Republican Tax Plan

Discussion in 'Budget & Taxes' started by CourtJester, Oct 16, 2017.

  1. Ndividual

    Ndividual Well-Known Member

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    A family is the smallest unit of government, and can take nearly any form that the members will acceptingly live under. And like a business the total earnings are put forth in providing the needs and wants of the family members. I can't speak for you or others, but what I earn is not earned for myself alone, but for the welfare of all of my family, wife, and my children primarily, and when needs of my parents or siblings beyond their capacity arise I feel a need to respond and provide assistance without government involvement.
    Collectivism begins at home. My wife and children are equal owners of all I have and will produce during my life leaving them to inherit nothing more than more direct control over it, and likely allowing my daughter to have the greatest weight in decision making.
    Perhaps your family operates different from mine?
     
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    CourtJester Well-Known Member

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    If your business is jointly owned then inheritance is not an issue. Inheritance is a separate ssue.
     
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    All my family members are equal economic partners.
     
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    CourtJester Well-Known Member

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    Nice duck.
     
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    It is the nature of government to legalize the crimes of its officials.

    “Politics in modern America has become a lucrative business, an industry that has less to do with policy and a lot more to do with accessing money and favors. … bills and regulations are often introduced not to affect policy change, but as vehicles for shaking down people for … money and favors. Indeed, the motive on both sides often has nothing to do with creating a “correct” policy but instead is often about maximizing profits.” EXTORTION, "How Politicians Extract Your money, BuyVotes, And Line Their Own Pockets, Peter Schweizer, HMO, NY, NY, 2013, p. 4.
     
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    The multi-millionaires and billionaires are selling America bill of goods, widening the gap further between the rich and all others. It's been going on for years, since the '80s, merely disguised in different methodology.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/u...tax-cuts-since-1980s-have-been-gain-gain.html
    While rates for all American taxpayers have fallen to near 50-year lows, the wealthy have reaped the most savings from the changes because they derive a larger proportion of their income from investments.

    Between 1985 and 2008, the wealthiest 400 Americans saw the percentage of their income paid in federal income taxes drop from 29 percent to 18 percent, according to data from the Internal Revenue Service.
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    One outspoken critic has been Warren E. Buffett, a billionaire himself. Mr. Buffett stirred debate about the issue last year when he wrote an opinion article for The New York Times stating that the low rates for investment income had allowed him to pay only about 17 percent of his income in federal taxes, less than the effective rate paid by his secretary or any of the other 19 workers in his office.
     
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    Yes. The joke about the class war is it has been going on for decades but contrary to claims the actual war is the rich against everyone else and they are winning hugely.
     

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