Where the tax burger falls

[Amby 490]

BY what is a tax burder

[Heracles 417]

BY what is a tax burder

Dam wireless keyboard to blame.

[HAL 9000 96]

I agree. Not just ensuring equal access to jobs, but making sure the jobs are there to begin with.

Which can only happen if we give businesses the incentive to do so. America's corporate tax rate is relatively high when compared to other nations. I would lower it with the condition that they pay a fair wage and keep jobs in America. Any business whose majority of employees are overseas should be taxed more, to offset this.

That may work. Perhaps not as a tax rate decrease but as an incentivized credit so that those that leave, effectively pay the higher rate. This helps simplify the system. Flat rate, plus or minus credit. With a differential rate you could have an unequal separation of operations from production with the companies redefining themselves in order to fit into the tax rate they want to fit into. Sure... with the credit you could get that too... which is why in either case you'd need sufficient oversight.

It all boils down to how you want to see it: as an incentive versus a penalty.

[thetreble 19]

It's a shame that nobody, ever, takes into account that the first bracket, after EIC and receiving $2700 per child "credit" for taxes never paid in the first place, etc, actually pay NEGATIVE taxes. In these tables it appears that the "taxes paid" do not include and are not corrected by EIC offsets. Most families who make $50,000 or less pay NO taxes.

There is a big difference between 50K and 6K. Please explain how someone who makes 50K a year does not pay any taxes because when I get my pay cheque every second week, 1/3 is taxes.

[AlHayatZween 2]

It's a shame that nobody, ever, takes into account that the first bracket, after EIC and receiving $2700 per child "credit" for taxes never paid in the first place, etc, actually pay NEGATIVE taxes. In these tables it appears that the "taxes paid" do not include and are not corrected by EIC offsets. Most families who make $50,000 or less pay NO taxes.

with respect, i fall into the higher half of the 1st bracket, and i pay what seems to me, a crapload of taxes. i don't complain much b/c i live in NYC, and have to pay city taxes, etc...

but i certainly don't pay negative taxes, that's for sure! i know that there are people who work the system and get a lot back in credits, etc... but i'm sure as heck not one of them...

$100 a month extra would mean they only pay $100 in tax a year.

Whereas I pay close to $57K in tax and get jack ####. Actually my tax will go up..

Rather than lowering taxes they need to raise the minimum wage. As well as lower taxes for businesses and try to provide an incentive for companies keeping jobs in America.

BY, i agree with you whole-heartedly on said points...

wish the candidates were talking more about the specifics on these !

[Imua 0]

It's a shame that nobody, ever, takes into account that the first bracket, after EIC and receiving $2700 per child "credit" for taxes never paid in the first place, etc, actually pay NEGATIVE taxes. In these tables it appears that the "taxes paid" do not include and are not corrected by EIC offsets. Most families who make $50,000 or less pay NO taxes.

There is a big difference between 50K and 6K. Please explain how someone who makes 50K a year does not pay any taxes because when I get my pay cheque every second week, 1/3 is taxes.

Not to mention that many SMART people making under $50K chose to not have kids they couldn't afford and aren't eligible for the EIC......

[AlHayatZween 2]

Not to mention that many SMART people making under $50K chose to not have kids they couldn't afford and aren't eligible for the EIC......

*edit:

Smart, educated, "successful", hard-working, determined people,

who haven't maxed out their credit cards,

who haven't lived beyond their means,

who haven't spent carelessly...

[mawilson 2,133]

BY what is a tax burder

Barack Obama is a tax burder

[natty bumppo 297]

BY what is a tax burder

Dam wireless keyboard to blame.

your keyboard is a democrat ... republican ... independent ?

Edited October 27, 2008 by Natty Bumppo

[Amby 490]

BY what is a tax burder

Barack Obama is a tax burder

[Don_Joy's Prince 0]

I feel we are all created equal, should be treated equal and taxed equal. Anything else is discriminatory and unethical!

15% Federal Flat Tax

6-7% State Flat Tax

That's it no more

People should be considered equal.

Economic bigotry is still bigotry, and is as harmful as any other form of bigotry.

[Amby 490]

burger?

[rebeccajo 14]

It's a shame that nobody, ever, takes into account that the first bracket, after EIC and receiving $2700 per child "credit" for taxes never paid in the first place, etc, actually pay NEGATIVE taxes. In these tables it appears that the "taxes paid" do not include and are not corrected by EIC offsets. Most families who make $50,000 or less pay NO taxes.

Are you nuts?

We certainly make less than that. Much less. We have one child to declare as dependant. We aren't eligible for EIC. And I assure you we paid taxes.

[Marilyn. 340]

lol.. we make way under 50,000 and we definitely pay taxes...

Edited October 27, 2008 by *Marilyn*

[Sister Fracas 5]

BY what is a tax burder

Or a tax burGer for that matter... ? Where the tax burger falls

I thought this was a thread about McDonalds or Burger King...

Edited October 27, 2008 by Sister Fracas