Happy Tax Day!!! TL;DR warning

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VolStrom said:
Did anyone watch the Bernie Sanders town hall yesterday. When they asked him why he didn't offer to pay more in taxes like he's proposing gets added to higher income earners taxes he went pffftttt. I paid what I owed.
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Which was the perfect answer. Who in their right mind pays more than they owe?
 
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luthervol said:
Which was the perfect answer. Who in their right mind pays more than they owe?
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Who in their right mind says people like me need to pay more taxes and then scoffs at the idea of paying more taxes? It's just like the "sanctuary" cities, come one come all we'll take care of you, until they say okay.
 
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luthervol said:
Which was the perfect answer. Who in their right mind pays more than they owe?
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Because you all libs should lead by example, let's take Bernie he paid 26% which is what he is required to pay but he is pushing for 52% so why didn't he write a check for the balance? Show some leadership and lead on the issue
 
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VolStrom said:
Did anyone watch the Bernie Sanders town hall yesterday. When they asked him why he didn't offer to pay more in taxes like he's proposing gets added to higher income earners taxes he went pffftttt. I paid what I owed.
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Libs have always been the "do as I say" crowd ... and all that tough stuff is for the other guys. And always in any socialist society, the more equal pigs are the ones running the show; and the believers just wallow in their slop.
 
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VolStrom said:
Who in their right mind says people like me need to pay more taxes and then scoffs at the idea of paying more taxes? It's just like the "sanctuary" cities, come one come all we'll take care of you, until they say okay.
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No one has ever said you should pay more than you owe, only that you should owe more that you currently pay. COLOSSAL DIFFERENCE.
 
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VolStrom said:
I was referring to Bernie, speaking in the first for him, my error.
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He doesn't scoff at the idea that his tax liability should be greater.
The same with Bill Gates, the person who has paid more income taxes than any American in history, he pays what he owes but thinks people at his level should be taxed more heavily. Nothing incongruent in that.
 
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luthervol said:
He doesn't scoff at the idea that his tax liability should be greater.
The same with Bill Gates, the person who has paid more income taxes than any American in history, he pays what he owes but thinks people at his level should be taxed more heavily. Nothing incongruent in that.
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Fine, good for him, write a check. I bet he has 100s of lawyers and accountants finding every way to get every single tax break he can legally get.
 
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luthervol said:
The 10% across the board is just a general starting point. There would obviously be some that could stand to be cut more and some that may be able to justify smaller cuts. I would say if they can't agree on which fall into each category, then the 10% across the board goes into effect.

The tax system - I would have a graduated scale where the more you make the higher the percentage you pay.
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Serious question. Why would I want to work harder if I am going to be penalized for doing so?
 
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volfanjustin said:
Someone who wants these higher taxes should set the example and be the first one to pay these higher taxes they want.
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Heaven forbid that someone who is proposing a tax on a group that includes himself should self pay those same taxes first and see what kind of pain it inflicts, unless he is just blowing smoke and knows there won't ever be a tax.
 
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luthervol said:
He doesn't scoff at the idea that his tax liability should be greater.
The same with Bill Gates, the person who has paid more income taxes than any American in history, he pays what he owes but thinks people at his level should be taxed more heavily. Nothing incongruent in that.
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Bill Gates would be ripped alive by the press if he said something other then that. Same with Warren. These aren’t stupid men. Gates donates billions with his charities. Clearly he thinks he is better apt at determining where large amounts of money should go then our Government. If his tax liability were higher it would be less he could put to work in charities. Actions speak louder then words. And for the record I think Gates does good work.
 
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luthervol said:
That's why we need to close the loopholes and/or having a simpler system.
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Luther, every now and then you do stumble across the obvious. The tax code is what it is because campaign finance and lobbying are what they are. Congress is corrupt and the tax code is where they pay back the "campaign" contributions. Nothing in DC - not one damn thing - changes until campaign finance and how legislation is written are completely revised and un-corrupted.
 
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Sandman 423 said:
Serious question. Why would I want to work harder if I am going to be penalized for doing so?
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I guess it depends on how sever the penalty is. If you're talking about working harder moving you into a higher tax bracket, I just don't buy that being a deterrent.
Let's say you make $40/hr and are in a 10% tax bracket. For every hour you currently work you are increasing your tax liability by $4. If working additional hours will move your additional wages into the 13% bracket, then you will be faced with deciding if you are willing to work additional hours for $1.20/hr less than you were making. Basically you would be working for $34.80/hr instead of $36.00/hr.
 
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volfanjustin said:
Someone who wants these higher taxes should set the example and be the first one to pay these higher taxes they want.
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That's asinine. They are smart enough to realize that their singular addition would amount to nothing but that 50 million singular additions would have great impact.
 
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luthervol said:
Sure it would. We can skip the needless process of trying to agree on a definition for "great impact".
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What's so funny about this conversation is that, unlike many other topics in this forum, this isn't a matter of opinion. It's a matter of fact. It's math.
 
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