An honest question

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An honest question
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Tue, 10-14-2008 - 9:33pm

I'm not trying to be smart, or snarky, or anything like that.

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Registered: 12-18-2005
Wed, 10-15-2008 - 8:26pm

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-Kristen

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Wed, 10-15-2008 - 8:34pm

ok, so i see where people are getting the $600k number, but now my issue is...


those brackets are references, and the tax number given is a median...(or it could be a mean, which will not change my theory here)


so for the $227-$603k group, the median will be +12 for BO...so some people look at that and say, ok, so only pepole over 603K are taxed more

-Kristen

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Registered: 04-09-2007
Wed, 10-15-2008 - 8:35pm
Couldn't that same argument be made for Obama's plan? Some pay more, and some don't?
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Registered: 04-09-2006
Wed, 10-15-2008 - 8:38pm
Yes. Even though I do not support the war and actively protested against it (I got to observe some of that McCain camp hatred firstharnd), we need to pay off our debts, no matter what caused them. We (as a people) supported our elected leaders when they started the war, so we should have to pay for it as a people...even though I think the decision to go to war was based in ignorance, stupidity, and moral bankruptcy, and that most Americans would not have chosen to support it had they not been lied to by their elected leaders. I'm not opposed to ALL Americans paying higher taxes to repay our war (and other) debts, as soon as we are able to do so.
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Registered: 04-09-2007
Wed, 10-15-2008 - 8:47pm

So in this chain of irresponsibility, the idea is that bank loses nothing, and the homeowner who borrowed too much keeps their house and has to pay for what the house is worth today, and the tax payer makes up the difference. Hmmm..

Will every homeowner get this plan? If not, it is certainly no fairer than Obama's plan.

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Registered: 10-07-2008
Wed, 10-15-2008 - 8:50pm
Since he isn't doing either its a moot point.
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Registered: 10-09-2008
Wed, 10-15-2008 - 9:00pm

Some people will receive more back than they paid in, that isn't giving a tax break, that's giving welfare.


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Registered: 12-18-2005
Wed, 10-15-2008 - 9:06pm
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not really, because under BO's plan, some pay more and some are PAID...


under JM's plan, some pay a lot less, and some pay a little less (some pay alot, and some pay a little, respectively)

-Kristen

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Wed, 10-15-2008 - 9:12pm

-Kristen

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Registered: 04-09-2007
Wed, 10-15-2008 - 9:24pm

Well, there you go. As long as the poorest church mouse has an extra $.75 a paycheck, then McCain's plan must be fair. I take it all back. I guess no one could make the argument that anyone was punished under the McCain plan. We're all winners!

And thank goodness Paris will be getting that extra $269K! What would America do without her?

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