rest.
I have been on this forum for years. I don't post much. You have consistently whined, for years, about people that have more money than you. Giving more power to the government never works and definitely doesn't result in the super rich ever paying "their share" of taxes.
#5927
So the tax code needs to be fixed. I went back a few pages and I agree that churches should have to pay taxes. Churches are run like businesses these days, so they should pay taxes. Taxes should be flat across the board. No deductions or blah blah blah. That is incredibly more simple and easier to enforce.
#5928
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A person earning $700k in the US is right at the threshold of 1%. If they paid 3% in taxes, that's be $21k, which is several thousand dollars less than I pay on an income of $125k.
This isn't mathematically plausible. If you don't believe me, just look at form 1040 and the related tax computation worksheet.
#5929
Multiple sources have gone through the tax numbers and calculated how much taxes are paid and then averaged for that top 1% group. The top 1% pays 3% of their income taxes when they should be paying ~35% based on the current tax. The reason behind this is as i pointed out earlier, loopholes, bailouts, tax breaks, and fraud. Thats one reason why i'm against trump and hillary. They both want to keep certain loopholes in.
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Multiple sources have gone through the tax numbers and calculated how much taxes are paid and then averaged for that top 1% group. The top 1% pays 3% of their income taxes when they should be paying ~35% based on the current tax. The reason behind this is as i pointed out earlier, loopholes, bailouts, tax breaks, and fraud. Thats one reason why i'm against trump and hillary. They both want to keep certain loopholes in.
#5934
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If you don't believe me, Google it.
#5935
Americans for Tax Fairness » Fact Sheet: Taxing Wealthy Americans
Also look up Mitt romneys tax rates. Tax code says he should pay 35%, he pays less than 15%.
Wall street is also filled with these issues.
Exxon mobil paid 0 last year.
Also look up Mitt romneys tax rates. Tax code says he should pay 35%, he pays less than 15%.
Wall street is also filled with these issues.
Exxon mobil paid 0 last year.