‘They Don’t Deserve It’

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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,394
    Flagg wrote:
    Yeah, I don't understand why so many people get up in arms to defend a class of people of which they will never be a part.
    Devil's Advocate . . . Do you care about the bottom 2%?
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,394
    Flagg wrote:
    Because of the fact that so few own so much, the graduated tax structure is in place. If you went with the flat tax for all, you would tax the poor more than the rich. Think about it. Say, 10%. If you take 10% from a guy worth $20,000,000 that is one less yacht or vacation home. But if you take it from the guy trying to feed his family and living at somewhere around the poverty line, 10% is devastating.

    If you go with a flat tax you would have to exempt a ton of people, like they do know, so where is the line?
    What about taking 10% from a couple making a combined $250K a year that lives in New York City?
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Jason P wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    Yeah, I don't understand why so many people get up in arms to defend a class of people of which they will never be a part.
    Devil's Advocate . . . Do you care about the bottom 2%?

    Yes, even though I am not part of that group. That's a little different though.
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