Who pays the taxes?

[f1oored]

I was just reading some tax information on rushlimbaugh.com and it seems strange to me that 50% of the people in the United States should have to pay for everything.

I guess it's great if you are in the 50% that doesn't pay, but it kind of sucks for the rest of us. How is this a fair system? Why doesn't our country have a flat tax? Why should I be increasingly punished for my increasing success?

(That last one is a hypothetical question, I plan on succeeding here in the near future)

[JacobM5727]

i didnt do taxes this year because i made way under the minimum for what you need to have made to have to do anything

i wouldnt have owed anything anyway
and i didnt last year, last year i just got a nice little return check

i think flat tax would be a great idea, it seemed to work for hong kong, i am sure it would here too

[Optimus Prime]

I agree with that Floored! Why should people pay more, if they earn more from their own intelligence and success, it is bad.

[Mr. Goodbytes]

Those aren't rush's numbers, they come directly from the IRS. And our tard democrat candidates would propose that the rich pay even more, going back to Carter-like marginal rates. Well, we all know Carter was a failure, let's go back to that.

[f1oored]

Any democrats want to chime in here?

[Optimus Prime]

Err... isn't your whole country based on Democracy?

[Omardeth]

do you really think your are getting straight answers from ruchlimbaugh.com ? you don't think they are spun at all to fit his point of view ?

[f1oored]

Source: IRS, Statistics of Income, Unpublished data, September 2003.

Yep it's probably spun somehow, how stupid of me. I was just looking at the excel file. The numbers aren't that hard to interpret.

[whitebeard21]

Only for the rich. The middle class pay the taxes the rich have their loop holes. $ 100, 000 deduction for a suv that weighs over 6000 lbs gvw. Of course the middle class can't buy a $100,000 suv and take it off the tax bill thereby making it free.

[Omardeth]

Originally posted by f1oored
Source: IRS, Statistics of Income, Unpublished data , September 2003.

Yep it's probably spun somehow, how stupid of me. I was just looking at the excel file. The numbers aren't that hard to interpret.

if it is unpublished how do they have it ?


anybody can make an xcel spread sheet to say what they want it to say .